Your Trauma May Be Making You Sick

Have you ever wondered if stress and trauma from your past could be making you sick? Author and trauma expert Dr. Gabor Maté, says our past experiences may literally be the root cause of “trauma related illness,” something he writes about in his most recent book, “The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture.” Drawing on his experience as both a Holocaust survivor, and a physician, Mate sits down with Dr. Sanjay Gupta for an intimate and wide-ranging conversation to share his steps for healing and living happier lives.
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[@Mr.Coffee576]

The Supreme Court traumatised me.

[@bryan805]

Poor thing

[@jlvandat69]

👍👍

[@Osbox_levrai]

This is such a great upload.

[@timothy4557]

Well, if it isn't Dr.Booster.

[@jlvandat69]

excellent video. One thing I know for sure is that it is far easier to dodge our trauma than it is to deal with it. That explains why there's so many people struggling in so many different ways, and feeling frustrated. There's countless ways to distract ourselves from deep discomfort generated by trauma, especially today. But personally, I have found the hard work needed for healing to be the most rewarding pursuit life can provide.

[@JRR31984]

THAT'S NOT a maybe. JUST depends on the timeframe and the levels of it.

[@Jon-yn4pq]

Trauma from being ostracized by your news organization for making up my own mind for my medical choices.

[@scj_chatow]

I always learn from Gabe’ and Dr. Gupta is a sensitive inquisitive host. Good conversation guys!

[@johnnyleopard2668]

I definitely needed to hear this.

[@RemoteViewer1]

"Bat Soup"?

[@sharonmassey2923]

17:15 Of those I'd gotten deep enough with over the years, I've never known anyone who hasn't experienced trauma at a young age, and observation of the behavior of those not known as well also indicated it. And I have to say that I consider the medical establishment's approach to treating illness to be superficial and inexcusably two-dimensional, pretty much treating people as though they're little more than machines with replaceable parts. [Not you, of course, Dr. Gupta.] I also have to say that I was surprised by what sounded to me like your tone of surprise at the idea of the mind/body connection. I'm at the point where I'd say to any doctor, "How can that not be obvious?" After all, it was science that discovered the placebo effect, and has very suspiciously ignored the mind/body connection that it proved. But then big pharma wouldn't be a fan of further exploration, would it. At least I was able to learn about it from other sources. This passage from the book I'm reading right now "coincidentally" came up today, and it echoes perfectly what Dr. Maté is saying: "But eventually we stop caring about the trivialities, and we realize that the tragedies too are merely the most visible outcroppings of a deeper vein of dysfunction. Life stops making sense. We wonder, as F. did at the mortgage company, what the point is. We keep slogging away perhaps, at our jobs or school out of fear of financial hardship, but at some point even that isn't enough to keep us going. The next step is medication: antidepressants to immune us to the pain; anti-anxiety meds to quell the sense that something is terribly wrong; stimulants to force us to pay attention to things we don't care about. But all of these merely drive the life-force deeper underground. There it builds, bubbling up eventually as cancer, turning against the body as autoimmunity, or exploding outward as violence. No wonder that nearly all the school shootings in the last two decades have involved psychiatric medications." 22:33 "This society might as well be designed to stress people." And I'm pretty sure it was also Dr. Gabor Maté who said, "There is nothing healthy about being well-adjusted to a sick society."

[@paulacoyle5685]

Certain bird species play also, especially caiques and lorikeets

[@madambluewave]

I wish you didn't work for CNN Dr. Gupta. You're the only one i listen to from there.

[@jonescharley2105]

“Safe and effective “,makes you sick!

[@bruceangel4459]

Yep. #StaySharp #ThePowerOfDailyBriskWalking

[@borisjohnson5985]

My TDS is making me sick. Thank you for causing that, CNN.

[@michelled8408]

TDS-TRUMPS DERANGED SUPPORTERS.. Did you being deranged have anything to do with your illness?

[@JRR31984]

You sure it ain't also your mother....

