Re: We still don't know what causes it, do we?
08/02/05 11:06 AM
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Hi Anthem
it's funny, I've just spent the last two weeks freaking out at the return of my IBS-D and feeling anxious, not wanting to go out, scared, blah blah. It's like you say: WHY is a day with D a 'BAD day'? It's not as if my head has dropped off? Plus, since I'm emetophobic, it's definitely the lesser of two evils!! 
It was also cool to hear you mention God: as an Orthodox Christian I get huge comfort from my faith, as well as giving mysel a hard time (WHY are you ill? Is your faith not enough? etc.etc.). Anyway, I was reading an awesome book which discussed modern spiritual elders in Greece and Elder Joseph (1898-1959) said this (which made me cry, but I'm a girl)
"Don't fear sicknesses, even when you suffer up to the edge of death. As God is constantly present, why do you worry? 'In Him we live and move'. Our struggle is in His embrace. We breathe God, we are surrounded by God, we touch God, we mystically eat God. Wherever we turn, wherever we look, God is everywhere: in Heaven, on earth, in the abyss, in wood, in rocks, in your mind, in your heart. So doesn't He see what you bear? That you suffer? Tell Him your complaints ad you will see... healing in your soul and your body."
HTH - it certainly helped me to breathe a little easier this morning.
Katherine
p.s. I routinely avoid scary movies etc. cos even if my 'conscious' mind is ok with it, I know that it will affect my nervous system without my permission...
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