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AMP #115 Dr. Gabor Mate on Addiction, Stress, and the Way Out

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Psychedelic Medicine and Addictions

The common ground between all addictions is a source of trauma and I never really looked at it that way but it's that conditional self-love model where if I performed well in a basketball game or in a test then I received love from my world at the time which was my parents. The thing that mattered most in those times where I didn't perform and I missed something, failed to do something  the love was withdrawn so until you're willing to leave your family in that sense are you gonna keep recreating this? You're still seeking that love that you didn't get the way you needed it at that time from the environment. There's something very familiar to you about being stressed

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