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for individuals, but for society as well.

And for, even if you look at it economically, for the health system, we don't tend to have that preventative lens all the time.

But yes, that is something I did want to bring up was one of the things that breaks my heart the most, you talked about people not being able to feel the feelings.

Yeah.

So I'm someone who, if I'm feeling something, I just have to express it in a way, even if it's uncomfortable, like I have this internal, I need to express it.

But I have grown up with family members who, for whatever reason, they're different, don't feel comfortable.

And so, yeah, I did want to talk about it breaks my heart that

People feel like they need to suppress things.

And then I think when you suppress something, it's still there.

And I think underneath the surface, I think it intensifies.

And then that can lead to different things like mental health conditions, but it can lead to emotional dysregulation or people trying to numb the pain that they're feeling.

So I guess my question for you is,

Is that what you see?

People, if they don't have those skills or that awareness to be with the feelings, process the feelings, what does that lead to?

What other behaviours can that lead to?

And how can that lead to mental health conditions?

Before we get on to talking about depression and PTSD, you alluded to before that in your practice, you like to help people recovering from traumatic events or adverse life experiences, including events in childhood, and that these experiences can affect our mental health, our nervous system and our physical health.

It affects us holistically.

So my question was, when someone has lived through this adversity or trauma, especially in childhood,

How can that affect the way they understand themselves and their place in the world?