Anxiety and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

Anxiety and IBS

Research has proven that Anxiety and IBS are closely linked.

The brain is part of the body. It controls the muscles, electical signals and hormones like cortisol.

So, when the brain is upset, the body becomes upset and inflamed.

Psychological treatments can help ease the symptoms of IBS.

How does that work?

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What is IBS?

IBS is short for Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

The diagnosis of IBS means there is gut pain, but the medical world doesn't know why.

As well as pain, IBS often causes diarrhea, constipation, bloating, gas, discomfort, insomnia and more.

The term Syndrome simply means "a grouping of common symptoms".

So, it has nothing to do with a specific physical condition or a specific cause.

It's like saying you have backache, which could be many different things.

We hope researchers address this as soon as possible.

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The Role of Anxiety in IBS

Anxiety may also be called worry, stress, distress, panic, fear, nervousness, or simply being busy all the time.

We may not even be aware when our subconscious is anxious.

However, it will trigger symptoms for you, like an IBS flare up when you meet friends or go shopping.

When the subconscious is distressed, it sends stress hormones into the body, like adrenaline and cortisol.

Those stress hormones create physical inflamation, muscle tension, and hyper sensitivity.

You can use your brain to lift your arm up.

Your brain also controls your breathing, heart rate and blood pressure.

So, it stands to reason that your brain can also control your IBS.

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Anxiety-IBS and Brain-Gut Feedback Loop

This may not be the best of designs.

When the brain gets upset, it can upset the gut.

Anxiety can create IBS.

When the gut gets upset, it can upset the brain.

IBS can create more anxiety.

This create a feedback loop that is can be quite unpleasant to live with.

The trick is to rewire the body.

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How to escape the Anxiety-IBS Spiral

The easiest way our of the anxiety-IBS spiral is to rewire your brain.

When you release anxiety, the stress hormones ease off, and the inflammation reduces.

Therapies such as hypnotherapy, NLP, BWRT and Havening can all help to quickly release anxiety.

Research has proven great success rates, within six to twelve sessions, even when a year of other treatments had not helped.

If you're ready to rewire your brain, book a meeting with our Anxiety-IBS hypnotherapy specialist.

You may be surprised how fast you can change.

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Clients typically require one to six weekly appointments to help their change.

Our clinic is open on Wednesday and Sunday, from 8am to 9pm, in Reigate, Surrey (RH2 0SA).

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