I think how Dr. Gabor Mate describes the tension between attachment and authenticity is brilliant…how we sacrifice authenticity in order to protect our attachment needs because attachment has a much higher priority than does authenticity in terms of survival.
Gabor Mate is such a beautiful soul and one of the more important voices speaking into the world today about trauma and healing IMO.
His description of ‘Attachment vs Authenticity’ is one of the most incisive and useful understandings I’ve found.
