Dear noname:

Addictive behaviors are about regulating emotions when overwhelmed=  self-destructive emotion regulation efforts.

“The fact that I struggle so much makes me feel  like a fraud… How am I supposed to be helping people if I’m like this?”- if all therapists had to be emotionally healthy before they were able to help their clients, there would be way fewer therapists out there, and way fewer people helped. See to it that you do-no-harm and help others best you can: it makes a big difference for the people who without you- would receive no help at all.

anita