immune system question

I don't know if any of you have a better understanding of this....

I've been thinking too much lately, I think. https://www.healingwell.com/community/emoticons/wink.gif

Many sources list stress as a contributor to IBD ("Listen to Your Gut,", etc.)

Stress is known to depress the immune system.

IBD is often cited as being a product of an overactive immune system.

So: how can stress, as something that depresses the immune system, be a cause of this condition which is a result of an overactive immune system?

My guess is that for all the above, "malfunctioning immune system" might be a better description (and
therefore perhaps the reason immuno-modulators do work for some people and not for others....?)

I'd better go read a novel or something and stop thinking! lol

It's a dysregulation of the immune system. There is an inappropriate inflammatory response to some of your gut flora which should be regulated but it isn't. Stress may affect how the immune system regulates itself.