“The oft-observed relationship between stress, impaired immunity and illness has given rise to the concept of “diseases of adaptation,” a phrase of… — Gabor Maté Civilized society Copy Share Image
“It is easy to blame television or the movies or rap music for desensitizing our children to human suffering, to violence, and… — Gabor Maté Children Copy Share Image
“Environmental influences also affect dopamine. From animal studies, we know that social stimulation is necessary for the growth of the nerve endings… — Gabor Maté Emotional stress Copy Share Image
“Why do we despise, ostracize and punish the drug addict when as a social collective we share the same blindness and engage… — Gabor Maté Addiction Copy Share Image
“While all of us dread being blamed, we all would wish to be more responsible—that is, to have the ability to respond… — Gabor Maté Fear Copy Share Image
“The war mentality represents an unfortunate confluence of ignorance, fear, prejudice, and profit. ... The ignorance exists in its own right and… — Gabor Maté Fear Copy Share Image
“The addict’s reliance on the drug to reawaken her dulled feelings is no adolescent caprice. The dullness is itself a consequence of… — Gabor Maté Conscious awareness Copy Share Image
“Our immune system does not exist in isolation from daily experience. For example, the immune defences that normally function in healthy young… — Gabor Maté Health Copy Share Image
A long-term substance abuser, a few months before his death, penned this poem: Went downtown, Hastings and Main, looking for relief from… — Gabor Mate Abusers Copy Share Image
“Opiates don't only relieve physical pain, they also relieve emotional pain. It turns out that the same part of the brain that… — Gabor Maté Addiction Copy Share Image
“Interactions with other human beings — in particular, emotional interactions — affect our biological functioning in myriad and subtle ways almost every… — Gabor Maté Every moment Copy Share Image
“There is a significant hereditary contribution to ADD but I do not believe any genetic factor is decisive in the emergence of… — Gabor Maté Biology Copy Share Image
“It’s a subtle thing, freedom. It takes effort; it takes attention and focus to not act something like an automaton. Although we… — Gabor Maté Conscious awareness Copy Share Image
“The addict’s reliance on the drug to reawaken her dulled feelings is no adolescent caprice. The dullness is itself a consequence of… — Gabor Maté Conscious awareness Copy Share Image
“There is a foolproof way to distinguish peer-distorted counterwill from the genuine drive for autonomy: the maturing, individuating child resists coercion whatever… — Gabor Maté Children Copy Share Image
“Despite the best efforts of many physicians, Mary died in Vancouver Hospital eight years after her diagnosis, succumbing to the complications of… — Gabor Maté Little Sisters Copy Share Image
“Some people, a relatively small minority, are at grave risk for addiction if exposed to certain substances. For this minority, exposure to… — Gabor Maté Addiction Copy Share Image
“Many of us live, if not alone, then in emotionally inadequate relationships that do not recognize or honour our deepest needs. Isolation… — Gabor Maté Loneliness Copy Share Image
“Counterwill is an instinctive, automatic resistance to any sense of being forced. It is triggered whenever a person feels controlled or pressured… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“Many people have concluded that parents cannot be expected to know what to do without formal training. There are all kinds of… — Gabor Maté Education Copy Share Image
“The human brain is the most complex entity in the universe. It has between fifty and one hundred billion nerve cells, or… — Gabor Maté Adult life Copy Share Image
“Attachment divides the child's world into those the child likes and those the child is indifferent to, those who attract and those… — Gabor Maté Children Copy Share Image
“People's emotional states have a huge impact in their physiology. The interaction between emotions and physiology is 24/7, whether we are aware… — Gabor Maté Falling apart Copy Share Image
“If you start with the idea that addiction isn’t a primary disease, but an attempt to solve a problem, then you soon… — Gabor Maté Addiction Copy Share Image
