Steve,
My husband has had IBS-A for about 5 months. He is 41. We are comfortable financially, he has a firm that he co founded, we have a great relationship, we have four children, and a supportive family. We are also very busy.
We believe his triggers are travel related. He is on airplanes, in hotels, a different country almost every week.
So I would say that stress to the body, if that is your trigger, could come from external stimuli. Everyday occurrences that affect your sympethic (sp?) nervous system without you realizing that it is happening. Traffic to and from work, loud noises, not enough sleep etc. these things have a silent influence on our guts. For IBSers it is not so silent as you are starting out with a sensitive gut.
My understanding and so I agree with everyone else - IBS is something you get. It is not something that you're doing to yourself and if you would just stop you would not have IBS.
You have IBS and so what triggers you - will get your gut going out of whack. For some it IS worry that triggers them.
That is what is great about this diet. If my husband knows that the workweek is going to involve travel he eats very carefully as to have his gut be in the best shape possible.
Hope this helps,
Lefty
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