I wonder if you've also found yourself spending too much money on unusual things,

and whether it also started for you around the spring of 2020.

My name's Will, and I developed an oyster habit, if you like,

as a way to treat myself during the never-ending spring of 2020.

And now I'm probably more oyster than man.

In the depths of lockdown, Will developed a new habit.

He would ride his bike down to the fishmongers, get six shucked oysters, and then eat them on a park bench.

And it just became this weird, like, kind of self-flagellating behavior of, like, knocking

them back, and then just putting the box, the icy box in the bin, unlocking my bike,

and cycling home, and that was it. I think I can still get joy out of them, but that situation is somewhat joyless.

Will has developed something that my colleague Imogen West Nights has deemed treat brain.

It's gotten pretty bad, so bad actually that he's talking about it with us.

I really should say to you that I'm ashamed, but I'm actually in conversation with you on the topic of oysters for the Financial Times podcast.

Clearly, the battle between my shame and my narcissism is being called in favor of my narcissism.

I'm oyster boy, apparently.

Hello and welcome to our fourth episode.

This weekend we explore who we are and who we were and what has changed for us over

this year and a half.

We also consider if we want to look back and how much time has to pass before we can

bear to.

This is F.T. Weekend, the podcast. I'm Lila

Raptopoulos. So, back to Treat Brain. I guess I define it like indulgent behavior

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