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“Trauma is an overwhelming threat that you don’t know how to deal with. So trauma is not the bad things that happen to you but what happens inside you as a result of what happens to you. (…) Trauma is a fundamental disconnection from self.”

-Gabor Maté

 

"Addiction Begins in Pain and Ends in Pain"

-Gabor Maté

 
Dr. Gabor Maté talks about the root causes of addiction and how to deal with them. This is taken from the Q&A part of TJ Dawe's show - "Medicine".

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) 

Childhood trauma isn't something you just get over as you grow up. Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain.
 

Relevant Resources on Pain, Distress, & Trauma