one of my friends is in IBS denial and instead says she's allergic/intolerant of like 100 different things. We accommodate anyway, obviously, because limiting what you eat helps with IBS, but I wish she'd just see a doctor about her clearly IBS.
it seems to be a really stigmatized thing and one of those boxes the medical system throws you in when it doesn't know what else to do with you. i get the hesitation
one of my friends is in IBS denial and instead says she's allergic/intolerant of like 100 different things. We accommodate anyway, obviously, because limiting what you eat helps with IBS, but I wish she'd just see a doctor about her clearly IBS.
it seems to be a really stigmatized thing and one of those boxes the medical system throws you in when it doesn't know what else to do with you. i get the hesitation