Many people with mast cell activation syndrome don’t start out “sick.” They’re living their lives, feeling well, functioning normally...until something shifts. A move into a mold-exposed environment. A tick bite or infection that never fully resolves. An illness or injury that tips their system out of balance. I hear this pattern over and over: "I was healthy… until X happened." That timeline matters. Symptoms rarely come out of nowhere. They appear when the body reaches its tipping point. Under