The IBS Interrupt™ Perspective: If long-term IBS symptoms have left you believing your body is permanently flawed, it is time to shift perspective. This post explores how your chronic gut symptoms often aren’t a physical malfunction – they are actually your body trying to communicate with you.
The Hidden Message: IBS is part of a direct signaling system. It reacts to the subconscious “programming” and emotions you were taught to carry, not express.
The Shift: Realising that your symptoms will keep repeating until you learn to understand what your body is trying to tell you.
Key Takeaway: Learning to decipher these physical signals, unlearn the old stress responses and unburden the body is the core of my 3-step IBS Interrupt™ Process.
Before recovering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), I thought something was physically wrong with my body.
When I was told that there was nothing wrong with me, I started blaming myself for not eating “properly”.
When further tests concluded I had a slightly longer colon than average, and the flap over my digestive tube didn’t close properly, I started believing I was stuck with IBS.
Then, I realised that my body was actually communicating with me – but I couldn’t understand a thing.
Finally, I learned to get fluent and could understand what my IBS was telling me.
And interupted the cycle of IBS symptoms.
What your IBS wants you to know
Your IBS wants you to know that you are loved
And that’s why you’re getting IBS symptoms – signals from your body every time you think the opposite. To show you where you criticize yourself, and feel like you are never enough.
Your IBS wants you to know that you are important
It shows you every time you feel judged, unseen or taken for granted.
Your IBS wants you to know that your symptoms are not some kind of punishment for bad behaviour
They are just signals to inform you that what you are thinking is not based on truth.
Your IBS wants you to know that you are a learning machine
If you feel stressed it’s because you were taught stress. And you were probably taught overwhelm too.
The good news is that you can unlearn reactions and learn new ones.
Your IBS wants you to know it’s not the food
The food itself is not the problem. It’s what that food makes you remember, or how you repeatedly feel when you eat it.
The patterns keep repeating until you get the message.
Your IBS wants you to know that you are cherished
There are probably painful times when you experienced the opposite: you felt left out, unseen, pushed aside or abandoned. All the times you felt abandoned and unwanted were showing you something.
Your IBS wants you to know that you are allowed to feel
In fact, this is an essential part of how your body works best. You are expected to feel.
There is motion in the word emotion. When you don’t let yourself experience or express emotions, and the feeling gets stuck and doesn’t flow. And that keeps your IBS symptoms coming.
Above all, your IBS wants you to know that you are safe
Let this world do what it needs to do. Focus on feeling that you are meant to feel good in this life.
My IBS taught me that I am well. Wellness is my innate state. The rest is all perception and programming.
And we can unlearn it.
Alison Adenis | IBS Interrupt™ Coach
Important Note: My work focuses on trigger identification and release based on my personal experience, training, and client work.
This content is for informational and educational purposes only.
I am not a doctor. For diagnosis and clinical treatment, always consult your medical professional.