I agree, Lana...we all have so much in common....shyness, depression, people pleasing personalities, etc., etc. Maybe there is a link there that someone could research and get to the bottom (so to speak) of this (sorry for the wording there) . I think it has a lot to do with our chemical make up....I know that seretonin (sp?) has a lot to do with depression, and when I was on Zoloft for depression/anxiety, my IBS was better.
Maybe there is a cure after all if someone would research our common links.