On Whitney: Addiction, Grieving and Coping
My thoughts on addiction, coping and grieving, as brought on by the passing of Whitney Houston.
My thoughts on addiction, coping and grieving, as brought on by the passing of Whitney Houston.
Binge eating as a form of stress relief isn’t harmful because “it can make you fat;” it’s harmful because it reinforces the pattern of addiction – seeking out external stimuli to serve as a release from stress, as opposed to dealing with stress head-on.
“People at a social disadvantage are more likely to experience stress from racism. And they are less likely to have the resources to extinguish this stress, because they are at a social disadvantage.”
Someone asked me a great question about what to do if you can’t figure out what’s making you eat emotionally…