Dr. Trisha Pasricha

I'm so glad you said that.

From day one, we treat our bodies, our bowel movements as this nefarious entity.

Like it's so embarrassing.

It's so yucky.

It's so icky.

You shouldn't make poop jokes.

It's so horrible.

And we internalize that from when we're kids.

And so suddenly after we're done potty training,

nobody's checking in on you again to make sure you're doing it right, right?

Like we go to the dentist a couple of times a year and they're like, hey, did you do two minutes each side?

Make sure you get your gums.

Are you getting the back of your tongue?

Who's asking you what you do when you shut the door to have a bowel movement after you're done potty training?

Nobody's checking in.

And it's so common, right?

That I have patients who come to my clinic and it's actually the case that they've been dragged in by their partner and their partner will be like, every time I say, you know, we need to go somewhere, they'll be like, oh, just five minutes.

And they know.

It's going to be 60 minutes later that they come out.

And what I want to say to you is that if you're somebody who has been struggling, you've tried what you feel like is everything.