September 10, 2025: The Pressure Cooker

For years, I would get sick around the funerals of loved ones.

Not just a sniffle, but a real, knock-me-down illness. This mystery baffled me until I realized the truth.

I tend to bury my feelings. A lifelong habit which, turns out, has consequences. When “bottled up” emotions stay trapped inside too long, the body keeps score.

This week, a phrase stuck with me: It takes more effort to suppress emotions than to express them.

Looking back, it's so true.

Science shows that suppression makes the prefrontal cortex work overtime. This burns more brain power and increases the risk of heart disease and high blood pressure.

Stuffing feelings never works. They build. They stew. And then they explode, messier than when they went in.

So, a reminder today… better out than in. Give those internal storms a name. Raise them up, and get ‘em out.

Your body will thank you.