Grégoire Trudeau: Eating disorders mimic addiction in the brain's reward system
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau · #46 Sophie Grégoire Trudeau: Authenticity, Kindness, and Self Love · Nov 27, 2018 · at 7:59
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau speaks with Shane Parrish on The Knowledge Project about overcoming an eating disorder and understanding its underlying psychological and neurological drivers.
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“The truth is that eating disorders, like any other kind of compulsion, are rooted in fear and anxiety, and every single teenage person goes through those phases. We express it differently, but in the brain, the incentive reward system resembles many other types of addictions.”
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