Holding It In Makes You Sick: The Hidden Cost

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  Many of us grow up learning to “be strong,” “push through,” or “keep it together.” But what we rarely talk about is the weight that comes with carrying emotions we never release. Anger. Bitterness. Jealousy. Resentment. Unforgiveness. Hidden hurt. Silent disappointment. These emotions don’t stay neatly tucked away in the heart. The body feels them. The mind reacts to them. And the soul holds them like unspoken stories. The Body Keeps the Score When we bottle up hard emotions, the body shifts into a subtle form of stress response. Even if we smile on the outside, our inside is tightening, guarding, bracing. Over time, suppressed emotions can contribute to: Chronic tension Anxiety and irritability Fatigue and sleep issues High blood pressure Weakened immune system Digestive issues Emotional numbness or shutdown What stays unspoken becomes stored. And what stays stored eventually surfaces — often through the body. Spiritual Truth: God Never Designed Us to...

The Day It All Broke (PT.1)




“May 18th, 2005. I’ll never forget that date.
It was the last time I ever worked a 9 to 5 job.
What they didn’t know… was that up until that day, I had been bottling up everything—silently dealing with the weight of my choices, my pain, and trying to keep it together.
No one could help me. Not because they didn’t try… but because I was already drowning on the inside.”

Sometimes it looks like we’re functioning, but inside we’re falling apart.
This was the day my life changed forever.

Psalm 34:18 (NIV)
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”

What felt like the end was actually a divine turning point.
I am never alone in my struggle—God is with me.

 
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