I can trace back my emetophobia, my brother got sick, I didn't want to catch it, and every night at the age of 8, for two months straight, I would sneak into my parents room, go in there bathroom, and sneak a shot of pepto bismo nightly.

My brother threw up pepto ....haven't touched it since

to make a super long story short....I know have IBS due to my uncontrollable anxiety.

I was brought up that bad D* is the precursor to V*
And now I have bad d* all the time and live in fear daily.

Is this just the worst luck? Bad enough I would over examine everything my stomach does? But now? With my IBS and hietal hernia? My anxiety and my lactose intolerance, the tightness in my chest....I just want a normal life