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Scattered Minds

by Gabor Maté with Daniel Maté
🎧 14 min listen Psychology

ADHD isn't a broken brain. It's a wound that never healed, and healing is still possible.

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Chapter 1 A Doctor Who Couldn't Focus

ADHD is not inherited - it's shaped by early emotional stress in sensitive children. Dopamine, not willpower, is the real missing ingredient in the AD…

Chapter 2 Not a Brain Defect, a Wound 🔒

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Chapter 3 Dopamine and the Hunger for Now 🔒

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Chapter 4 The Parent Was Stressed Too 🔒

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Chapter 5 Authenticity Is the Medicine 🔒

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Chapter 6 Steps Toward a Settled Mind 🔒

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Chapter 7 You Were Always Worth Understanding 🔒

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Scattered Minds
Gabor Maté spent decades as a doctor before realizing his
own scattered mind held the answer. ADHD isn't a genetic
glitch or a discipline problem. It's what happens when
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