There are consequences to bottling up all of that emotional, mental and physical energy. If you ignore it long enough, at some point it will start to scream. Eventually you find a breaking point and all that suppressed stress starts to overwhelm your system.

Stress is trauma and trauma is stress.  It’s a normal part of life. The truth is, whatever the story, trauma of any flavor can become clear and present danger that magnifies the intensity of day to day stress if you don't learn to shake it off.

Food. Your body is either going to love it, or hate it. And usually it doesn’t take that long for you to feel the difference physically even if we don’t always notice or make the connection.