Fat Days and Bloated Feelings Caused by Stuffing Your Emotions and Stifling Your Words

I woke up feeling fat today. It’s been awhile since I’ve felt like that but my body tells me that something is wrong. In the past, I used to think that my fat days were the result of overeating or eating foods that tend to bloat my body. Now I think of those days as a barometer indicating where my feelings are and what the focus of my thoughts is at any given time.

Perhaps too, the food I ate last night was a bit saltier than usual, nonetheless, I think that the reason that I feel fat today is not what I ate, but what I neglected to say.

Yesterday afternoon I had a conversation with my father and we talked about many things. I shared my thoughts with him and felt really close to him again. Then the conversation drifted to something that I felt very strongly about but I didn’t feel comfortable speaking my mind, fearing his judgment of me. As a result, I held my tongue and hung back. Soon after I ended the conversation.