I spent the better part of today sitting across from a fellow survivor (whom I met through my blog) in a hipster little cafe on the outskirts of our city, and as conversations often do, we gravitated to discussing anxiety, something we have a lot of experience with. One of the things we got to talking about was how so many people don’t talk about the too regular and agonising visits to the toilet.

I spent the last two days, thinking I had caught a bug off of one of the kids, I was nauseous, spending more time on the toilet than usual, I even cancelled a dinner at a friend’s place because I thought I really was sick. I also felt tired and in general off, the more I sat with it, the more I realised it was actually anxiety because by the end of the day it had calmed down and ramped right back up this morning and it started all over again.

There's some shame somewhere there surrounding adult pooping. Image via iStock.

We all do number’s 2’s, poop, take dumps or defecate most days right? And we all know it, we live among those that dump yet we kinda pretend we don’t, there's some shame somewhere there surrounding adult pooping.

But you know they’re“walking around like regular people. They don’t see each other. They only see what they want to see. They don’t know they’ve been pooping too”.….-‘The sixth sense’ So let’s talk about poop.

If there was one thing more irritating about some of the anxiety symptoms other than anxiety itself, is the diarrhoea that comes as an accompanying symptom, a symptom that is also thought to be a sign of anxiety.

There are a few reasons diarrhoea is one of the most annoying symptoms, that those living with anxiety might face every day:

Mia Freedman on her love for routine on I Don't Know How She Does It.

Anxiety really is something that affects peoples daily lives whether it be because of diarrhoea (OMG, I spelt it right first go….woah). It also causes panic attacks, chest tightening, restlessness, nausea, feeling wound up or on edge, hot and cold flushes which can cause excessive sweating. Many others suffer from excessive fear, worry and obsessive thinking among others, while all those people too may experience more behavioural issues such as avoidance which can cause issues in social, work or study, and depression.

We are never alone in our struggles as human beings. Image via iStock.

Anxiety is a very real problem, for a vast array of people, it doesn’t discriminate. It’s not just a fad, a thing people say get attention. It’s a real issue within the lives of real people.

I guess the reason for this blog is just so others who mightpooping their pantswith worry at the idea anyone else might know their deep dark diarrhoea secret, well, now they know mine too. I also don’t know how to fix mine yet, but we’ll get there.

We are never alone in our struggles as human beings, and the beauty of a technological age is that wecanall spread the word of anxi-poops and connect over them over and over again.

On a serious note, HERE is a link to some real good quality help and if you are feeling especially bad these SERVICES. can also help.

P.S… I have never pooped my pants…. in public. I don’t think.

This post originally appeared on Adjust Remembered and was republished here with full permission.