Restricting and bingeing (and the spectrum of these behaviors) can be attempts to numb our emotional experience. This episode looks at different ways of numbing and how Sarah & Stef experienced using food as an escape. We cover:

• Numbing via eating and numbing via restriction
• Do binges make us "not feel" or feel more?
• Stef's recollection of numbing in London circa 2000
• The feeling that tomorrow it will be different.
• Connection to break the numbing cycle
• Somatic practices, embodiment, checking in with the body
• Difficulty with empty time, in the gaps of life
• Numbing doesn't exist in a vacuum; food can numb AND do other things like provide comfort, soothe boredom, etc
• Low level existential blah
• How did Sarah and Stef stop needing to numb so much?

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