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In your body's understanding, the twinge of pain in your gut has taken on a whole new meaning. Instead of merely being useful information, this sensation has become mislabeled as a serious danger to be avoided. Yet this false threat has the power to take away simple everyday pleasures like pizza parties.

Tensing and resisting actually make distress worse.

Susan was learning how to go spelunking in a practice cave with narrow, hard-to-navigate crawl spaces. At one point, she got stuck in a particularly narrow space and panicked. “Oh my God, I'm stuck,” she shrieked. “No, you're not,” called back her instructor. “Just relax, Susan. You are never stuck. If you tense up, your body will naturally get bigger and you'll be even more stuck. If you relax, your muscles will go loose and your body will naturally find a way out.” Tensing and resisting actually make distress worse—in spelunking and in your gut! Likewise, learning to relax your gut helps to activate your body's natural healing powers.