Summary · 摘要
In this brief London Real clip, Dr. Gabor Maté responds to two questions from host Brian Rose: what he would tell his 20-year-old self, and what guidance he would offer young people who want to change how the world understands addiction and mental health. Maté’s answers are disarmingly personal — he shares that his undiagnosed ADD delayed medical school until age 28, and reflects on how much of his youth was spent striving outward rather than looking inward. He also recounts two pieces of advice that shaped him: a Shakespearean phrase shared by an aunt who survived Auschwitz, and a word of faith from a poet-patient at his medical practice.
在这段伦敦真实（London Real）节目的短片中，加博尔·马泰博士回答了主持人布莱恩·罗斯（Brian Rose）的两个问题：他会对20岁的自己说什么，以及他会给那些希望改变世界对成瘾与心理健康认知的年轻人什么建议。马泰的回答真挚而私密——他坦言未被诊断的注意力缺陷障碍（ADD）令他直到28岁才进入医学院，并反思自己年轻时如何将大量精力投向外部而非内心。他还分享了两段影响深远的忠告：一段来自曾在奥斯威辛幸存的姑妈所引用的莎士比亚名句，另一段来自他诊所的一位诗人病患。
Key points · 要点
[00:00:01] Maté was asked what he would say to his 20-year-old self. He notes that at 20 he had not yet entered medical school — his ADD made sustained focus difficult, and he did not begin medical training until he was 28. 马泰被问及会对20岁的自己说什么。他指出，20岁时他尚未进入医学院——注意力缺陷障碍使他难以持续专注，直到28岁才开始医学培训。
[00:00:34] His advice to his younger self: look inward at least as much as outward. He had been focused on saving the world through politics, but urges turning attention to the internal life with equal or greater seriousness. 他给年轻时自己的建议：向内看，至少要与向外看同等重视。他曾热衷于通过政治拯救世界，但他敦促要以同等甚至更高的重视程度关注内心生活。
[00:01:04] He counsels the younger Gabor not to strive so hard to be liked or loved, to let life come rather than force it, and to open the heart alongside the intellect. 他告诫年轻时的自己不必如此努力地争取被喜欢或被爱，要让生命自然到来而非强行推动，并要在善用头脑的同时敞开心扉。
[00:01:34] The core message to himself: “It’s not your fault the way the world is and even the way you are.” Self-acceptance, not self-blame, is the foundation. 给自己的核心信息：“世界的样子甚至你自己的样子都不是你的错。“自我接纳而非自我责备，才是基础。
[00:02:06] The first piece of memorable advice came from an aunt who was a physician and a Holocaust survivor — she had wanted to be a writer but complied with her father’s wish that she study medicine. She quoted Shakespeare’s line “To thine own self be true” to the young Maté, a phrase he now regards as the best advice he received. 第一段令他铭记的忠告来自一位曾是医生的姑妈，她是大屠杀幸存者——她本想成为作家，却顺从父亲的意愿学了医。她引用莎士比亚的名句”忠于自己”送给年轻的马泰，他如今视之为所获最佳忠告。
[00:03:39] The second piece of advice came from Warren Tallman, a well-known Canadian poet and English professor at the University of British Columbia who was also Maté’s patient. When Maté confessed he wanted to write but did not know what, Tallman told him not to worry: “You will write when you’re starting to teach the world.” That is exactly what happened. 第二段忠告来自沃伦·塔尔曼（Warren Tallman），加拿大著名诗人、不列颠哥伦比亚大学英语教授，同时也是马泰的病人。当马泰坦言想写作却不知写什么时，塔尔曼叫他不必担心：“当你开始教导世界的时候，你就会开始写作。“后来确实如此。
[00:04:40] For young people who want to challenge dominant narratives around addiction and help shift society’s view, Maté’s advice is to trust their own truth even without external validation, deepen their relationship to that truth, stay open to deeper truths, and — critically — to do an equal amount of internal work alongside any external activism. 对于那些希望挑战主流成瘾叙事、推动社会观念转变的年轻人，马泰的建议是：即使缺乏外部认可也要信任自己的真相，深化与这一真相的关系，对更深层的真相保持开放——最重要的是，在任何外部行动旁边，同样做等量的内在功课。
Selected quotes · 摘引
“look inside. About that time I was going to save the world through politics. Not to ignore the politics, but pay at least as much attention internally or more than you’re casting on the outside.” — 00:00:34
向内看。那时候我打算通过政治拯救世界。不是说忽视政治，而是至少要像关注外部一样——甚至更多地——关注内心。
“It’s not your fault the way the world is and even the way you are. It’s not your fault. It’s not a fault. Just accept yourself.” — 00:01:04
世界的样子甚至你自己的样子都不是你的错。不是你的错，也不是过失。就接纳自己吧。
“You will write when you’re starting to teach the world.” — 00:03:39
当你开始教导世界的时候，你就会开始写作。
“whatever you do out there in the world, do an equal amount of work internally. Cuz if you don’t, your work in the world will not be as effective.” — 00:05:41
无论你在外部世界做什么，都要在内心做等量的功课。因为如果你不这样做，你在世界上的工作就不会那么有效。
People & works · 人物与著作
Gabor Maté — physician, author, and addiction specialist; the central speaker reflecting on his own life and offering advice. 加博尔·马泰 —— 医生、作家与成瘾专家；本片的核心发言者，回顾自身经历并给出建议。
Brian Rose — host of London Real; conducts the interview. 布莱恩·罗斯 —— 伦敦真实节目主持人；本次访谈的采访者。
Warren Tallman — Canadian poet and English professor at the University of British Columbia; cited as a patient of Maté’s who gave him the pivotal advice to write “when you’re starting to teach the world.” 沃伦·塔尔曼 —— 加拿大诗人、不列颠哥伦比亚大学英语教授；马泰的病人，给予他关键建议——等到”开始教导世界”时再写作。
Shakespeare (Hamlet, Polonius) — quoted indirectly through Maté’s aunt: “To thine own self be true.” 莎士比亚（《哈姆雷特》中的波洛涅斯）—— 通过马泰姑妈间接引用：“忠于自己。“
Source · 来源
- Original · 原始链接: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB5vkbUmYK8
- Channel/Show · 频道/节目: London Real · published 2026-06-11