She said "Get Over It"

tryingtobebrave,I am 25 and can relate to what ur saying, It sounds like your room mate really isn;t all that sympathetic,, I am pretty secretive about my IBS i am not sure whether that is a good thing but i do speak openly with one really good mate about it and that really helps but i think its really important to choose someone who is always goiing to be understanding and re-assuring. I however I did 1st get IBS when i was living at home and so family members are aware, some of which were really hurtful and didn't even try to understand, it was a waste of time bothering to explain and further this is a real illness and i dont feel like i need to answer to anyone. I have since cut ties with some family and feel pretty good about it. Having this type of illness can really make u question urself and it does feel isolating.. dont let anyone around you add to that, if they aren't supportive forget them,,

I know how you feel, when I told my friends they laughed and teased me about it because of it which made things worse. With my IBS I have learnt that this experience helps you to find out who your real friends are. This person is clearly not respective of your condition, its not worth getting worried about it and wasting your time and possibly making your IBS worse!!I am in a situation at university at the moment trying to get people to understand what I am going through. Some of the staff have been terrible with understanding my situation and it even got suggested by the woman of their disabilities and medical team that I sit with all my module classes and explain to them that I have IBS, what it means for me and what I will have to do like getting up out of class to go to the toilet, I was like are you being serious, thats all I need, 6 different module groups that contain 30+ people in each group that I don't know about the fact that I have IBS!!!! Thats going to help because if I do get up and need to go to the loo they will all know what I am going to do!!! Nice!I have found that because of IBS I seem to have a great deal of anxiety due to it, I have started seeing a councillor to try and help me as I can't talk to anyone about it really although through this I have found a member of staff at the university who has IBS to talk to which is really helpful. But I do know how frustrating it all is!!

First off, I'd like to commend you on being brave enough to even talk to anyone about having IBS. I'm new to the diagnosis and continue to call it "stomach problems." I have a similar situation with one of my good friends in college. She's in the medical field, therefore she thinks she knows everything about everything and tells me that it's all in my head. She says that if I could just calm down for half a minute, I'd be able to eat and function again as a normal person. She's even gone so far as to make me feel bad about skipping out on girl's nights at restaurants and bars because I can't leave my bathroom. So just know that you're not alone especially in this age group. Our generation has no idea what it's like to actually be afflicted with anything because they've been on prescription medication all their lives for something or other.Keep truckin' on and never feel bad for something you cannot control. And tell your friend that you don't need her asinine comments, just her support.<33, Jules

There will always be people who dont understand... sound to me until the suffers something life changing, traumatic, or even just nerve racking she will never understand, get rid u need less stress in your life! =)i have an understanding family and understanding bf even though last few months been tough because ive only been diagnosed for about 3 months and im just starting to get my life back together .. even though i have yet to see my mates n socialise (not ready atm because i get nervous and it sends my bowels up the S41t creek so to speak) ive found great comfort chattin to my mate who is terminally ill with CF because she has an illness she knows how horrid it can be (even though thank god id never compare my problems to hers) people always thought she had some eating disorder because she was skinny but it i always knew there was more to it because she would eat and jsut never put weight on it wasnt until she told me she was really ill. i found it comforting to also chat to her because im thin too (always have been and ibs making it a bit worse) although im feeling better these days thanks tomy new pills i still dont feel right, and some of mymates awlays ask how im feeling and i tell em and its like "u been ill for ages" "when u guna come out again?" i was always the centre of attention and loud and very energetic, but imthe complete opposite now im almost like a hermit and im worried about what to tell a new boss when i find a job (been redundant since july) im just waiting for the person to say to me "get over it" i think i would be shattered because although i was always a loud person i was never that confident even though people thought i was! im slowly learning to be my self again.