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Ashley and Rebecca from The Crohn's & Colitis Dietitians talk about all things IBD-related. On this episode we talk about how we deal with overwhelming feelings and fears that come up with IBD symptoms. We also talk about a conference we were excited to attend, research and communicating needs. 

0-16 minutes: 
-we talk about joint pain and the fear response with flare ups
-we are excited for the DDW (Digestive Disease Week) conference and would love to see more of a focus on nutrition at events like this.
-we would love it if every GI doctor had a dietitian on staff!
-the varying factors in research and how we hope to see more research in nutrition

16-26 minutes:
-The IBD scaries: symptoms that bring up fear and remind us of flares
-how our emotions tie into our gut issues
-what we feel when we have symptoms and how we feel a loss of control
-how we try to take it step by step when experiencing a rollercoaster of emotions
-the fear response can be hard to pause 
-Rebecca talks about how she doesn't make important decisions when feeling these strong emotions

30-44 minutes:
-Rebecca talks about when she was very overwhelmed and in a flare and first reached out to Ashley as a patient to work with her
-giving ourselves space to process and go through what we need to go through
-Rebecca talks about  a recent shopping experience trying on jeans when Ursula (her IBD) reared it's ugly head and started causing her pain. 
-why communicating needs is so important
-Ashley talks about the experience as a HSP- highly sensitive person. She has difficulty with tags in clothes, certain sounds and focusing in noisy environments.