The body keeps the score: Why kids in traumatic environments get sick so often

The Kelly Healing Project · Dec 31, 2025 · 44m

I want to share something deeply personal in this episode — my own experience growing up chronically sick.

From the time I was five years old, I received weekly allergy shots. This went on for eight years. On the surface, it looked like I just had “bad allergies.” But what no one was asking back then was why my body was constantly reacting… and what it might have been trying to communicate.

As a child, I didn’t feel emotionally safe at home. I didn’t have the language — or the permission — to express fear, stress, or overwhelm with words. So my body spoke instead. Through allergies. Through…