The Pain You Can't Explain: Why Emotions Become Physical Symptoms

Have you ever wondered why chronic pain, digestive issues, or persistent fatigue won't go away—even when all your medical tests come back normal? The answer might lie not in your body alone, but in the emotions you've been carrying for years without knowing it.

In this eye-opening episode of The Science of Self-Healing, we explore the fascinating and often overlooked connection between suppressed emotions and physical symptoms. Drawing on cutting-edge research in psychoneuroimmunology and mind-body medicine, you'll discover how unexpressed anger can manifest as jaw pain and headaches, how grief constricts your breathing, and why chronic stress literally reshapes your immune system. This isn't about dismissing your symptoms as "all in your head"—it's about understanding that your body is brilliantly intelligent.

When emotions have no safe outlet, your body creates one. Those persistent aches, that exhaustion that never lifts, the digestive issues that baffle your doctors—they're not failures of your body. They're messages. You'll learn:

• Why emotional suppression is a survival strategy learned in childhood—and why it stops working in adulthood

• The specific physical symptoms associated with different suppressed emotions • How trauma locks your nervous system into "freeze" or "collapse" modes that create chronic symptoms

• Why normal test results don't mean nothing is wrong—they mean you're dealing with dysregulation, not damage

• Practical pathways to healing through emotional integration, nervous system regulation, and somatic approaches

Whether you're struggling with unexplained symptoms yourself, supporting someone who is, or simply curious about the profound intelligence of the human body, this episode will change the way you think about pain, illness, and healing.