Tagging onto the last article I wrote regarding feeling our emotions, I found this quote and wanted to share.

It’s obvious that holding in emotions will end up with us snapping at some point, at someone about something that could be very minor but turns into a trigger (a last straw) that sets us off.

What may not be so obvious is how holding in anger, resentment, sadness, etc. can come out in our bodies in the form of physical ailments and disease.

I love Louise Hay (founder of Hay House) and her book Heal Your Body. She shares that “For us to become whole and healthy, we must balance the body, mind and spirit.” She has a section where she lists problems, probable causes and a healing affirmation.

When I was married, so many times I could not express myself…

I wasn’t always heard or understood, or what I would share would only cause or add to a disagreement. And then there were the times where my ex would say what he wanted to get off his chest and then tell me to go or ‘things would get ugly’ (he was not physically violent with me). He would tell me to leave and close the door.

I was not able to say what I had to — he did, but so many times, I couldn’t. I lived with sore throats and laryngitis….and a tightness in my throat.

I was holding it all ‘in’ and it was coming ‘out’ in my body.