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The Peter Attia Drive #190 · January 10, 2022 · 145m
How to heal from trauma and break the cycle of shame
Paul Conti's first appearance on The Drive. Trauma as an invisible epidemic — how unprocessed childhood experiences create shame cycles that drive addiction, relationship destruction, and chronic disease through persistent stress physiology.
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Conti: trauma doesn't just create bad memories — it reshapes the self. Defense mechanisms (avoidance, perfectionism, aggression) adopted in childhood become 'personality traits' that the person can't distinguish from who they actually are.
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Conti: addiction is not about the substance — it's about managing shame. The substance provides temporary relief from the unbearable feeling of being fundamentally flawed. Recovery works when it addresses the shame, not just the substance.
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