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“Being late isn’t about bad time management, it’s about not developing a proper sense of time as a kid.” Gabor Maté explained this to Hasan Minhaj during their conversation. He walked through the classic ADHD signs (trouble focusing, losing things, disorganization) and tied Hasan’s chronic lateness directly to early...

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Hasan Minhaj asks Gabor Maté: "Why am I always late?" Maté diagnoses on the spot: ADHD—specifically a lack of time maturity. At 5 minutes to 8, your brain still feels like you have "eternity." Time sense didn't fully develop early because, for highly sensitive kids, parental stress (even prenatal) interferes with brain circuits. It's not inherited disease—it's a protective "tune out" response to overwhelm that wired in young. 96-sec clip from Hasan's podcast. Mind-blowing reframing of chronic lateness + disorganization as survival adaptation. ADHD folks (or those who relate): Does the "time blindness from early stress" explanation hit home? Ever noticed how sensitivity + childhood environment shaped your focus/time sense? Share below—no judgment, just real talk.
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Hasan Minhaj asks Gabor Maté: "Why am I always late?" Maté diagnoses on the spot: ADHD—specifically a lack of time maturity. At 5 minutes to 8, your brain still feels like you have "eternity." Time sense didn't fully develop early because, for highly sensitive kids, parental stress (even prenatal) interferes with brain circuits. It's not inherited disease—it's a protective "tune out" response to overwhelm that wired in young. 96-sec clip from Hasan's podcast. Mind-blowing reframing of chronic lateness + disorganization as survival adaptation. ADHD folks (or those who relate): Does the "time blindness from early stress" explanation hit home? Ever noticed how sensitivity + childhood environment shaped your focus/time sense? Share below—no judgment, just real talk.

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Gabor Maté flipped the entire ADHD conversation on Joe Rogan: He says ADHD is real, but it’s not a genetic disease like we’ve been told. It’s a coping mechanism. When a young child experiences stress (especially from parents) and can’t fight or escape, their developing brain learns to tune out. That pattern gets wired in. Years later we call it a “disorder” and reach for pills. Maté’s take: The brain develops in relationship. Stressed, unavailable parents → stressed, distracted kids. Fix the environment and family dynamics, and the symptoms often improve dramatically. We’ve spent decades treating ADHD as purely biological when the environment and early relationships might be playing a much bigger role than most doctors admit. This one really made me think. I’ve seen kids (and adults) labeled with ADHD whose home life was chaotic. The idea that it could be a survival adaptation rather than just “broken wiring” feels like it explains a lot. Do you see ADHD more as a genetic brain disease, a coping mechanism from early stress, or somewhere in between?
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Gabor Maté flipped the entire ADHD conversation on Joe Rogan: He says ADHD is real, but it’s not a genetic disease like we’ve been told. It’s a coping mechanism. When a young child experiences stress (especially from parents) and can’t fight or escape, their developing brain learns to tune out. That pattern gets wired in. Years later we call it a “disorder” and reach for pills. Maté’s take: The brain develops in relationship. Stressed, unavailable parents → stressed, distracted kids. Fix the environment and family dynamics, and the symptoms often improve dramatically. We’ve spent decades treating ADHD as purely biological when the environment and early relationships might be playing a much bigger role than most doctors admit. This one really made me think. I’ve seen kids (and adults) labeled with ADHD whose home life was chaotic. The idea that it could be a survival adaptation rather than just “broken wiring” feels like it explains a lot. Do you see ADHD more as a genetic brain disease, a coping mechanism from early stress, or somewhere in between?

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Dr. Gabor Maté challenges that ADHD is a disorder: "ADHD is learned 'tuning out' behavior from childhood stress that gets mislabeled as disease"
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Dr. Gabor Maté challenges that ADHD is a disorder: "ADHD is learned 'tuning out' behavior from childhood stress that gets mislabeled as disease"

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It's not genes - it's trauma. Maté explains: "What's it like to grow up in a home with alcoholism?" The same stress patterns that created ADHD in the parent get passed to the child. The genes aren't for ADHD - they're for sensitivity to environment.
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She literally explained ADHD is a response to stress and not a genetic disease.
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She literally explained ADHD is a response to stress and not a genetic disease.

