Sciencespeaking topic
Your stomach hurting when you're stressed, or running to the bathroom before an exam, isn't chance: there's a thick nerve cable between brain and gut, and the traffic runs both ways. If your anxiety upsets your stomach, your upset stomach may also be feeding your anxiety. Which one started first?
— vagus nerve / brain-gut connection
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