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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When we get put into a fight or flight mode by our brain, our brain thinks that of we evacuate poop and pee then we can fight or flee better. Brain thinks poop and pee will slow us down.

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