Physician, Heal Thyself | movie | 2023 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

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Transcript

00:00 It's my pleasure to introduce Dr. Gabor Mate.

00:02 Dr. Mate has written multiple books and published in 20 languages around the world.

00:06 Whenever I wanted to say something that I thought the world should know about,

00:08 that's when I wrote. I can help so many people.

00:11 You're a best-selling author, but I can't actually find that much information about your story.

00:17 My subjective memory of my childhood is that of a happy childhood.

00:25 When I pondered later on the occasional diary that I kept, I write about being unhappy.

00:30 I have this potential that's nowhere near being realized.

00:33 One morning I said, "I'm going to be a doctor."

00:35 What was driving me? It was idealism. I wanted to serve humanity.

00:41 At the same time, I desperately needed the

00:44 ego enhancement that the doctor title would provide for me.

00:46 The nurses said that working with me is like working in the eye of a tornado.

00:51 What was that?

00:55 Part of the problem was that I believe in everybody's healing, but my own.

00:59 If I let go of all this, what will happen?