Gabor Maté – When the Body says No

2: Trauma makes you disconnect—from yourself, others, and your body.

Survivors of trauma often experience:
• Feeling emotionally numb
• Not knowing what they truly want
• Chronic self-doubt

Healing means reconnecting with your body, emotions, and true self.

3: Your childhood coping mechanisms become your adult symptoms.

As a child, you needed to adapt to survive.

• People-pleasing? Came from needing love & approval. • Numbing emotions? Came from avoiding pain.
• Overachieving? Came from fear of not being good enough.

These patterns don’t disappear—they turn into chronic stress, burnout, and addiction.

“Don’t ask why the addiction, ask why the pain.”

4: Autoimmune diseases often begin with suppressed emotions.

Your body and mind are connected.

Studies show that chronic stress suppresses the immune system—leading to conditions like:

• Rheumatoid arthritis
• IBS & Crohn’s disease
• Chronic fatigue syndrome
• Fibromyalgia

Healing starts with processing emotions, not just treating symptoms.

5: Healing trauma isn’t just mental—it’s physical.

You can’t “think” your way out of trauma because it’s stored in the body.

Healing requires:
• Somatic therapy (body-based healing)
• Nervous system regulation
• Releasing stored tension & emotions

Your body remembers what your mind forgets.

6: Chronic stress keeps you in survival mode—damaging your brain & body.

When stress becomes constant, your nervous system never shuts off.

• Fight-or-flight mode floods you with cortisol & adrenaline
• Shutdown mode leads to numbness, fatigue, and depression

This isn’t mental weakness—it’s your body’s survival response asking for help.

7: Trauma passes through generations—but so does healing.

Studies show that unhealed trauma gets passed down genetically & behaviorally.

BUT—when you heal, you don’t just free yourself.

You break cycles for your children, family, and future generations.

8: Unhealed trauma leads to self-sabotage.

If your nervous system is wired for stress, peace will feel unfamiliar.

You might:
• Chase toxic relationships
• Overwork to feel “enough”
• Procrastinate out of fear
• These aren’t character flaws—they’re trauma imprints

9: Your nervous system holds the key to healing.

If your body still feels unsafe, it’s impossible to truly relax or heal.

This is why somatic therapy is the missing link—it teaches your nervous system to:

• Release stored trauma
• Feel safe again
• Restore balance & vitality

10: You can rewire your nervous system—at any age.

Your brain is neuroplastic—meaning it can change, rewire, and heal.

Healing trauma isn’t about “getting over it.”

It’s about teaching your body safety again.

And that’s exactly what somatic therapy does.

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In my experience as a therapist:

Chronic stress, burnout, and trauma aren’t just mental health issues—they’re nervous system issues.

The solution?

Not just talk therapy. Not just medication.

You need your innate body-based wisdom to truly break free.

If you’re ready to explore Somatic therapy for rewiring your nervous system and healing stored trauma…

Check out my FREE email course: 5 Steps to become a regulated human.

It’s built on 7+ years of experience as a mental health professional:

Body Mind AcceleratorSomatic Psychology Email Coursehttps://www.bodymindaccelerator.com/

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Healing is an innate quality of the organism. I can help the healing, but the healing has to happen within the person

Gabor Maté 

A Wound that Can Always Heal

Trauma is a psychological and emotional wound that hurts enormously when touched. But trauma is not a thing that happened to you, it’s what happened inside you as a result of a certain event. And Gabor Maté knows that that’s a good thing! Because if this wound is not the irreversible event that happened at a certain moment in your past, you will always have the possibility to heal it. In this gripping video, the Canadian physician and trauma expert shares with you how to recognize trauma, how to take responsibility for it and how to eventually heal it – because unresolved trauma can not only severely impair your personal relationships and your entire quality of life, but is often passed on to the next generation as well where it causes even more suffering

Gabor Maté teaches you:

What trauma really is and how you can heal it
In what ways unhealed trauma shows up in adults
What western medicine still has to learn about trauma
How collective trauma can look
What depression has to do with trauma

About:

Dr. Gabor Maté is a renowned speaker and bestselling author specializing in addiction, stress and childhood development. After 20 years of family practice and more than a decade of palliative care experience, Gabor worked with patients challenged by drug addiction and mental illness. Rather than offering quick-fix solutions to these complex issues, Gabor weaves together scientific research, case histories, and his own insights and experience to present a broad perspective that enlightens and empowers people to promote their own healing and that of those around them.

Find out more about Gabor at: drgabormate.com

Gabor Maté about TRAUMA