A body repeatedly ignored eventually becomes impossible to ignore.

Being ignored does not make a signal go away, it makes it louder. The body escalates, because escalation is the only tool it has for reaching someone who has stopped listening, and eventually it produces something that cannot be scheduled around. What arrives then is not new, it is the old message delivered at a volume you cannot override.

Think about what you have been overriding and give it attention while attention is still optional. One appointment, one adjusted habit. Answering early keeps the conversation quiet.