this is maybe one of the strongest unexpected correlations I've found in a poll
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Do you have chronic anxiety? || Do you have stomach problems (like IBS, constipation/diarrhea, etc.)?
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this is not news to the medical community. GI issues are VERY WELL KNOWN comorbidities of anxiety disorders.
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i def knew there was some link, but i had no idea it was *this strong*
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anxiety corresponds to fight/flight activation I think, which would disrupt digestion because body's resources being channeled to greater perceived priorities
and I imagine on top of that there are things that create IBS that can also create anxiety
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The body has mutually exclusive nervous system states with corresponding motor strategies: Attunment (social emotion, motion, communication), or Threat (run, jump, be in conflict), orFreeze (immbolize, conserve energy, act dead). You’re always in one of them.
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Researchers are currently working on understanding the mechanisms underlying this effect, which is observed in rodents too. Gut issues are a common psychogenic condition, but possibly the tip of the iceberg.
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I once took antibiotics for a few weeks. For the next 6 months I had absurd mood swings I could barely function with.
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I had a perfectly normal GI tract
Then I got involved in the startup scene
(Alternately: joined a startup and now I’m full of shit!)
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Have you considered some multi-step google forms polls and asking 3/4 questions at once so you can sort by each?
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over 90% of serotonin is produced by gut microbiota; there are strong correlations between dysbiosis and many "mental health" concerns, including depression, anxiety, autism, and even schizophrenia
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Likely not a spurious correlation, I’ve read more about this recently:
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