I don't know what you people think this sugar and carb combo is going to do for me, but I know this is not gonna hold me off until dinner time.” And I remember after a week or so, I learned to try to make it last, taking tiny sips of my juice and eating the saltines from the sides, very small nibbles to try to make the experience last as long as possible. And I remember thinking day one, “This is not enough for me.” Like, “I'm getting dumplings at home. All the kids were given two saltine crackers and a little box of apple juice. Probably my earliest memory was when I was in nursery school. What was your earliest memory connecting food with shame? And for Lynn, that beast started to rear its ugly head at a very young age. As she says, having an eating disorder means getting into the cage with a beast three times a day.
Her story says a lot about the resiliency it could take to get better. We'll learn more about what that means and what it meant for Lynn in this episode. Lynn Chen faced many hurdles on her journey to overcome something called binge eating, which, if you're not familiar, is a type of eating disorder where people will eat an unusually large amount of food in one sitting on a regular basis. Like you, when you became chief of surgery here. So if we were to hire you, this would be your first time in this position? And I'm excited to be exploring it with actress Lynn Chen. And it's something listeners have told us they're really interested in learning more about.
This is an area of recovery we haven't talked about yet. On today's episode, you'll hear a story about overcoming an eating disorder. And this is “Back from Broken,” stories about the highest highs, the darkest moments and what it takes to make a comeback. I'm a journalist, a storyteller and a recovering drug addict. I think what changes it into a problem is the shame and the guilt, like you said, with the hiding and the manipulation of your entire life, because you're so consumed by the idea of another binge. That was just, you know, how I go about with my life. For a long period of my life, when I was binge eating, you know, in my youth, I really did not believe that what was happening to me or my behavior was anything out of the ordinary. It would both make you feel really good and also cause a lot of pain. It would be kind of like a covert activity, and you would plan around it. When I hear the word binge – as you may know, I'm in recovery from drug addiction and binge drinking. But as she grew up, her relationship with food got more and more complicated, and it started to resemble something that I'm very familiar with. So Lynn quickly learned to clear her plate. I'd finish one dumpling, and then there'd be three more. And I just remember a lot of chopsticks reaching for the communal meal and putting them on my plate. And there was definitely household gatherings where everyone would gather around the table cooking and then eating. We would be making, you know, the dumplings from scratch. What were your parents like in that regard, and just in general? Grandma and my mom making tortillas from scratch, tamales – like, food was warmth in my household. I can relate in that sense, you know, growing up in a Chicano household. It was a way of connecting with the people she loved. When actress Lynn Chen was a kid, food was not only something she loved.
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Feeling full was a feeling of, you know, being hugged, basically. It was a way of letting me know that I was being thought of. So please be advised.įood was really, it was a reward.
Just wanna let you know, this episode contains some strong language.
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