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Posted 4/30/2013 6:24 PM (GMT 0)
So I was thinking. I got bullied in school for many, many years. Right after I was done with school and before I started my first job I had some weeks off. Funny, in these weeks I noticed my first UC symptoms.

I asked in the German forums if there is a link between the period of rest and the flare. Surprisingly (to me) they were all confirming that they had flares when they had peace and rested but after a stressful situation.

When do you normally flare? Did you notice this phenomenon on you too?
Posted 4/30/2013 6:40 PM (GMT 0)
Someone posted a NYT article years ago on this forum saying that stressful events can cause flares up to six months after the stressful event. I remember being skeptical because...how can you make the correlation-but it sounds like what you are describing. I would search for the article on here but wouldn't know where to begin.

My initial flare lasted two years at a low grade until a stressful event at work that set it off. The increased in intensity accompanied the stress in my case though.

I'm sorry you were bullied. I hate that so many people, for whatever reasons, can't accept those that differ from themselves.
Posted 4/30/2013 6:41 PM (GMT 0)
Same thing happens to me and several others here. Sometimes I flare during the stressful period though.
Posted 4/30/2013 6:42 PM (GMT 0)
flares make me stress -

bad food choices make me flare -

no flare = no stress happy guy
Posted 4/30/2013 7:07 PM (GMT 0)
Stress.....without a doubt.
Posted 4/30/2013 11:25 PM (GMT 0)
Stress caused my two flares which was because of a horrible job. I quit working there and haven't flared since. :)

Just started a new job. Lets hope I don't have a repeat performance.
Posted 5/1/2013 12:34 AM (GMT 0)
STRESS = FLARE for me ! :(
and then the stress Of the flare continues the cycle
Posted 5/1/2013 8:37 AM (GMT 0)
I think the same for me too. It started for me when I was bullied and stressed at work. I think I flare also because of stress.

Im not sure what part diet plays though.. I try and avoid Gluten, Sugar, Lactose and Processed Foods and Refined Carbs, as these are hard to digest and do not help my sick colon. Pro-biotics also seem to help my imune system, and I do feel better and healthier for taking them.
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