IBS isn’t “all in your head” – but it is influenced by what’s happening there. Anxiety, chronic stress, and even perfectionism can send your gut’s nervous system into overdrive. Hypnosis helps the brain and gut “relearn” how to communicate calmly with each other. It guides the nervous system out of its fight-or-flight mode and into a state of safety, so digestion can do what it’s meant to do: function smoothly and quietly in the background.