Smiling through pain is like leaving an infected wound unattended, it only promises further stress. Isn't it okay if I am able to ignore it, right? Just bite my lip and swallow the scream. Just shake it off after a quick drink of cig? Actually, no. It's not okay. You're simply piling up one problem over the other. Going on with unresolved emotional trauma just keeps on getting into tighter and more complicated knots. Just like your earphone wires, if you don't untangle it and keep on piling up the knots, they will eventually break.
