Healing with Haelly

71: I Found Out I Have an Addiction

In this deeply personal episode, I share the moment I realized I have an addiction — not to substances, but to being busy. After an overwhelming day of nonstop productivity left me feeling empty, I asked a simple but powerful question: “Do I have an addiction to doing?” What followed was a reckoning with the way I’ve tied my worth to performance, usefulness, and hustle. I unpack the childhood experiences that shaped this pattern — including a painful memory involving my mother doing my hair — and how it trained my body to believe that pain should be ignored in favor of appearance. We explore what it means to untangle your identity from productivity, why rest can feel unsafe, and how I’m learning to choose stillness without guilt. If you’ve ever felt like you need to earn your breath, this one’s for you.

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