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My workaholism and compact disc shopping have been only the most consistent forms of escape my mind chooses when it’s uncomfortable. There have been other behaviours just as compulsive and just as impulsive. I see now that the underlying anxiety and sense of emptiness have been pervasive. Emotionally they take the shape of chronic, low-grade
... See moreGabor Maté • In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
These biological responses are adaptive in the emergencies for which nature designed them. But
Gabor Maté M.D. • When the Body Says No: Understanding the Stress-disease Connection
No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
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The opposite of addiction is not sobriety. The opposite of addiction is connection.
Ram Dass once said, “After many years of undergoing psychoanalysis, teaching psychology, working as a psychotherapist, taking drugs, being in India, being a yogi, having a guru, and meditating for decades, as far as I can see I haven’t gotten rid of one neurosis. Not one. The only thing that changed is that they don’t define me anymore.
Frank Ostaseski • The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully
the book The Drama of the Gifted Child by Alice Miller.
Timothy Ferriss • Tools Of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
