I been getting stomach issues due to my anxiety lately. maybe not so much the gas, but just having to run to the bthrm cuz of physical issues of anxiety. Do you get anxious from the gas cuz you're scared that there's something wrong?

Yes, i always react as if these things aren't normal, And then I proceed to overthink about what it could be causing it (I have a BIG fear of food poisioning, so i tend to jump to whatever I ate and then blame it on that).

did you have a bad experience with food poisoning that you have such a big fear? you mentioned that when you don't eat well is when you get gas, so you could just have a sensitive tummy. or as soon as you feel a little gas you get yourself worked up into anxiety thinking somethngs wrong. Pardon my "weird" sense of humor, but i'm a gassy person anyway, but never thought to as to what it could be. just figure its normal, everyone does it, rt? have you seen a GI doc just to know why so you don't drive yourself crazy with the "what if's". i do the "what if's" all the time. it sux, i know.

I had posted about some stomach issues a week or so ago that my chiropractor was able to help me out with.

I think the anxiety is getting to my stomach. Yesterday I think I had indegestion, today after dinner felt like a pit (I should mention I am a volunteer EMT and was on a call with a puker after eating). Those calls give me the willies because I worry about catching it, so the pit in my stomach was most likely nerves.

I also have acid reflux, take meds, I have a hiatal hernia, etc. So, I never know what things are from, I just know recently the stomach seems to be taking a bit of a beating.

My wife was amazed in 2008 when I went for an Upper Endoscopy to find that I do not have ulcers....sometimes she says "Maybe you finally got them."

She does not wish it on me, but after the last few months, it would be surprising I that anxiety has not gotten to me!!

@roebean, Yeah actually.. about two years ago I had an awful experience with food poisoning that very nearly gave me the WORST anxiety attack I've ever had.. It was really what started the bad anxiety attacks, I pay too much attention to anything to do with my stomach. I constantly think something is wrong even when it's not logical to think that at all.

@slingshot I get sick when I think about other people vomiting or if they are sick, I start to fear I will get what they have (especially if it was food poisoning and we've eaten the same thing) I don't have acid reflux or a hernia, But i do have a really bad back injury (It's a pinched nerve that never healed properly) and it tends to hurt in my ribcage as well sometimes, If i move the wrong way or overwork it.. It hurts more.