The article delves into the author's lifelong conflict with food, beginning in utero and exacerbated by undiagnosed autism and ADHD. The author reveals how this struggle led to binge-eating and guilt. In an effort to confront these issues, the author wrote a novel about mother-daughter cannibals, inadvertently helping to heal her relationship with food as she explored characters who feast without shame. This narrative showcases how storytelling became a means of self-exploration and acceptance, illustrating the evolving nature of her experiences with hunger, desire, and consumption.
‘I soon learned to associate want with shame.’
‘Exposure to these women, who binged without guilt or inhibition, forced me to confront my fraught relationship with food, and in turn, eventually, heal it.’
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