Stress and flare?

I notice that anytime I get a large amount of stress/ anxiety I have diarrhea instantly. For example today I saw my ex and got a mini panic attack with a very heavy anxious feeling. Within 15 minutes I was running to the bathroom to have very watery diarrhea. Also when I was taking my drivers test I was very anxious & right after the test had to run to the bathroom to have watery diarrhea. There are more examples but this happens very frequently when I have anxious feelings and stress.

Anyone else??

I'm sure stress has something to do with it!

My recent relapse, after 9 years remission, followed a one-year period of great stress. One incident though, during a bruising meeting with my school's chair of governors, resulted in me slightly soiling myself in the meeting! I had major runny poops afterwards. Sometimes I thought my relapse was just IBS.

I suppose some of the answer is to learn to manage short and long-term stress. Sometimes, before an expected stress like an exam, if it is possible to find time to use breathing techniques to 'psych yourself down', you might prevent the runs. Long-term use of calming techniques are worth a try too.

https://www.helpguide.org/articles/stress/relaxation-techniques-for-stress-relief.htm

Stress will do it trust me. Every flare up I had in the past was due to a major stressful situation. I was in remission for 9 years from my UC and I lost my mom last year and within 3 days my colitis was back in full swing. The only difference this time I let the stress consume my body emotional and physical and ended up so sick they had to remove my entire colon it was all ulcerated and that happened in just 5 months. I went from a having a perfectly healthy colon to the whole thing 100% ulcerated.

Avoid street if you can, let the little issues go. Life is too short to worry about things out of your control. Wish I practiced all this a year ago.