Dr. Trisha Pasricha

Less than five.

Ideally, less than one minute.

Okay.

It should be an in and out job.

Wow.

Yeah.

But if you're having a bowel movement every day, you might be told, you might believe that that makes me normal, but it's uncomfortable for you and you're spending 20, 30 minutes at a time.

That's not normal.

People complain about having discomfort, bloating, pain, cramps, until they're able to have a bowel movement.

And then for some people, the bowel movement helps those symptoms get better.

Sometimes that's only momentarily, and then they come right back.

And then they're there and they're there and they're building until the next bowel movement.

Sometimes people complain about a lot of urgency, like they're just interrupted by, they're at work, they're out with friends, and suddenly out of nowhere, they have to go to the bathroom and have to do it now.

There are a lot of people, one out of seven people, okay, I want to just internalize this number, one out of seven people poop their pants regularly in America.

That's what the studies have shown.

So people feel so isolated sometimes and embarrassed and ashamed.

When they have bowel accidents, it's actually more common than you think.

And a lot of people are struggling and dealing with it.

Even if nobody brings it up at your book club, a lot of people in that room will have experienced what you're experiencing.

Sometimes people talk about that.