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Gabor Maté on ADHD in kids: "It's not a disorder—it's a coping mechanism for a sensitive child in a stressed family." In this powerful clip, Maté reframes ADHD as the brain's way of protecting itself: - Sensitive, empathetic children absorb parental/family stress. - They "go absent-minded" to self-protect (not defiance or laziness). - Often highly talented, warm-hearted, deeply feeling. - They crave emotional security above all—understanding, not just behavior fixes or meds. "Once you realize a kid is like that... make them feel emotionally safe." A compassionate shift from "fix the child" to "heal the environment." Parents/teachers: Does this resonate with what you've seen in kids (or even yourself growing up)? What helped create real emotional safety? Share your thoughts/experiences respectfully below.

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Dr. Gabor Maté shares a heartbreaking yet hopeful truth with Joe Rogan: ADHD often isn’t a broken brain or genetic curse—it’s the tender survival strategy of a tiny infant who absorbed too much parental pain and stress, with nowhere to run or fight back. All a baby can do is tune out. That disconnection gets etched into developing circuits... and echoes through a lifetime of feeling scattered, overwhelmed, or “not enough.” But here’s the healing part: because it’s rooted in early emotional wounds, it can soften and shift through genuine connection, compassion, and attunement—even years later. In a world where childhood stress feels more common than ever, this perspective touches something deep. It reminds us how profoundly we affect the little ones around us—and how much grace we all deserve.

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Day care is causing the ADHD epidemic. That’s the provocative take from psychotherapist Erica Komisar on John Anderson’s podcast. She argues that putting very young babies into long hours of daycare creates chronic stress that flips the brain’s stress switch (the amygdala) on way too early. It goes into hypervigilant mode, eventually burns out, and leaves kids in a constant low-level fight-or-flight state, which gets labeled as ADHD. She says there’s no strong genetic cause for ADHD. It’s largely a response to the environment we’re putting kids in. This one really made me pause. We’re wiring tiny brains for survival mode before they’ve even had a chance to develop properly. If much of the ADHD explosion is coming from early chronic stress and separation, then rethinking daycare norms and early childcare could dramatically improve kids’ mental health long-term. What’s your experience or observation, do you think modern daycare schedules are contributing to rising ADHD rates?

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ADHD isn't a disorder. It's simply tuning out when you don't care about something. Gabor Maté says that your childhood may play a role:
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ADHD isn't a disorder. It's simply tuning out when you don't care about something. Gabor Maté says that your childhood may play a role:

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Dr. Gabor Maté exposes the truth about ADHD on Joe Rogan.
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Dr. Gabor Maté exposes the truth about ADHD on Joe Rogan.

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I just listened to Gabor Maté on Steven Bartlett’s podcast and it genuinely made me rethink everything I thought I knew about ADHD. He said it plainly: No gene for ADHD has ever been found. Not one. What gets passed down isn’t the disorder itself — it’s sensitivity. Sensitive kids feel the environment more deeply. In a stressed home (and our society is making parents more stressed than ever), that sensitivity often turns into tuning out as a survival mechanism. That’s what gets labeled as ADHD. Recent stats for context: - In the US, ADHD diagnoses in children nearly doubled over the past 20 years — from ~6.1% in the late 1990s to 11.4% today (about 7 million kids aged 3–17). - Worldwide, prevalence in children is estimated at 5–7%. - In Europe, rates are generally lower but still significant, around 5–7% in many countries. The same child, raised in a calm, supportive environment, might become highly creative, empathetic, or a natural leader instead. We’ve been telling millions of kids (and adults) they have a “brain disease” when many are simply reacting to the stressed world we’ve built around them. This shifts the conversation from “what’s wrong with you” to “what happened to you?” It feels like a much more compassionate — and honest — way to look at it. Do you think many ADHD diagnoses today are more about environment and sensitivity than an innate “disorder”? Have you seen this play out in your own life or with people close to you?

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Dr. Gabor Maté reframes ADHD with profound compassion: In stressed families, a highly sensitive child absorbs the tension → tunes out as a survival coping mechanism. These kids often have deep empathy, warm hearts, and hidden talents — but crave emotional security above all. Not "fix the behavior" — make them feel truly safe and understood. 48-sec clip hits the heart Parents/anyone touched by ADHD — does this resonate?
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Dr. Gabor Maté reframes ADHD with profound compassion: In stressed families, a highly sensitive child absorbs the tension → tunes out as a survival coping mechanism. These kids often have deep empathy, warm hearts, and hidden talents — but crave emotional security above all. Not "fix the behavior" — make them feel truly safe and understood. 48-sec clip hits the heart Parents/anyone touched by ADHD — does this resonate?

