Mine started off about 5 years ago when i got diagnosed with ibs. That gut wrenching sinking feeling that you think you're going to have an accident in public and won't make it home in time to relieve yourself.
Every since then my anxiety about going to the loo/ needing the loo when out has taken over my life.
I'm now agoraphobic and currently can't leave the house at all.
I did get to a point where I was able to do simple things just to get by with minor worry like school run, small trips to the shop and if feeling really brave a little trip out.
All of the coping mechanisms I had once taught myself no longer comfort me. I wake up anxious and on the brink of a panic attack until I finally pass out exhaustion in the early hours. No matter how much i tell myself "you can alway come straight home" "I don't care if I have an accident" "so what if I go to the loo in public, everyone has to go" just doesn't work and it is beyond exhausting!! And one experience anything similar?
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what is the main trigger for your anxiety? ibs taken hold of my life.
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LunaRose14 · 07/02/2016 13:17
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