The Body Keeps Her Silence
How Suppressed Anger Impacts Women's Health
March 16, 2025
Every woman knows the feeling. That crucial moment in a meeting when someone cuts you off mid-sentence, dismisses your carefully researched proposal with a wave, or worse—tells you to "calm down" when you're simply speaking with conviction. Instead of responding honestly, you force a smile. You swallow the rising heat of irritation. You push that anger down so deep it might as well be buried in a time capsule next to your childhood diary and those other parts of yourself deemed too inconvenient for public consumption.
But here’s the thing: anger doesn’t disappear just because we pretend it’s not there. It settles into the body like an uninvited guest, showing up as migraines, autoimmune diseases, and chronic pain. Because apparently, our bodies prefer honesty over politeness—who knew? …
