Understandably, many writers
struggled with these strict rules, and some were punished for continuing to create literature that was considered degenerate, pessimistic, or that did not properly laud the Soviet system.
For years, I
struggled with an unhealthy relationship
with food that bounced between two extremes: either I was «being good» and following
strict, self - imposed
rules about what I could and couldn't eat, or I was «being bad» and secretly binging on huge amounts of unhealthy food.