> In case it needs to be said: I really hope people don’t conclude that women need to be given exogenous testosterone
Instructions unclear, I am a female bodybuilder now with a big beard and huge muscles ;o
Jokes aside, this was a great article and gave me a lot to ponder about. ^^ I've had tmy traumas and stuff, and sure it felt nice to blame everything on what I went through, but eventually I researched a lot, kept doing certain practices and largely overcame my traumas.. Using what e.g. Mate is saying and just being stuck in a perpetual loop of pain and suffering is something I hate seeing..
Thanks for the analysis. I listened to the JRE podcast with Mate a few years ago and thought the guy was sus. Trauma this, trauma that. How can he claim everything is trauma-related, pretty narrow point of view. It's almost so general that you could say "being alive leads to all problems'".
I didn't trust his face. Physiognomy lead me on the right track yet again. I generally avoid people that look so gloomy, it seems he just loves having a "scientific" basis for dragging everyone down into a cycle of inescapable and self-made sadness and grief.
Hadn't heard of this Mate before, but I enjoy the write-ups. More specifically the way it leads into actual research and reasoning.
Surprised I hadn't heard of Victor Frankl before; was he perhaps not active outside self-help/trauma therapy classes? Would have expected him to be up there with the other great/well-known lecturers.
Thanks for this thorough article. The first time I heard Gabor Mate, I like what he had to say. But over time, I heard more and more things being just reduced to trauma. You outline well why it just isn't correct to look at every problem as the outcome of past trauma.
> In case it needs to be said: I really hope people don’t conclude that women need to be given exogenous testosterone
Instructions unclear, I am a female bodybuilder now with a big beard and huge muscles ;o
Jokes aside, this was a great article and gave me a lot to ponder about. ^^ I've had tmy traumas and stuff, and sure it felt nice to blame everything on what I went through, but eventually I researched a lot, kept doing certain practices and largely overcame my traumas.. Using what e.g. Mate is saying and just being stuck in a perpetual loop of pain and suffering is something I hate seeing..
So someone I've never heard of isn't worth paying attention to. Why not write an article on Frankl instead? Point people to something useful
He’s gained quite a following to be fair so it’s worth talking about in my opinion
Thanks for the analysis. I listened to the JRE podcast with Mate a few years ago and thought the guy was sus. Trauma this, trauma that. How can he claim everything is trauma-related, pretty narrow point of view. It's almost so general that you could say "being alive leads to all problems'".
I didn't trust his face. Physiognomy lead me on the right track yet again. I generally avoid people that look so gloomy, it seems he just loves having a "scientific" basis for dragging everyone down into a cycle of inescapable and self-made sadness and grief.
Every. Single. Time.
100% ;)
i heard u pause at one point in the VO and i giggled. if u do this no cuts thats nutso tho good job
Hadn't heard of this Mate before, but I enjoy the write-ups. More specifically the way it leads into actual research and reasoning.
Surprised I hadn't heard of Victor Frankl before; was he perhaps not active outside self-help/trauma therapy classes? Would have expected him to be up there with the other great/well-known lecturers.
There's the book that he wrote- Man's search for meaning. It's a short book you should check out.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Is this one from 1984, published by Unitarian
Universalist Association, an OK version?
https://ia601809.us.archive.org/19/items/mans-search-for-meaning_202104/Man%27s%20Search%20For%20Meaning.pdf
Apparently it was originally called "A psychologist experience in concentration camp".
Joseph, great job with the visuals on this article!
Amazing article!
Thanks for this thorough article. The first time I heard Gabor Mate, I like what he had to say. But over time, I heard more and more things being just reduced to trauma. You outline well why it just isn't correct to look at every problem as the outcome of past trauma.
The Hole Cost didn't happen though.