I believe that several things created my IBS, but the one thing I do know (and doctors have told me) is I internalize stress. Unlike some I bottle emotions, minimalize trauma, and overall care for others more than others care for me. I think life took its toll and IBS was the way of letting me know my body couldn't handle it anymore. With the initial diagnoses 7 years ago I saw a G.I. specialist regularly, along with a Biofeedback specialist, and a therapist to work out past abuse. My IBS has been dormant for 6 years, but resurfaced in the last 2 months. During that time I got divorced, met a new guy, moved into the new guys home, worked part time, and am starting school at the Culinary Institute. Again, too much on my plate. A lot of additional stress and break through feelings of unresolved guilt and past abuse issues seeping through in my current life. Although I am a firm believer that diet changes can help I also truley believe that as much as IBS is affected by foods it is just as much affected by the conditions in our life and how our body copes with that.
