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Study Finds Bottling Up Your Feelings Can Majorly Impact Your Heart Health

Let 👏🏻It👏🏻Out👏🏻 - by Lucy Bode
  • 30 Sep 2019
Study Finds Bottling Up Your Feelings Can Majorly Impact Your Heart Health

Common misconception: supressing your emotions is a good thing – the less you show you care, the less you open yourself up to getting hurt. But guess what? Being able to express yourself fully is vital to maintaining health and wellbeing. In fact, bottling up your feelings can have *huge* consequences - both physically and mentally.

New research out of The North American Menopause Society, looked at health data from 304 women, including ultrasound imaging identifying any build up in their arteries. The participants were also asked questions about how they acted in their intimate relationships, e.g. how much they resonated with statements like, “caring means putting the other person’s needs in front of my own,” and, “I rarely express anger to those close to me.”

They found that those who ‘self-silenced’ – or inhibited their own self-expression to avoid conflict – were more likely to experience cardiovascular complications. For example, the build-up of plaque in their carotids (or the main arteries carrying blood to the head,) which can lead to stroke and other serious heart conditions.  

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In an interview with MBG, psychotherapist Emily Roberts explained how biting your tongue can have huge ramifications for your mental state too.

"Whether you are experiencing anger, sadness, grief, or frustration, pushing those feelings aside actually leads to physical stress on your body," she said. "Holding in feelings has a correlation to high cortisol—the hormone released in response to stress—and that cortisol leads to lower immunity and toxic thinking patterns.”

When left untreated in the long run, stress can increase the risk of diabetes, memory issues, aggression, anxiety and depression.

“In other words, deciding to bury your feelings, ignore them, internalise them, pretend they didn't happen or convince yourself that there is no need to deal with them can literally make you sick from the stress.”

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Lucy is Women Health’s digital editor, social media specialist and the go-to girl for all things holistic wellness. Her background as a journalist and passion for food, fitness and integrative medicine has led her to write for some of Australia’s leading publications over the course of her career.

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