The Resilient Mind Is an Unhealed Wound Secretly Ruining Your Life? - Dr Gabor Maté
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Nov 28, 2025 
Dr. Gabor Maté, a renowned Canadian physician and author, delves into the profound connections between trauma, health, and creativity. He defines trauma as an unhealed psychological wound that can shape our lives, discussing how both significant and subtle experiences from childhood can lead to lifelong challenges. Maté emphasizes the importance of awareness and reinterpreting past experiences for healing. He also critiques the medical system for overlooking life's stressors and advocates for addressing trauma in treatment to foster true well-being.
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Trauma As An Unhealed Wound
- Trauma is best defined as an unhealed psychological wound that behaves like a physical wound.
- When triggered, old wounds cause people to react from past stages instead of the present moment.
Small T Trauma Matters Too
- Trauma includes both big, obvious events and small unmet childhood needs that scar development.
- Small T trauma (unmet emotional needs) shows up later as lasting painful patterns in life.
Realization Reframes Lifelong Guilt
- Gabor Maté describes recognizing a lifelong feeling of guilt as an interpretation from childhood.
- Bringing that meaning into awareness allowed him to stop believing it automatically.