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Episode 198: Gabor Maté - Renowned Addiction Expert, Bestselling Author, and Speaker

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The Link Between Trauma and Chronic Illness

The more sexually abused a person is, the more likely they are to have endometriosis. A study out of Harvard University four years ago showed that women with severe PTSD have doubled the risk of ovarian cancer. But I can't tell you for the most part which specific trauma will lead to which specific illness. That's not so important as knowing that it's all trauma based and healing of all those conditions must involve the healing of the trauma.

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