Erin Shetron on PERFECT HUNGER

when my food noise was at its worst, I used to walk into my kitchen, look around in the fridge/cupboards, start to panic/spiral, and walk back out. sometimes I would sit at the little table in the corner of the kitchen and go into a complete bodily freeze, my mind spinning with food noise. it was incredibly loud and completely overwhelming. my whole body would feel tense, my stomach knotted and gassy from hunger, my shoulders shifted forward and taught, my chest tight and breathing shallow. nothing felt like the right, perfect thing to eat. everything was too something; too sugary, too fatty, too processed, too hot, too cold, too hard to prepare, too expensive to order from grubhub, too much of a pain to go out in public and get from the grocery store. none of the options felt correct, so I would just collapse in on myself. I have thankfully found systems and solutions for this and now don't deal with nearly as much food noise. I think these yin practices are so, so crucial and wish I'd had them when I was struggling. thank you for the work you do, Dana. it's so important.