One must imagine Sisyphus happy

Sisyphus, the king of Corinth in Greek mythology, having cheated death twice, was ultimately sentenced by Zeus to an eternal punishment of rolling a boulder up a hill in the depth of Hades, only for the boulder to roll back down again. What would you say about Sisyphus’ having to roll the boulder up the […]

Not why the addiction, but why the pain

I had been working out intensively for two hours, exhausted and fatigued, yet kept going, obsessively counting in the head my calorie intake from last night’s bingeing and calculating the hours required to burn it off. It had been almost a year since my first bingeing episode, and the occurrence had become more frequent and […]

How to find the right therapist?

Therapy works. That said, a therapist who works for one person might be a total disaster for another. I often hear stories of people giving up on therapy because of a negative experience with one therapist. This is akin to giving up on love after one bad breakup. Drawing on my clinical experience, I will […]