Creativity and Binge Eating
You may have read the title of this
blog and thought I meant to pair creativity with “cooking” not “bingeing.” But
the way creativity relates to a binge is exactly my focus, because much of what
you get out of it is what you’re seeking in your wild food sprees.
In “Creativity—A Bright Light in
Your Golden Years” by Walker Meade (Better
Living, 7/13), Alice Flaherty, assistant professor of neurology at Harvard
Medical School, says the creative drive results “from an interaction of the
frontal lobes, the temporal lobes, and dopamine from the limbic system.” Although
you may think that folks are either creative or they aren’t, according to the
article, “A good deal of research suggests that everyone is capable of tapping
into his or her creative spirit.” This is good news if you’ve been abusing food
rather than expressing your creative drive more appropriately.
Have you ever heard someone say
they forgot to eat because they were so caught up in an activity—making jewelry,
playing the piano, refinishing a chair, or planting their garden? These are all
creative efforts. You don’t have to be Monet or Alice Walker to consider yourself creative. Creativity
comes in all forms, from the every day—redecorating your living room—to the
exceptional—Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel.
June Lebell, a Sarasota radio
personality who’s also a musician tells us that for her, “creating is living.”
She’s not talking about making...
Source: Normal Eating - Category: Eating Disorders Authors: eatnormalnow Source Type: blogs