Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: I'm soooo much better! But my nerves are getting to me

Lots of folks find the hypnosis CDs really helpful for this. I haven't tried them yet, I'm trying to convince myself that I don't need a hypnotist to tell me to relax - I should be able to do it on my own! (Ask me again in a few months how that's going!

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Sometimes it really is a mind over matter sort of deal. I know it doesn't always work - once it has started it's nearly always too late. But if I start to get that anxious tummy feeling, I try to tell myself that there is no need to be nervous, and I say, "I control how I feel, how I feel does not control me". It seems to work most of the time.

I also try to tell myself that things could be worse. I used to get anxious when driving to work in the morning. One time I turned around and came home - even though I was about halfway there and it would have taken me just as much time to continue on to work. I felt so silly. Then one day we got badly snowed in and my husband decided we should take the skytrain. Excuse me?? I almost stayed home, but I thought, "I CAN'T let this defeat me all the time". So I fought through the nervous tummy and I made it to work. Now, when I drive, I think to myself, "at least I'm not stuck on the skytrain - at least I can turn around and come home if I need to, at least I can stop and find a bathroom if necessary". Driving to work has been much better since then.

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IBS-A since age 12, and fructose sensitive; with the exception of my pregnancy, have been following Heather's diet since Nov. 19, 2007.
Taking 12g of Acacia per day. Relatively stable since March 2008!

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