Relational
Are you looking for someone to complete you?
A lot of people rush into relationships hoping another person will fill a gap they've been carrying around for years. That gap often has nothing to do with love.
The attempt to escape our aloneness through a relationship is what creates so much suffering in relationships.— Gabor Maté
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The thinker
Physician & Trauma Expert
Gabor Maté is a Hungarian-Canadian physician and bestselling author known for his work on trauma, addiction, and the connection between stress and illness.
Based on Gabor Maté — How Childhood Trauma Leads to Addiction, summarised and reframed by Insights.
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