Digestion does not start in the stomach. It starts in the nervous system.
If eating makes you feel anxious, wired or unsettled, it is often a sign that your body does not feel safe enough to digest yet. Stress, long periods of restriction, gut flares and slow motility all train the nervous system to stay alert. When that happens, digestion is one of the first systems to slow down.
This is especially common in SIBO, IBS and methane patterns where motility and nervous system regulation are closely linked. Supporting safety, not just food choices, is often the missing piece when symptoms feel unpredictable.
Your body is not overreacting. It is responding to the environment it is in.
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If meals leave you feeling anxious or on edge, it is not a food failure. This is often what it looks like when the nervous system has been in protection mode for too long. Digestion cannot fully turn on until the body feels safe enough to do so.
Supporting vagal tone, slowing down meals, and reducing overall stress load can change symptoms just as much as diet changes. This is the layer many people miss in SIBO and IBS healing.
If this resonates, you are not alone. And you are not doing it wrong.