Does buried trauma surface later as serious illness?

Real science backs the foundation: chronic stress measurably affects immune function, inflammation, and hormones. Where Maté goes further — that suppressed emotion and trauma are contributing factors in autoimmune disease and cancer — is a compelling lens but not an established mechanism, and it draws real criticism for how easily it can slide into implying people caused their own illness. Maté frames it as one contributing factor among many, never the sole cause. A credentialed physician; the underlying stress-health science is his strong ground. Maybe offers it as a lens to weigh, not settled medicine.