Shane Goodman

“Intensely held beliefs may be no more than a person’s unconscious effort to build a sense of self to fill what, underneath, is experienced as a vacuum.”
― Gabor Maté, When the Body Says No

“It may seem counterintuitive, but this reflexive rejection of the loving mother is an adaptation: “I was so hurt when you abandoned me,” says the young child’s mind, “that I will not reconnect with you. I don’t dare open myself to that pain again.” In many children—and I was certainly one—early reactions like these become embedded in the nervous system, mind, and body, playing havoc with future relationships.”
― Gabor Maté, The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture

“It’s a big deal, I’m finding, to know that your mind is not your enemy.”
― Gabor Maté, The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

“What he feels before he can think is a powerful determinant of what kind of things he thinks when thought becomes possible.”
― Gabor Maté, The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture