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I wish we knew sooner that chronic illness came from how our body protected us from the hurt we experienced in our life (and not from how our body broke, attacked itself, and let us down).

We’re taught to believe that illness means weakness, that our body somehow failed us, or turned against us. But in reality, so much of what we call “chronic illness” is the body’s brilliant and desperate attempt to keep us safe when our mind and heart were overwhelmed by pain.

Every symptom, every flare-up, every unexplained exhaustion or ache—it isn’t proof that we’re broken. It’s proof that our body absorbed the weight of experiences too heavy for us to carry consciously. It’s the body saying: “I’ll hold this for you. I’ll protect you the only way I know how.”

The trauma, stress, and emotional wounds we couldn’t process at the time often settle deep in our nervous system. They shape the way our immune system responds, the way our muscles tighten, the way our gut reacts, the way our energy drains. It’s not sabotage—it’s survival.

What we interpret as betrayal is, in many ways, devotion. Our body was never against us. It was adapting. It was shielding us. It was helping us endure what felt unbearable.

And yet, because no one told us this truth, we grow up blaming ourselves. We look in the mirror and wonder why we are the ones suffering, why we can’t just “be normal.” We internalize shame and frustration, thinking our body is the enemy—when really, it’s been our most faithful ally.

Healing doesn’t come from hating our body into submission. It comes from understanding. From realizing that our body deserves compassion, not punishment. That those symptoms are messengers, not curses. That the aches, the fatigue, the illnesses are evidence of how much we’ve endured—and how hard our body has fought to protect us.

The shift begins when we stop asking, “Why is my body broken?” and instead ask, “What has my body been carrying for me all this time?”
When we see illness not as failure but as survival, we stop living in blame and start moving toward healing.

Because our body was never the problem.
It was always part of the solution.