365: My Story: How Teenage Trauma Shaped My Health and Why the Body Always Holds the Score

The Natural Alternative - with Madonna Guy · May 20, 2026 · 11m

I grew up carrying trauma I didn’t have the language for. As a teenager I learned to survive by disconnecting from my body — anxiety, people‑pleasing, perfectionism, and later alcohol became my coping tools. For years I thought I was “fine,” but the body always keeps the score. Mine held onto the stress, the fear, the shutdown, and eventually it showed up as hormone chaos, weight struggles, inflammation, and a nervous system that never felt safe. My healing didn’t begin with a diet or a supplement; it began with understanding that my symptoms were not failures — they were messages.That…