Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | IBS and Axiety- something interesting I just learned

Hello!
I was talking to my therapist yesterday, and he was saying that in the animal kingdom, scientists can tell when an animal has been nervous because they can follow a trail of bowel movements to the animal. It sounded a little more eloquent when he said it, but you get the point...
In any case, this has been proven true for me in my life as well. I have much less anxiety than I have had in a long time right now, and my digestion is doing pretty well. I still kinda alternate from D (I am mainly a D) to C, but on a whole I am pretty stable.
It's exciting because I feel like I have figured out what works and doesn't work for me. I was so overwhelmed when I began writing on this board, it was like I didn't understand my body at all, and had no clue what to put into it. I also was being a hypochondriac and thought I had other things wrong with me other than IBS....
But time has shown me that I have a tummy that is sensitive to emotions, too much fat, too much grease, and pretty much anything fried or cooked in oil. I do great with cheese, but can't really tolerate ice cream or soy. Also, too much animal flesh is not good for me currently, but fish is great...
But really the main thing for me as been anxiety and stress.... time has shown me that the more emotions I am going through, the more my tum does all kinds of weird yukky things. It just makes so much sense. The digestive system is so sensitive, and notoriously effected by emotions ("I can feel it in my gut," etc)... and it is the first thing to go out of whack under stress... I mean other people get headaches, neckaches, etc.... but us on this board get tummy aches...
For me it has been important to figure out what is out of balance in my life, what is causing me anxiety. Anxiety also runs in my family so it's either genetic or learned (too complex an issue to get into here).... but whatever the cause, I have it and am very prone to it. So I have to be careful about the things, people and choices I surround myself with in my life. All of it effects everything. It cannot be seperated.

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