Why do anxious feelings create the need to go to toilet frequently?

Hm I often heared that anxiety can maybe affect the work of the concerned organs generally. But I could imagine that someone goes to toilet cos it is a lockable room and you feel "saver" somehow. Or if the feelings go together with flashbacks and the person is somethere outside she/he want to hide the flash and be alone and undisturbed until stabilized again.

Scientifically, your body produces hormones that want to speed up the process of digesting. This means that your body is on hyper speed because your neurons and hormones as well as your heart are moving faster than normal.

Anxiety/anxious feelings cause the need to go to the toilet frequently mainly because of the fight or flight system. The fight or flight system, if you don't know what it is, is a system wired in our brains that helps us decide whether to flee from a dangerous situation, or to stand our ground. It pumps adrenaline into our bodies and is meant to protect us from harm, but anxiety often forces this system into continue use. Because of this, the system creates a large amount of stress and tension in our bodies. This can put pressure on our internal organs which makes us feel as if we need to use the bathroom, or even cause us to go because of the pressure being put on our bladder. Anxiety can also cause our stomachs to turn or hurt, which may result in some bowel movement or nausea.

Anxiety creates physical symptoms as well as psychological symptoms. These psychosomatic symptoms can cause bowel irregularities or gastrointestinal issues as well as many other physical symptoms, such as headaches, heart racing, chest pain, shaking, dizziness, nausea, and more. Your gastrointestinal system has a nervous system all its own. When anxiety puts you into fight or flight mode, stress hormones are released. These stress hormones have an effect on that nervous system which may cause you need to need the bathroom more frequently. Another possibility is that you're experiencing IBS or irritable bowel syndrome. IBS is a chronic gastrointestinal disorder that causes an array of symptoms, such as stomach bloating, abdominal pain, cramps, diarrhea, and constipation. If you're experiencing these symptoms frequently, you may want to check with your doctor about the possibility of having IBS and what you can do to manage the symptoms.

Usually because the mind finds a way to distract itself from feeling it. The mind does not want to deal with it so it finds the toilet as a distraction. It’s like a getaway. There’s nothing wrong with it. The mind is powerful but when you are going through something the mind scares you from feeling better. It thinks it’s a horrible thing to get better. In reality it’s the most beautiful thing to heal. You also get distracted by movies and games just so you can avoid facing your anxiety. It’s just part of growing up. You will learn to deal with it without distractions.

When you are in bathroom, you feel safer because you know no one is going to come in. You don't have to worry about things around you in a small room like a bathroom. That feeling of safety eases your anxious feelings. Also, when you feel anxious, you often don't know what to do, but going to the toilet gives you a purpose. You know what to do, so you can focus on one thing and not think about other things. For me, peeing feels like letting toxic things out of my body. It makes me feel relieved in some way.

Anxiety symptoms can be shown in a multitude of ways and one common symptom is frequent trips to the toilet. As anxiety is caused by worrying thoughts, your body is finding ways to try to avoid the problem and it detects that the trips to the toilet. The frequent trips to the toilet might also be caused by the association by the feeling of calmness and peaceful and the closed doors of the toilet as that allows no interaction with anyone else. This can also be proved as one of the ways people cope with anxiety is leaving situations when anxiety begins to occur and your body chooses the toilet to run away to.

Anxiety is the result of arousal of the nervous system, namely the sympathetic nervous system. This governs the fight-or-flight (or freeze) response where cortisol and adrenaline is released. In order for our ancestors to have an evolutionary advantage, it was beneficial to expel their bowels and bladder to have (presumably) less weight. Good for our ancestors, at least enough so that their offspring continued to experience this phenomenon. Fast forward to present day when it is no longer reasonable to walk around naked and there are no sabertooth tigers to fight off, we are left with a not-so-great impulse to pee or poop when we become excessively nervous. Fortunately with some effort, it is possible to mindfully pacify the sympathetic nervous system with meditation, deep breathing, or proper rest so that the body can activate the parasympathetic nervous system, where bodily processes slow down and the body can heal itself.

I think it's because of the tension that your anxiety builds up in your body. Anxiety affects every part of the body, including the bowels and bladder. You feel the need to visit the toilet more frequently because it's releasing some of the tension. Body naturaly wants to get rid of the anxiety, since it doesn't feel natural, and it uses whatever it can to release this uncomfortable feeling. This happens a lot, but, like everything, it can be controlled. Solution for this is equal to the solution for the anxiety. It's nothing wrong or weird, it can be expected when anxiety arrives.

anxious feelings / thoughts have a significant impact on your body. there's this thing called "somatic symptoms". somatic symptoms come from psychological problems, which for sure occur in your mind. basically, your mind sends signals that something is wrong with your mental health and those signals occur in other body parts. most common symptoms are headache, digestion problems and even the need to go to toilet. your body feels like it is in an instant stress, and therefore it can even impact your urinary system. how to deal with this? first of all, try to understand why those anxious feelings occur. try to calm yourself in your favourite activities. and i'm sure everything will be solved out.