Gula is not eating or drinking per se. It is the need to numb inner turmoil. Gluttony acts as a sedative for a soul that is too loud or too empty. You reach for something to block out the chaos for a moment.

This category is about our relationship with consumption: not just food, but any form of ‘too much’ — media, distraction, scrolling, buying, impulses.

Gula is the reflex to overload ourselves when our psyche is underloaded or overloaded.

These texts clearly illuminate the mechanics: Where does compensation begin? When does a need become a pattern? What inner gaps are being filled — and with what?

Gula soberly names the moments when excess became a strategy. It is not a moral reproach, but an inventory: here, one tried to reduce pressure. Here, one wanted to numb the silence. Here, the ‘more’ was actually just an attempt to feel less.

The goal of this category is honesty about impulses that have more to do with pain regulation than with pleasure.

I take it seriously because I perfectly conceal excess — as a ‘reward,’ ‘compensation,’ ‘I need this right now.’ The pattern is subtle, but it takes up space. I want to make it transparent.