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When partners disagree about emotional causes of digestive problems

My husband started having severe digestive issues after his father died last year and he refuses to consider that grief might be connected to his physical symptoms. I've been researching the gut-brain connection but he gets defensive when I bring it up, and meanwhile I'm watching him suffer and managing all the meal planning around his new restrictions.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

One person sees the connection while the other resists it, creating distance around both the physical and emotional pain.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Digestive health and the gut-brain axis?”

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