My college roommates and I are all dealing with stress-related stomach issues during finals season and we keep commiserating about it but also competing about who has it worse. The stress in our apartment is palpable and I think we're actually making each other's symptoms worse by constantly talking about how awful we feel.
More people experience this than they realize.
Collective stress becomes collective symptoms in a feedback loop that no one knows how to interrupt.
“Where Are You with Digestive health and the gut-brain axis?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.