459: How to understand & heal your trauma | Gabor Mate, M.D.

Published: Dec. 12, 2022, 10 a.m.

b"Gabor Mat\\xe9, M.D.: \\u201c95% of trauma is multi-generational. You unwittingly pass it on.\\u201d\\xa0\\nGabor, a physician, New York Times bestselling author, and internationally renowned speaker, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss how buried trauma can harm your health, plus:\\n- Gabor\\u2019s upbringing & his professional work around trauma (~00:42)\\n- What trauma really means (~05:07)\\n- Gabor\\u2019s personal experience with trauma (~10:18)\\n- How trauma gets passed down from one generation to the next (~12:47)\\n- How your personal trauma can affect your physical health (~17:20)\\n- The relationship between stress and illness (~20:51)\\n- How to start resolving your trauma (~27:53)\\n- Why so many people have a hard time saying \\u201cno\\u201d (~31:39)\\n- The real reason children start resenting their parents (~34:10)\\n- Why you don\\u2019t actually have to socialize kids (~39:19)\\n- How our culture makes us sick (~44:00)\\n- What\\u2019s unique about our cultural trauma today (~47:04)\\n- What we can do about a lack of social connection (~48:40)\\n- Why we attract others with similar traumas (~52:09)\\n\\nTrigger warning: This podcast includes mentions of suicidal ideation.\\xa0You're never alone. If you or someone you know are struggling, call the\\xa0Suicide & Crisis Lifeline\\xa0at 988 or visit suicidepreventionlifeline.org.\\xa0\\n\\nReferenced in the episode:\\n- Gabor's latest book, The Myth Of Normal. \\n- Gabor's previous bestsellers, Hold On To Your Kids, When The Body Says No, In The Realm Of Hungry Ghosts, and Scattered Minds.\\n- A study on childhood trauma & adult illnesses.\\n- A study on self-silencing during conflict & mortality.\\n- The Roseto study.\\n- A study on loneliness & mortality.\\n- Read more about Jean-Martin Charcot.\\n- Sign up for The Long Game.\\xa0\\n\\nWe hope you enjoy this episode, and feel free to watch the full video on YouTube! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at:\\xa0podcast@mindbodygreen.com.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"