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278,671 views • 6 months ago

Dr. Russell Barkley delivers a clear, myth-busting message on ADHD that every parent needs to hear: ADHD is not caused by bad parenting. It is not learned behavior. It is not a character flaw. It is a neurogenetic developmental delay — largely inherited. Key facts from decades of research (including 40+ twin studies): - 80–91% of ADHD variation is genetic (comparable to height) - Rearing environment contributes zero to the trait - If a child has ADHD: 25–35% chance siblings have it, 78–92% chance identical twin has it - If an adult has ADHD: 40–54% chance their children have it - Up to 50% chance one parent sitting in the clinic has undiagnosed ADHD About 1/3 of boys may have an acquired form (e.g., injury), but in girls it’s far rarer — the vast majority is genetic. Barkley: “The public believes ADHD originates in bad parenting… yet twin studies show rearing environment has no influence.” If you or someone you love has ADHD, how did learning it’s primarily genetic (not parenting) change your understanding of it?
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Dr. Russell Barkley delivers a clear, myth-busting message on ADHD that every parent needs to hear: ADHD is not caused by bad parenting. It is not learned behavior. It is not a character flaw. It is a neurogenetic developmental delay — largely inherited. Key facts from decades of research (including 40+ twin studies): - 80–91% of ADHD variation is genetic (comparable to height) - Rearing environment contributes zero to the trait - If a child has ADHD: 25–35% chance siblings have it, 78–92% chance identical twin has it - If an adult has ADHD: 40–54% chance their children have it - Up to 50% chance one parent sitting in the clinic has undiagnosed ADHD About 1/3 of boys may have an acquired form (e.g., injury), but in girls it’s far rarer — the vast majority is genetic. Barkley: “The public believes ADHD originates in bad parenting… yet twin studies show rearing environment has no influence.” If you or someone you love has ADHD, how did learning it’s primarily genetic (not parenting) change your understanding of it?

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13,113 views • 4 months ago

“No medication actually heals ADHD — they only suppress symptoms.” Gabor Maté said this on Steven Bartlett’s podcast and it really made me stop and think. He explained that the real solution isn’t pills. It’s creating a calm, accepting, low-stress home where parents work on their own stresses so they don’t unconsciously pass them on. When that happens, many kids improve dramatically without medication. Meds, at best, are a temporary stopgap — never the final answer, and no child should be forced into them. We’ve been quick to label kids with a “brain disorder” and reach for pills, but a lot of it seems to be kids reacting to the stressed environments we’ve created. Shifting focus from “fix the child” to “fix the conditions” feels like a much more honest and compassionate approach. Do you think we’re over-relying on medication for ADHD, or is environment and parenting the bigger missing piece? What’s your experience or take?
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“No medication actually heals ADHD — they only suppress symptoms.” Gabor Maté said this on Steven Bartlett’s podcast and it really made me stop and think. He explained that the real solution isn’t pills. It’s creating a calm, accepting, low-stress home where parents work on their own stresses so they don’t unconsciously pass them on. When that happens, many kids improve dramatically without medication. Meds, at best, are a temporary stopgap — never the final answer, and no child should be forced into them. We’ve been quick to label kids with a “brain disorder” and reach for pills, but a lot of it seems to be kids reacting to the stressed environments we’ve created. Shifting focus from “fix the child” to “fix the conditions” feels like a much more honest and compassionate approach. Do you think we’re over-relying on medication for ADHD, or is environment and parenting the bigger missing piece? What’s your experience or take?

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73,508 views • 2 months ago

"Research shows children's cortisol levels rise significantly after starting school." "Cortisol is not just a stress hormone. In young children it actively shapes how the brain develops... What we've normalised as just school is actually a chronic stress package." "So it should not surprise us that as school stress has intensified, so has the rise in pathologised behaviours. More anxiety, more ADHD diagnosis, more children being told something is wrong with them, when in fact the environment itself is dysregulating their nervous systems." "The school environment does not support healthy brain development. It conditions children into chronic stress and then blames them for the symptoms of that stress." "Choosing a school-free life is not radical. It's refusing to normalise harm."
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"Research shows children's cortisol levels rise significantly after starting school." "Cortisol is not just a stress hormone. In young children it actively shapes how the brain develops... What we've normalised as just school is actually a chronic stress package." "So it should not surprise us that as school stress has intensified, so has the rise in pathologised behaviours. More anxiety, more ADHD diagnosis, more children being told something is wrong with them, when in fact the environment itself is dysregulating their nervous systems." "The school environment does not support healthy brain development. It conditions children into chronic stress and then blames them for the symptoms of that stress." "Choosing a school-free life is not radical. It's refusing to normalise harm."

