Reged: 12/31/04
Posts: 297
Loc: Alternate b/w Northern and Southern California
Yes I definitely feel that way a lot!! I agree with Brittany, sometimes it just feels so much easier to stay home alone but other times it's a lot better than you think once you're actually out. I have definitely become a lot more antisocial since I began having IBS symptoms. This becomes especially hard when going out involves either eating out or alcohol, which has come up a lot on the boards recently because of the holidays. If I have to be gone a long time, I also pack supplies like snacks, crystallized ginger, and sometimes tea bags. I have struggled with this problem a lot recently, and unfortunately I don't have a lot of good strategies to deal with it You could try talking to a therapist; that has helped me somewhat. If anyone else has insight into this problem, please speak up!
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Re: Anxiety?
This becomes especially hard when going out involves either eating out or alcohol, which has come up a lot on the boards recently because of the holidays. If I have to be gone a long time, I also pack supplies like snacks, crystallized ginger, and sometimes tea bags. I have struggled with this problem a lot recently, and unfortunately I don't have a lot of good strategies to deal with it 
You could try talking to a therapist; that has helped me somewhat. If anyone else has insight into this problem, please speak up!
