So, something traumatic happens to you and instead of grieving that and going
through that process, you stuff all those feelings in, you hide behind the mask of emotional strength, you keep taking care of everybody else, you keep working, and then you start engaging in self - medicating behaviors: you start binge - eating, you put a lot of focus on your physical
appearance, you do a lot of makeup, hair,
clothing, compulsive shopping, you start picking up these other health problems associated with these behaviors.
It was not until almost a year ago that I met him at a bientot accessory and
clothing boutique that I was introduced,
through his trunk show
appearance, to his newest venture into the apparel world.