Mona SharmaCelebrity nutritionist and wellness advocate

Childhood Trauma | Why You Suppress Your Emotions & How To Heal

25 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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Mona Sharma explains that trauma isn't just big catastrophic events, but any experience your nervous system can't process. A hurtful comment from a family member or childhood teasing, if no one notices, can still wound you deeply and lead to emotional suppression and hiding who you really are.

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And for listeners, you know, maybe you've been stuffing these emotions down since you were a little kid. I think where there's a misunderstanding is that when we talk about the nervous system or trauma, for example, trauma is simply how your nervous system metabolizes an experience. And we think of trauma, obviously, as the big things if there's abuse or neglect or something terrible that happened. But trauma for you can also be something that really impacted you, but no one else really noticed. So maybe you were humiliated as a little kid, or you were teased or made fun of, or your grandmother said something to you, and it really made you become shy or not want to shine your true colors or your vibrant light, right?