Toilet is home ?

Hi - if you're feeling a bit anxious in unfamiliar territory then that could affect your digestive system.  It's well known.   Think of the well known phrases such as "butterflies in the tummy", "sick to the stomach", "my stomach turned over".  I read something somewhere a long time ago where the stomach, gut, etc were described as having a strong connection to the central nervous system.  I think most of us have had to hurry to the wc at some point in our lives because we were feeling worried or nervous.  I'm not sure it's got anything to do with autism per se, rather that some people on the spectrum my get anxious more easily or often.  I think anxious NTs would report something similar.

Hi - if you're feeling a bit anxious in unfamiliar territory then that could affect your digestive system.  It's well known.   Think of the well known phrases such as "butterflies in the tummy", "sick to the stomach", "my stomach turned over".  I read something somewhere a long time ago where the stomach, gut, etc were described as having a strong connection to the central nervous system.  I think most of us have had to hurry to the wc at some point in our lives because we were feeling worried or nervous.  I'm not sure it's got anything to do with autism per se, rather that some people on the spectrum my get anxious more easily or often.  I think anxious NTs would report something similar.