Significantly, “research has shown that people who give vent to their negative emotions survive adversity better than those who are emotionally constricted…Unexpressed feelings depress your immune response.”
- Dr. Bernie Siegel, MD, from his book: Love, Medicine and Miracles: lessons learned about self-healing from a surgeon’s experience with exceptional patients
This emphasizes how important it is to share emotions, both positive and negative, in order to stay healthy. Studies have linked cancer with those who repress their emotions for many years. So express yourself!