⚠️ Emotional Suppression Might Be More Dangerous Than You Think

In partnership with

Hello Family,

Today’s message might just change the way you look at health, healing, and wholeness forever 💭

There’s a study that’s been echoing in my mind ever since I came across and feel would be an interesting share.

It’s one that you might carry with you for the rest of your days.

Let me break it down for you:

🚬 It Wasn’t the Cigarettes

In this small town, generations of people smoked.

Like a lot.

Some developed lung cancer and passed from it.

Others?

Lived long, seemingly unaffected lives.

Same town. Same air. Same habit.

So what was the difference?

The researchers found just one core distinction...

🧠 The ability to express healthy anger.

That was it.

Not diet.

Not exercise.

Not even the cigarettes.

The determining factor was whether or not a person suppressed their emotions..

Especially their anger.

Let that marinate.

💣 Emotional Suppression Has a Cost

This study shook me.

Because what it really says is this:

📉 Emotional suppression doesn’t just hurt your mental well-being—it literally affects your physical body.

There are physiological consequences to bottling up your truth.

There are real, lasting effects to pushing down your feelings and pretending you’re fine.

And that truth has two major takeaways I want to leave you with:

1️⃣ Emotional Regulation Is Life-Saving

Not figuratively. Literally.

When life knocks you off balance, your ability to return to baseline to regulate your nervous system is everything.

For me, that often looks like a 20-minute walk.

Simple. Free. Available.

Sometimes it’s the smallest tools that bring the biggest shifts.

2️⃣ Healthy Relationships Are the Medicine

Even when you have all the tools...

Even when you’re grounded, healed, and self-aware...

There will still be moments where life overwhelms you.

And when that happens, you need people.

Not just any people.

People who love you.

Who see you.

Who can hold space for your truth.

Even your big emotions.

And still remain.

Nothing, and I mean nothing, heals like being held by someone who gets it.

🧬 Your Healing Isn’t Just in What You Do…

It’s in how you feel while doing it.

In a time when we obsess over hacks and habits, air-chilled chicken, alkaline water, micro dosing, red light therapy...

Don’t forget the biggest variable:

📞 The call is coming from inside the house.

Because sometimes it’s not the toxins we put in...

It’s the emotions we never let out.

Stay grounded.

Stay real.

Stay connected.

Talk soon 💛

P.S. 

Want a break from biased news and noisy headlines? 🧠✨

Check out the 1440 newsletter

It’s a free daily newsletter trusted by over 4 million readers that delivers fact-based news with zero fluff.

Just the truth.

It’s how I stay informed without the overwhelm.

You might love it too.

Click below to check it out

Looking for unbiased, fact-based news? Join 1440 today.

Join over 4 million Americans who start their day with 1440 – your daily digest for unbiased, fact-centric news. From politics to sports, we cover it all by analyzing over 100 sources. Our concise, 5-minute read lands in your inbox each morning at no cost. Experience news without the noise; let 1440 help you make up your own mind. Sign up now and invite your friends and family to be part of the informed.

Subscribe to 1440 today.