Dr. Gabor Maté

That's a four-year-old with more kids came to his party than my party.

That can't be true.

But that's Donald's way of dealing with reality.

It's not a moral failing as such.

That's how he survived.

And these survival mechanisms then get to form our personalities.

And again, in this world, sometimes they pay off in certain ways.

Oh, absolutely.

The German philosopher, writer Nietzsche, Friedrich Nietzsche said, people lie their way out of reality who have been hurt by reality.

And so I've lied.

You know, like when I had my shopping addiction, I lied every day to my wife.

And even afterwards, when she stopped trying to change my behavior, I said, just tell me.

If you're going to shop, you're going to spend another thousand dollars on music.

Just tell me.

I still couldn't.

Because I was so ashamed of it.

And so the lying became like a way of survival for me.

It's a defense against reality and it's a defense against being judged.

Well, that says something about my childhood.

Nobody's born a liar.