Family Systems, Emotional Regulation, and Healing ADD: Like Fish in the Sea | Chapter 18 of Scattered Minds by Gabor Maté
Family Systems, Emotional Regulation, and Healing ADD: Like Fish in the Sea | Chapter 18 of Scattered Minds by Gabor Maté Welcome to Last Minute Lecture’s summary of Chapter 18 from Scattered Minds by Dr. Gabor Maté. In this insightful chapter, Dr. Maté explains how the emotional climate of a family—more than any parenting technique—shapes the development and healing of Attention Deficit Disorder. Children are “like fish in the sea,” absorbing stress, shame, and patterns from their caregivers’ emotional world. Watch the full video summary below, and subscribe to Last Minute Lecture for more trauma-informed, psychology-focused chapter guides: Subscribe to Last Minute Lecture for chapter-by-chapter textbook breakdowns and resources for family healing. Family Stress and the Unconscious Emotional Sea Dr. Maté shows that self-regulation in children develops when caregivers themselves are emotionally regulated. In families affected by ADD, parents may unintentionally reinforce...