Eli5: how do our emotions ‘upset our stomachs’ / make us need the toilet?

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Why is it that when we’re excited or scared, we can desperately need the toilet? Is it some sort of evolutionary defence mechanism?

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Our gut is connected to our brain, called the gut-brain axis. Looks like it happens during our fight or flight response.

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