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.