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I've not gone the drug route because I never needed the drugs before IBS and so I feel that I can go back to that. I do have to start seeing a therapist because from what one therapist told me, all the negative thinking is a bad habit that needs to be broken. As a child I would always get motion sick so as soon as I was told that we were going somewhere, I would start feeling antsy cause I knew I was going to get sick and I was not going to enjoy where I was because I knew I was going to get sick on the way back. That "little" thought of "what if you get sick" has always been there but since the IBS, it's become more pronounced and I can't seem to shake it off like I used to. The one time therapist that I went to recommended that I go to the American Institute of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and I know that I do have to call them, but the reason that I have to go to them is the very same reason that I haven't called them. To make an appointment with them would mean that I'm going even further away from home and that freaks me out because "what if I get sick?"

I so will beat this thing. Maybe not today and maybe not tomorrow but I will beat it.

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Wendy IBS A thru Z
Taking it one day at a time...

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