[@michelled8408]

@@JRR31984 TDS-TRUMPS DERANGED SUPPORTERS

[@michelled8408]

TDS - TRUMPS DERANGED SUPPORTERS

[@jonescharley2105]

I’m sure Ashley Biden could comment about her “inappropriate showers”,she took with her father as traumatizing to her!FJB

[@user-su5cg3fb7p]

Big facts there CNN

[@RandyWatson-iw7qn]

Chasing views

[@MILSPECMOM]

16.5M subs and you can only muster that view count in that time!? LMAO hahahahahahahahahahaa

[@borisjohnson5985]

Those subscribers are bots. There's no way 16.5 million people would waste their time subscribing to this joke of a network.

[@martinhumble]

Or segments like this can make people believe they all have suffered from trauma

[@madambluewave]

Oh well.

[@RandyWatson-iw7qn]

Maybe pfizer had a shot for what ails you.

[@richardleirer]

Biden took a bunch of them and look how great that turned out. He beat Medicare 😮.

[@gmlgml780]

Yeah. You're just trying to explain it. To validate it. To rationalize that life is sh@t. That's all.

[@gmlgml780]

(There is no such thing as a "healthy" human. There are only two kinds of the happy or balanced people in a universe like this. The blind and the cruel. If you are healthy then you are one of those. Or both.)

[@gmlgml780]

(If you have your eyes opened, if you have a heart, then you WILL s@ffer in a universe like this.)

[@makedredd299]

Tell me about it. The Trump vs. Biden debate in June, 2024 was VERY traumatic! 👁️ 💋 👁️

[@ErnestoCulanag]

@2/28/24/(ernesto❤❤culanag 0417,1974.)@/7/2/24.

[@skibiditoilet2vfx]

THANK YOU CNN FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP'S REELECTION 🙂🙂🙂

[@michelled8408]

Why a smiley face emoji? Drumpf destroyed the country when IT was in office. Are you okay with a creature drumpf that only cares about itself? It's filthy self at that?

[@sharonmassey2923]

Your absurd priority in terms of the subject matter of this clip is noted. Also noted, ELINOR, is your apparently brain-dead support for a convicted rapist.

[@sharonmassey2923]

Are you lost, or were you unable to understand the title of this clip? And you are obviously not bothered at all, ELINOR, that Trump is a convicted rapist.

[@DavidJ2222]

Big shout out to King Trump 🎉🎉🎉

[@captianawesome9240]

"Your trauma may be making you sick"- But it's definately NOT Ivermectin making people sick😂😂😂. Calling guy a "doctor" is like calling a Burger King "fine dining"😂😂

[@ShantelleArzate]

YEAH. YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO EXPLAIN IT. TO VALIDATE IT. TO RATIONALIZE THAT LIFE IS SH@T. THAT'S ALL. 🙂🙂🙂

[@dimm7448]

Trump and Putin make me sick

[@IgnaciaHusser]

BIG SHOUT OUT TO KING TRUMP 🤣🤣🤣

[@youbelieveddemocrats568]

I have seen enough!!!!!! I am withdrawn my support for JOE BIDEN and my millions of dallors.... he and Democrats are not good for any company at all.

[@MissRed92837]

Good luck living in dictatorship United States of Trump!

[@DavidJ2222]

Thank you CNN for president Trump's reelection 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@borisjohnson5985]

CNN caused my TDS. 😢

[@richardleirer]

Biden and Trump have been making me sick for 8 yrs now. Hmmm, time to relieve stress and Vote Kennedy.

[@joecancer6013]

Kennedy was okay until he picked his Billionaire donor for VP

[@richardleirer]

​@@joecancer6013Fair point. Yet is Kamala any better? Hey, they both are " minorities".

[@joecancer6013]

@@richardleirer I'm voting for Trump. I'm Texan and want the human trafficking to stop

[@RenateNehls]

Mich inspiriert immer wieder die Bereitschaft der Teilnehmer, einander zuzuhören und voneinander zu lernen. Es ist ein Modell für einen konstruktiven Dialog.🐱

[@johnlyons427]

The trauma of joe is more than any human should have to endure.

[@Enigma_Grey]

I'm giving up on the democratic party. Let's go brandon, Trump2024