I get stress-related gut/butt irritation when I travel. Sometimes it kicks in a little before. If it was only after or during travel, I'd think it was from something that happens during travel, but since it sometimes happens during prep for travel, I think it must be stress. My digestive system has acted up during travel so often that I even anticipating travel can set it off! Even though I have fun too....it's hard to break that cycle. Funny thing is that I have to take trips for my job and they rarely cause the same thing.. Those trips are short and routine, even though I have to spend the night in hotels for them often. It's only when I travel for "fun" that I get stressed because those are the trips that, because they have been generally longer and I didn't always have access to proper food (for work trips I bring all my food), my digestion would respond badly. It seems I have developed a specific phobia, though it's only my digestive system that acts scared. I'm still working on reinforcements I can use to give the system extra support when it gets scared, so I'll have more practice having fun trips without constantly being uncomfortable, then maybe the phobia will decrease? I hope so! I'm tired of this pattern!
