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Dr. Gabor Mate: Healing From Addiction & Trauma

A Life of Greatness

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How Does Trauma Activate Addiction?

The addiction arises as an attempt to soothe the pain of that trauma. "Trauma disconnects you from yourself," he says, and we need external means to make ourselves feel alive. So if you take a stimulant addict, they want that drug that gives them a sense of vitality.

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