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I was listening to the end of an interview this morning and Paula mentioned her "ups and downs with agoraphobia". I just Googled her and came across an article where she mentioned that most of her recipes were from ingredients from the front of the store since she couldn't go deep into the store to shop.
When I heard her talking I welled up a little. I guess I look at her and think that somehow she made it out of agoraphobia and is now on the world stage...doing fine!
She mentioned that there wasn't help for her. She and her husband went and talked to her pastor once and she cried for an hour and then the pastor told her she was a "spoiled brat" in front of her husband. She said one other time she saved money and saw a psychiatrist. Then, she finally knew she wasn't alone and put a name to it while watching the Phil Donahue show. So she kept brown paper bags in her car to breath into if she hyperventilated and I am not sure how she got better other than she started getting out selling her brown bag sandwiches.
Interesting.
Betsy
When I heard her talking I welled up a little. I guess I look at her and think that somehow she made it out of agoraphobia and is now on the world stage...doing fine!
She mentioned that there wasn't help for her. She and her husband went and talked to her pastor once and she cried for an hour and then the pastor told her she was a "spoiled brat" in front of her husband. She said one other time she saved money and saw a psychiatrist. Then, she finally knew she wasn't alone and put a name to it while watching the Phil Donahue show. So she kept brown paper bags in her car to breath into if she hyperventilated and I am not sure how she got better other than she started getting out selling her brown bag sandwiches.
Interesting.
Betsy
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/243912/little_known_facts_about_paula_deen.html
http://gourmetfood.about.com/od/chefbiographie1/p/pauladeenbio.htm
i am also curios how she overcame it. so from now on if people meekly ask "has anyone ever recovered fully from this?" we can answer,"hell yeah! look at paula deen!" great post betsy. you are on a roll these days!
I know we're not alone...but I like that the rest of the world sees people who are their role models and have it and maybe they'll be more understanding to us.
Betsy
i love paula deen!!!!!!!!!
oh yes, i have alot of her cook books and tried many of her recipes!
i knew she had had those problems early in her life, i think the fear of the bank robery scard her so much, it may have triggerd these episodes?
but, like she said, it took her a long time before she could go out of her own home!
that provoked her to cook late at night, because she couldnt sleep, and came up with the idea of the bag lady!!
thats how it all began, and she had her sons help her because of her fears..
later on she overcame those fears and moved on...
look at her now!!!!!!!!
we due have hope on our side!
bren