Thanks everyone for sharing your stories. I find a lot of comfort knowing I’m not alone. I do wish the message board were more active. I don’t know where my shy bowel started but I’ve been struggling for a long time. It takes me a long time to go to the bathroom unfortunately, so time pressure really “clamps me up” so to speak. I’m borrowing that phrase from someone else who posted on here. It seems to describe it perfectly. I do have anxiety...I have Autism. That probably plays a part in all this. I feel ashamed of defecating for some reason. I keep trying to remind myself everyone has to defecate, even Harry Styles has to poo. I guess I’ll just keep trying to cope with this. I hope you guys will post more of your experiences and stories...I really enjoy reading as I can so relate to all of it. It’s therapeutic. And thanks to Baz for always being so supportive.