Ashley and Rebecca from The Crohn's & Colitis Dietitians talk about all things IBD-related. On this episode we talk about how we deal with overwhelming feelings and fears that come up with IBD symptoms. We also talk about a conference we were excited to attend, research and communicating needs.  0-16 minutes:  -we talk about join pain and the fear response with flare ups -we are excited for the DDW (Digestive Disease Week) conference and would love to see more of a focus on nutrition at events like this. -we would love it if every GI doctor had a dietitian on staff! -the varying factors in research and how we hope to see more research in nutrition 16-26 minutes: -The IBD scaries: symptoms that bring up fear and remind us of flares -how our emotions tie into our gut issues -what we feel when we have symptoms and how we feel a loss of control -how we try to take it step by step when experiencing a rollercoaster of emotions -the fear response can be hard to pause  -Rebecca talks about how she doesn't make important decisions when feeling these strong emotions 30-44 minutes: -Rebecca talks about when she was very overwhelmed and in a flare and first reached out to Ashley as a patient to work with her -giving ourselves space to process and go through what we need to go through -Rebecca talks about  a recent shopping experience trying on jeans when Ursula (her IBD) reared it's ugly head and started causing her pain.  -why communicating needs is so important -Ashley talks about the experience as a HSP- highly sensitive person. She has difficulty with tags in clothes, certain sounds and focusing in noisy environments.