Outrageous. Just outrageous. The next big scale charlatan. I was afraid he might disappoint but that's such an understatement of what he's doing.

Extreme narcissist and a cunning manipulator, Gabor Mate becomes a doctor to make himself needed by the ill and now has extended his dependents to virtually everybody because who isn't traumatized? His own definition couldn't be more inclusive: "For trauma to happen you don't need Second World War [...] You just need parents who are so alienated from their own gut feelings that they will let their infant cry without picking them up and that child is desperate for a relationship. That's all it takes."

Actually I agree with that and with a lot of the other stuff too. Yes, people disconnect from their feelings when they become overwhelming and develop all kinds of addictions (could be to drugs, alcohol, or food, but could also be to work, sports, or sex) to sustain the painless world they would prefer to live in. And, yes, authenticity means to stay in their pain instead.

And here comes the trick. Because nobody in their right mind would prefer the pain, a bigger reward must be promised. Salvation is possible, says the holy doctor, outside your trauma the world is actually truly painless, you just have to follow the path I'm showing you, from rebirthing to social revolution... Or otherwise, get cancer.

I deeply feel for the people who are filmed though, for they are so clearly residing at an even higher level of disconnection. Listening to their precious human stories told in pseudoscience terms truly breaks my heart. I almost lost my own story the same way and am still struggling to recover it.

The film is airing till the end of the week, watch it at your own discretion.

I liked it, but it lacked something. I don't know if it should have blown me away like the others, but it did raise new questions which I will use. Nevertheless, I recommend it! Well done!

Dr. Mate has been on a one-person campaign to help people deal with past traumas and move on with their lives.

After decades of working with people - first as a doctor, then as a real physician who takes the time to care about his patients and help them heal, he shares his realizations in laymen's terms.

We need to change the way we raise children (to be more present and to not violate their biologically evolved expectations for care). Adults need to move past their storehouses of unprocessed painful experiences so they can move on with their lives.

If delving a little deeper into these topic is interesting to you, then you'll like this movie.