Eli5 – How does stomach anxiety work?

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How can anxiety cause nausea or IBS

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Going for the 5yo part!

Going back in evolution a bit, we were all dumb animals. One of the best things we could learn is what food is healthy and what might poison us.

The result is that our digestive system has a LOT of nerves that have a hotline to our brain.

And sometimes the signals can backfire. When our brain gets nervous, or dizzy, then it can send an overload of signals to the gut and we can’t really tell if we need energy or should evacuate the food we have.

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