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**Apologies for the video quality today - I am currently away from home in a rural area with poor broadband/wifi cover!
SUMMARY
In today’s video, I talk about a common issue for clients who struggle with long standing emotional eating or binge eating disorder - the ability to have fun. Many clients who use food as a coping strategy have experienced trauma or some other adverse or difficult event or experience in their lives. This is the key to why it is difficult for them to 'cut loose' and just have fun.
If you grew up in a household where noise, rambunctiousness or lively play was frowned upon, caused someone else to get angry or resulted in punishment, the result is a natural tendancy to avoid fun and play.
Equally if there was grief, sorrow, loss, physical or mental illness in the house, this could have translated into a quiet, somber house where everyone was expected to honour whatever the situation was by being quiet, respectful and serious.
Finally, if a home environment was not a safe place, prone to anger, chaos, dysfunction and maybe violence - then a child is going to do everything they can NOT to draw unwanted attention to themselves.
As health professionals, it is part of our work to help our clients explore their relationship to fun and joy. Some clients may not even consciously realise that this gap or lack is in their lives - because they know no different, this is how it has always been for them. So there’s a lot to unpack when we bring up the subject of having fun!
REFLECTIVE QUESTIONS FOR CLIENTS:
Do I allow myself to cut loose and have fun regularly?
Do I restrict or avoid 'fun', because I worry about the consequences?
What do I think those consequences will be?
Are they real, or just unrealistic fears I have?
Is my life a balance of work and play - real actual play - or is it all responsibility and seriousness?
CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
01:33 My client who was afraid to have fun
02:04 Intergenerational trauma
02:57 Brené Brown and 'Forboding Joy'
03:57 The belief that everything must be productive
05:09 The impact of childhood trauma
06:07 Client affect and the spectrum of emotional expression
07:04 Adverse childhood experience
07:32 Millie the Jack Russell and Boots the Boxer - our rescue dogs
08:57 The interpretation of what 'fun' or 'play' is
10:51 Reflective questions for clients
12:20 Actions for the client to take
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1 авг 2024
