The Healing Nature Of Trauma

The wisest among us know that we only truly learn from our mistakes. An unchallenged life is one that does not prompt us to question.

Only a life beset by challenges can prompt us into inner and outer enquiry, so that we may understand and grow. And, that sometimes means having to deal with the mistakes of others, also.

But, challenges on their own don’t necessarily facilitate good outcomes… Our approach to them is critical.

Those who come at this process from a loving and compassionate perspective will evolve. But, those who resist, or deal with themselves harshly in the process, are unlikely to learn from their mistakes. Instead, they will likely compound their problems, and their growth will be stunted further.

Those who refuse to accept themselves, and the way their life is, will develop complexes, making them less able to navigate life’s challenges in the future.

Sadly, this is often what happens when children, without adequate compassionate adult support, face traumatic events that they are unable to contend with alone.

Understanding Trauma

Thankfully, there are leading lights in the field of psychology, who are advancing our understanding of how unprocessed issues and trauma are affecting us. Gabor Maté, is one such luminary.

In the lengthy video, below, Gabor Maté reveals how trauma and unprocessed emotions can develop into physical illnesses.

I have also been writing about this subject for many years, culminating in the article The Ultimate Cause Of All Illness, in which I explain:

“… how our emotional stressors lay the foundation for our physical stressors to gain a stronghold, and illustrates the inevitability of these emotional stressors making us sick further down the line.”

So, I am delighted that Gabor Maté so eloquently deals with this subject in his talk:

Healing Trauma Is Not What You Think, by Gabor Maté

And, I’m equally delighted that he interviews a young woman, within the talk, who restored her health by successfully processing her emotional trauma, years after the trauma was experienced.

It’s never too late to heal!

Despite suffering from serious, complex physical conditions, she has been in full remission for over two years.

She was told that her condition was untreatable, and fatal.