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The Wisdom of Trauma

1 in 5 Americans are diagnosed with mental illness every year. Suicide is the second most common cause of death in the US for youth aged 15-24, and kills over 48,300 in the US and 800,000 people globally per year. Drug overdose ki...

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And I asked myself what events in my life - The Wisdom of Trauma

And I asked myself what events in my life

And it had to deal with a lot of - The Wisdom of Trauma

And it had to deal with a lot of

My main one as to why I
started going downhill - The Wisdom of Trauma

My main one as to why I started going downhill

When I turned eight or nine-years-old, - The Wisdom of Trauma

When I turned eight or nine-years-old,

As a kid, my mom used to tell me, - The Wisdom of Trauma

As a kid, my mom used to tell me,

Even if you feed them and you change them - The Wisdom of Trauma

Even if you feed them and you change them

And so the baby needs the
mother's and the father's brain - The Wisdom of Trauma

And so the baby needs the mother's and the father'...

(baby crying) - The Wisdom of Trauma

Nevermind the mother's milk, - The Wisdom of Trauma

Nevermind the mother's milk,

When he's not being held, he's
not being attached to them. - The Wisdom of Trauma

When he's not being held, he's not being attached ...

When that's done night
after night after night, - The Wisdom of Trauma

When that's done night after night after night,

If you actually look
at genuine human needs, - The Wisdom of Trauma

If you actually look at genuine human needs,

So I've often thought about
the sources of my own issues. - The Wisdom of Trauma

So I've often thought about the sources of my own issue...

An infant two months of age in Hungary, - The Wisdom of Trauma

An infant two months of age in Hungary,

So that was my first year of life, - The Wisdom of Trauma

So that was my first year of life,

I was a little short of one-year-old - The Wisdom of Trauma

I was a little short of one-year-old

In her diary she said: "this was - The Wisdom of Trauma

In her diary she said: "this was

And sometimes I thought, well, gee, - The Wisdom of Trauma

And sometimes I thought, well, gee,

For trauma to happen, - The Wisdom of Trauma

For trauma to happen,

You just need parents who are so alienated - The Wisdom of Trauma

You just need parents who are so alienated

(footsteps approaching) - The Wisdom of Trauma

(footsteps approaching)

For me being a drug addict,
the deep down need to escape, - The Wisdom of Trauma

For me being a drug addict, the deep down need to escape,

I think it's almost into
a more realistic place - The Wisdom of Trauma

I think it's almost into a more realistic place

I just wanted that place all the time. - The Wisdom of Trauma

I just wanted that place all the time.

I can really talk for the
37 years I've been recovered - The Wisdom of Trauma

I can really talk for the 37 years I've been recovered

It's back with the homo sapiens, - The Wisdom of Trauma

It's back with the homo sapiens,

- Well naturally that I'll die - The Wisdom of Trauma

- Well naturally that I'll die

- [Gabor] When you do all
the stuff for the people, - The Wisdom of Trauma

- [Gabor] When you do all the stuff for the people,

- Yeah.
- So you're actually enacting - The Wisdom of Trauma

- Yeah. - So you're actually enacting

I was the youngest of five,
very ambitious family, - The Wisdom of Trauma

I was the youngest of five, very ambitious family,

(people chattering) - The Wisdom of Trauma

(people chattering)

I'll never forget my mother saying to me: - The Wisdom of Trauma

I'll never forget my mother saying to me:

You're the one that more than others - The Wisdom of Trauma

You're the one that more than others

And then you manifest it and
they can't stand seeing it. - The Wisdom of Trauma

And then you manifest it and they can't stand seeing it...

So in exiling you, they're exiling - The Wisdom of Trauma

So in exiling you, they're exiling

- As a child, we have
two fundamental needs. - The Wisdom of Trauma

- As a child, we have two fundamental needs.

One need that's with us since infancy, - The Wisdom of Trauma

One need that's with us since infancy,

Authenticity, therefore, is
the connection to ourselves, - The Wisdom of Trauma

Authenticity, therefore, is the connection to ourselves,

So authenticity is not some new age, - The Wisdom of Trauma

So authenticity is not some new age,

(balloons popping) - The Wisdom of Trauma

(balloons popping)

(mirror shatters) - The Wisdom of Trauma

(mirror shatters)

In other words, we have to threaten - The Wisdom of Trauma

In other words, we have to threaten

Well that child, if he
learns the lesson well, - The Wisdom of Trauma

Well that child, if he learns the lesson well,

Okay, so kid is angry,
but how about helping him - The Wisdom of Trauma

Okay, so kid is angry, but how about helping him

We want people to know that anger - The Wisdom of Trauma

We want people to know that anger

- [Gabor] Can you see how
why for a six-year-old - The Wisdom of Trauma

- [Gabor] Can you see how why for a six-year-old

- The fear if left on my
own, I won't get out of bed. - The Wisdom of Trauma

- The fear if left on my own, I won't get out of bed.

