S6 | E57 Bathroom Anxiety Is a REAL Anxiety with Megan Marsiglio

After being diagnosed with Crohn's disease and IBS in 2009, Megan felt extremely isolated and humiliated about having digestive issues. She was always in pain, always running to the bathroom and avoided a lot of situations so that she didn’t have to talk about what she was experiencing, or risk not being able to make it to the bathroom in time (aka bathroom anxiety).    As Megan slowly began opening up about what she was dealing with, she learned that many others dealt with the same issues—they just weren’t talking about them. The stigma around gut issues is what ignited her passion to increase the conversation, push awareness, and create a community. We talk to Megan about her journey being diagnosed with Crohn’s and how she has overcome her anxiety today. She hopes others will join her on the other side of bathroom anxiety.   Megan Shares: Her experience being diagnosed with Crohn’s How to advocate for yourself when you’re having bathroom and gut issues Validation in a diagnosis and how that changes things What remission looks like (management, diet, etc.) How to advocate and be diligent after a diagnosis What bathroom anxiety looks like for different people Tools that helped Megan manage bathroom anxiety How important it is to have a community   Show Notes:  The apps Megan references in the episode are Go Here and Flush.  For more of Megan, please visit instagram.com/thegutgazette  on Instagram and thegutgazette.ca on the Web For more of We Go There Podcast, please visit instagram.com/wegotherepodcast on Instagram wegotherepodcast.com on the Web *Warning- this podcast is completely unfiltered. If you are around young children, we suggest headphones.*