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29,799 views • 7 months ago

Joe Rogan: "What is [ADHD] exactly? Is it real?" Gabor Maté: "Tuning out is not a disease."
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Joe Rogan: "What is [ADHD] exactly? Is it real?" Gabor Maté: "Tuning out is not a disease."

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191,160 views • 5 months ago

Dr. Russell Barkley delivered one of the clearest explanations of ADHD I’ve ever heard. “ADHD is not an information deficit disorder. It’s a performance deficit disorder.” You can teach a child all the social skills, anger management, or homework strategies you want in therapy or a special group — but none of it will generalize if you don’t change the environment at the actual point of performance (the playground, the kitchen table, the classroom). He compared behavior modification programs (tokens, charts, stickers) to a wheelchair ramp: they’re not there to teach the child something new. They’re a prosthesis that provides immediate, frequent consequences to compensate for the brain’s inability to bridge the gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it. And just like you wouldn’t remove the ramp after 30 days and expect someone to “internalize” it, ADHD accommodations often need to stay in place as long as the person is in that environment. His bottom line: treat ADHD like a chronic condition (similar to diabetes). Manage it to prevent secondary harm, not to “cure” it. And the most important people in that management are the parents and teachers who provide the daily prosthetic support. What’s one area in your life (or your child’s) where you know what to do… but consistently fail to do it at the moment it matters most?
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Dr. Russell Barkley delivered one of the clearest explanations of ADHD I’ve ever heard. “ADHD is not an information deficit disorder. It’s a performance deficit disorder.” You can teach a child all the social skills, anger management, or homework strategies you want in therapy or a special group — but none of it will generalize if you don’t change the environment at the actual point of performance (the playground, the kitchen table, the classroom). He compared behavior modification programs (tokens, charts, stickers) to a wheelchair ramp: they’re not there to teach the child something new. They’re a prosthesis that provides immediate, frequent consequences to compensate for the brain’s inability to bridge the gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it. And just like you wouldn’t remove the ramp after 30 days and expect someone to “internalize” it, ADHD accommodations often need to stay in place as long as the person is in that environment. His bottom line: treat ADHD like a chronic condition (similar to diabetes). Manage it to prevent secondary harm, not to “cure” it. And the most important people in that management are the parents and teachers who provide the daily prosthetic support. What’s one area in your life (or your child’s) where you know what to do… but consistently fail to do it at the moment it matters most?

Camus

70,980 views • 2 months ago

As mental health pathologies and antidepressant medications explode in growth in the US, we spoke with Dr. Gabor Maté about his newest book “The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture.” His view: the underlying causes are often ignored, and are rooted in the voids and deprivations of modern Western culture. Dr. Gabor Maté “I don't think that the removal of the stigma is actually responsible for the number of people now acknowledging anxiety and depression in our lives. I think it has to do with the stress of modern society.”
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As mental health pathologies and antidepressant medications explode in growth in the US, we spoke with Dr. Gabor Maté about his newest book “The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture.” His view: the underlying causes are often ignored, and are rooted in the voids and deprivations of modern Western culture. Dr. Gabor Maté “I don't think that the removal of the stigma is actually responsible for the number of people now acknowledging anxiety and depression in our lives. I think it has to do with the stress of modern society.”

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309,124 views • 2 years ago

"He's not read my work... he doesn't know what he's talking about!" Gabor Maté responds to Gad Saad's scathing criticism of his credibility as a physician. 📺 Piers Morgan | Dr. Gabor Maté | Gad Saad
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"He's not read my work... he doesn't know what he's talking about!" Gabor Maté responds to Gad Saad's scathing criticism of his credibility as a physician. 📺 Piers Morgan | Dr. Gabor Maté | Gad Saad

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Hasan was feeling a bit of defeated about not having a lot of confidence in the current democratic process in the United States, and a chatter reminded him of what Dr. Gabor Maté said during their conversation yesterday. "Threads of change, not crumbs of hope." 🖤✨🫶🏿

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