So your failure is that you got depressed - The Wisdom of Trauma

So your failure is that you got depressed

- [Gabor] Just identify the age that you - The Wisdom of Trauma

- [Gabor] Just identify the age that you

My oldest daughter is 33, - The Wisdom of Trauma

My oldest daughter is 33,

Choose one as a thought
experiment right now, - The Wisdom of Trauma

Choose one as a thought experiment right now,

Would you go to them and
say: "You are total failure?" - The Wisdom of Trauma

Would you go to them and say: "You are total failure?&q...

- The depression was a major success, - The Wisdom of Trauma

- The depression was a major success,

Okay? Now I know that
sounds ridiculous, but- - The Wisdom of Trauma

Okay? Now I know that sounds ridiculous, but-

You're telling me that having that pain - The Wisdom of Trauma

You're telling me that having that pain

- [Gabor] You go through
your whole life like that - The Wisdom of Trauma

- [Gabor] You go through your whole life like that

- Gabor Maté, thanks very much
for coming on Under the Skin. - The Wisdom of Trauma

- Gabor Maté, thanks very much for coming on Under the Skin....

The reason I'm so excited to talk to you, - The Wisdom of Trauma

The reason I'm so excited to talk to you,

When it was heroin, I would like have, - The Wisdom of Trauma

When it was heroin, I would like have,

(Russell laughs) - The Wisdom of Trauma

(Russell laughs)

In the life of every person
who's ever been addicted - The Wisdom of Trauma

In the life of every person who's ever been addicted

An addiction is any behavior - The Wisdom of Trauma

An addiction is any behavior

Could be drugs, obviously,
alcohol, nicotine. - The Wisdom of Trauma

Could be drugs, obviously, alcohol, nicotine.

Could also be sex, could be gambling, - The Wisdom of Trauma

Could also be sex, could be gambling,

First issue is not why the addiction - The Wisdom of Trauma

First issue is not why the addiction

(woman sobbing) - The Wisdom of Trauma

(woman sobbing)

The pernicious line is the belief - The Wisdom of Trauma

The pernicious line is the belief

And so therefore addicts for the most part - The Wisdom of Trauma

And so therefore addicts for the most part

Now the other belief around addiction, - The Wisdom of Trauma

Now the other belief around addiction,

That belief is more humane, - The Wisdom of Trauma

That belief is more humane,

However, it's also
misleading because it ignores - The Wisdom of Trauma

However, it's also misleading because it ignores

It's among the normal
human responses to trauma. - The Wisdom of Trauma

It's among the normal human responses to trauma.

I come from a family of
Thai restaurant owners. - The Wisdom of Trauma

I come from a family of Thai restaurant owners.

I mean, I think if I had
parents who didn't really care - The Wisdom of Trauma

I mean, I think if I had parents who didn't really care

I might've just, you know,
tried it once or twice, - The Wisdom of Trauma

I might've just, you know, tried it once or twice,

And so when I moved away,
I really wanted to prove - The Wisdom of Trauma

And so when I moved away, I really wanted to prove

And San Francisco State
University was my second choice - The Wisdom of Trauma

And San Francisco State University was my second choice

With doing so many things,
pledging sororities - The Wisdom of Trauma

With doing so many things, pledging sororities

And so I think that's
when I really evolved - The Wisdom of Trauma

And so I think that's when I really evolved

I wanted to go to school, - The Wisdom of Trauma

I wanted to go to school,

So then it got into heavier drugs, - The Wisdom of Trauma

So then it got into heavier drugs,

Without the addiction,
they felt incomplete, - The Wisdom of Trauma

Without the addiction, they felt incomplete,

It's as if the addiction
was to complete themselves, - The Wisdom of Trauma

It's as if the addiction was to complete themselves,

Why the finger-pointing, why the judgments - The Wisdom of Trauma

Why the finger-pointing, why the judgments

My first job that I ever had
as a physician in Vancouver - The Wisdom of Trauma

My first job that I ever had as a physician in Vancouver

It's North America's most concentrated - The Wisdom of Trauma

It's North America's most concentrated

And I go this old, broken down hotel - The Wisdom of Trauma

And I go this old, broken down hotel

And after two years, I
shifted my full-time work - The Wisdom of Trauma

And after two years, I shifted my full-time work

They all had suffered
tremendous torment as children, - The Wisdom of Trauma

They all had suffered tremendous torment as children,

They were quite willing
to sacrifice love, life, - The Wisdom of Trauma

They were quite willing to sacrifice love, life,

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1 in 5 Americans are diagnosed with mental illness every year. Suicide is the second most common cause of death in the US for youth aged 15-24, and kills over 48,300 in the US and 800,000 people globally per year. Drug overdose ki...

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Director: Maurizio Benazzo, Zaya Benazzo

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Genre: documentary

Year: 2021

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Released: 08 Jun 2021

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