Dr. Gabor Maté

It does happen to some people.

And just to choose, I'm going to decide not to do this anymore.

They realize they don't need to because they're free.

Yeah.

very rare for most of us people beings that walk this earth it takes a lot of self-awareness it takes a lot of support connection um guidance so i'd say if you're listening and you've got one of these issues where you're addicted to something in the way that

Lewis and I are just talking about don't wait for that miraculous moment.

Get the help because you have a much better chance that way.

The being trapped itself is a sign of a wound.

In fact, the word trauma means wound.

The Greek origin of the word trauma is a wound.

So children who are hurt, but they're not supported, seen, accepted, and helped, they get trapped in the wound.

And being trapped in the wound and being trapped in the behaviors to escape the wound,

That's how the trauma shows up in our lives.

Well, if I may be self-serving, my new book is called The Myth of Normal Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture.

So just as you say, the trauma that people are experiencing massively

isn't just personal to them.

It's also a sign of a culture that's completely out of whack.

And when I say out of whack,

The reason I call the book The Myth of Normal is what I'm saying is that the things that are considered normal in society are not at all normal from the point of view of human life and human needs.

It's not healthy.