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Why Trying to Control Your IBS Symptoms Might Be Causing More Stress

Why Trying to Control Your IBS Symptoms Might Be Causing More Stress

by Dr. Jennifer Franklin | May 13, 2020 | Healing, Anxiety, How to, Stress Response, The Nervous System

If you have IBS or some other medically unexplained digestive disorder and your objective has been to control your symptoms, then you have been unknowingly and unintentionally creating more stress for your body, making it harder, not easier, for your body to heal.  As...

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