[post_page_title]Fighting a war[/post_page_title]
“Emotional connections to food are normal,” says doctor and author Michelle May. We’re rewarded and nurtured with food from the moment we’re born, she explained, and that develops a sort of bond between us and the stuff on our plates. Moreover, we’ve all had that extra helping of pecan pie on Thanksgiving that made us wish we’d stopped. Compulsive overeaters, however, eat to cope with negative emotions. They eat too much, and then feel guilt, shame or depression as a result. Turned out Molly knew exactly what that was like.
