Dr Gabor Mate is a medical practitioner who does excellent, enlightening work in the field of disease and addictions.
His main point is that every addiction and serious disease starts as a result of trauma and feeling isolated.
His insightful quote is what I find in my work too.
Every single behaviour that we judge in ourselves, that we now think is a "problem", once was a solution. It usually started out as a childhood strategy for survival. And therefore, it is not "wrong", and nothing is "wrong" with us!
It has an ultimate positive intention for us.
However, as adults, we start realising that those strategies are not working for us anymore - and we call it "a problem".
Often, sensitive introverts have survival strategies like "Don't go in the spotlight, it's not safe" or "Avoid being visible at all costs". We know this strategy causes a problem with for instance, showing up to market our work. YET it seems so hard to change and suddenly become "visible".
When we realise we have a problem, we want to get rid of it as fast as we can.
Could there be "a problem" with that approach?
