Hi abby,
The hardest part for me is the "what ifs"..."what if I get sick", "what if I feel fine, completley fine get to where I am going and then get sick". That part of the Ibs for me is the worst part. After 7 months the anxiety was finally starting to take over, I was only going to work and back-starting to cancel on friends, making excuses to not have to go out at all. I had to sit back and realize that I was completely unhappy. My life was not mine anymore, and at 23 a life revolving around anxiety, fear and discomfort WAS NOT WHAT I WANTED FOR MYSELF.
I changed everything as I said in the last post and have huge support from friends and family, and co-workers.
I started looking at hypnotherapy with a somewhat questioning view. I read past posts from people, did a little bit of research myself and started to save money.I wanted to make sure I was 100% committed to the program. It is 100 days which is alot and from what I can tell, many start and don't complete it, or don't follow the program strictly.
I have to say I entered into hypnotherapy very positive. I had decided that it was going to work for me, that I was going to do it 100%,and maybe a tiny part of my success is that I beleived all along that it would work.
I really can't say enough good things. It has improved my sleeping, and my ability to relax and MOST IMPORTANTLY IT HAS IMPROVED MY ANXIETY. After 4 days I noticed a more calm feeling.My first thought in the morning is not about getting sick. Even my second thought isn't about getting sick. I probably have two or three iffy moments during the day where a negative thought will slip in and I can crush it, change it to a positve prepared thought. I can go out and FEEL COMPLETLEY IN CONTROL OF MY BODY. I stil have rough moments negative thought wise but I deal with them in a positive way. The biggest thing is that the "negative thoughts" are not Stopping me from doing anything...that is huge for me.
If you are doing all the others things reccomended to get your ibs in control and feeling better, and the last thing to work on is anxiety I ABSOLUTLEY reccomend the Hypnotherapy. Just be positive and beleive in it...Believe that it will work for you. 
I feel like a preacher or a hypnotherapy sales man..lol
you should check out the hypnosis message board..marilyn is there to properly answer ANY QUESTIONS you have about the hypnotherapy..
if you have anymore questions for me I am more than happy to try and help
shannon ibs-d
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