Studies have revealed that symptoms of IBS and anxiety often happen together. Doctors have reported that the most common mental ailment people with IBS suffer from is a generalised anxiety disorder. With some folk it is combined with a measure of depression, while others have other symptoms such trembling, muscle aches, and irritability. A therapist well-versed in hypnosis will also incorporate neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) into the treatment plan, which will help the connection between mind and body.
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Irritable bowel syndrome or IBS, is also known as spastic colon, irritable colon, and spastic colitis. It is not the same as inflammatory bowel disease or IBD, and not related to any other bowel conditions.
Although sometimes confused with IBS, IBD is actually an auto-immune condition caused by an overactive immune system, which leads to inflammation throughout the gut and the gastrointestinal tract. IBS usually develops due to digestive problems, an oversensitive gut, and quite often because of high levels of stress and anxiety.
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When you have a headache or neck pain, you might not think that your jaw could actually be the cause. However, the temporo-mandibular joint, or TMJ, could be the reason you are suffering. The TMJ is the hinge-like joint connecting the jaw to the skull. It enables the jaw to move up and down and from side to side, so that you can laugh, talk, chew and yawn.
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Because of the common link between stress and teeth grinding, it is easy to develop a TMJ disorder as a result. This may not happen immediately, but as time goes by, and the symptoms of anxiety are not relieved, the condition may continue unabated. Restless sleep, induced by stress, can cause you to unconsciously grind your teeth and clench your jaw. The constant wear and tear can put your jaw out of alignment and cause chronic neck pain, as well acute muscle strain.
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