DOMAIN:
Regulation / Consumption
CORE MEANING:
Consumption replaces regulation.
CLINICAL DESCRIPTION:
A compulsive condition in which the subject uses excess to reduce internal discomfort. Consumption continues past satisfaction.
CORE PATHOLOGY:
Compulsive compensation.
SYMPTOMS:
-What begins as coping method starts to take over
-Relief becomes harder to reach
-Repetition without satisfaction
-Loss of clear boundary between desire and necessity
-Consumption as maintenance rather than pleasure
PROGNOSIS:
Temporary relief reinforces the cycle. Stability becomes dependent on continued consumption.
BEYOND APPETITE
(Where regulation becomes consumption)
Beyond Appetite turns an ordinary kitchen into a scene of escalating excess. Spaghetti moves from food to restraint, covering the body until consumption and engulfment begin to blur. It becomes increasingly physical and claustrophobic, ending in a state where appetite has outgrown its consumer.
