
39 - Gabor Mate
Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan
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What's Your Take on Attention Deficit Disorder?
"I think this society actually encourages that kind of tightness It makes it... Well, and that's sort of what I'm trying to say is that it almost makes it necessary" "When people have the right environment, they'll stay healthy. And when the environment is lacking, the development will be distorted and so will their health" He says he was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder in his early 50s - a genetic disease by most people who deal with it. The difficulty paying attention, the tuning out, the absent-mindedness is not a disease but rather a defense mechanism Against what? Overrunning stress If I were to stress you right now, your natural and healthy response would be
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