IBS
Psychology
One
of the big features of IBS-Health.com is the attention to the often neglected
psychological element of life with IBS.
Long term sufferers will suffer as a result of the symptoms without exception. The following
touches upon a few of these issue, however
the website deals with the issue far more conclusively.
Conditioning
The
key psychological issue facing IBS sufferers is gradual conditioning generated
by IBS. Incremental steps towards
conditioning are made daily and generate conditioned responses in the manner of
Pavlov’s dogs. In the case of IBS the stimuli is the most
powerful – fear. With or without IBS, as a
species certain places will be equated to certain reactions and emotions.
As
an IBS sufferer, you may equate a
certain place where you had an incident, or a certain activity to needing the
bathroom. Whenever you step into that environment
you are instantly filled with the same sense of anxiety, which often leads to a
need for the bathroom.
Breaking
a conditioned response is very difficult.
At present some clinical psychologists are known to try self
hypnosis. Hypnosis, sadly carries with
it the stigma of fraudulent entertainment, however in this context it is used
to try to condition a suffer or IBS or anxiety to relax, upon a given stimuli
or condition. This works for some,
certainly not all and is always worth a try as the benefits outweigh the costs.
Avoidance
When
IBS is at its worst, a sufferer can become prone to avoidance. Avoidant personality disorder, is something
featured on the site, and a condition that many sufferers will relate to. The unwillingness to risk trusting your
condition may lead to sufferers choosing to avoid social situations. This ends up with a suffocated lifestyle.
For
a deeper insight into this area please go to our website www-ibs-health.com
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