Regarding the anxiety, even after I had my UC under control, anxiety and worry were still a huge problem in my life. I think this was because, even when I was in elementary school, I would worry and have panic attacks just thinking about the possibility of having a flare-up. I really can't underscore enough how this way of thinking dominated my life up until a couple years ago. Realistically, I believe that the toll this disease took on me was more damaging psychologically than physically because of the limits I placed on myself out of fear.
Hacker News:Throughout my entire life I have always had digestion issues, especially around times of stress like the holidays and during final exams. This would, of course, negatively affect my performance in school and life in general. My parents always told me that I just had a nervous stomach and that I needed to find ways to relax.As I enter college I don't really know what I want to...