What’s the worst way your stomach has betrayed you?

In my late teens, my family and I drove a couple of hours to an apple festival up in the mountains of NC. As we were finding a parking spot at the far end of the MASSIVE gravel parking lot, my stomach started to hurt and I knew I was on limited time. I hopped out and started power walking towards the festival as soon as the car came to a stop. The only bathroom area was in the very center of the festival so it was an excruciatingly long walk through throngs of people just milling about. I finally get there and there’s a huge long line. At this point I am sweating profusely and my cheeks are clenched so tight that my legs are starting to shake. I went full lizard brain and shoved my way past every single person in that line, busted into a stall just as someone was coming out, slammed the door and had the loudest, most vile cheek-slapping shit as soon as I dropped my drawers. I sat there with tears streaming down my face for a good while, too embarrassed to come out. When I finally got up the gumption, I crept out and quickly washed my hands hoping to god that no one who witnessed my shame would still be there. I kept my head down as I walked back out into the sunlight, but as I was passing the (still very long) line I heard a lady holler, “Thank god you made it! We were all rooting for you, honey!” I didn’t even look up. I just gave a little wave and hobbled away as fast as my wobbly legs could carry me. I went and bought myself a giant lemonade and hid in the orchard the rest of the afternoon until my family was ready to leave. 20 years later and I still think back on that day occasionally and have a laugh.

I was in front of 400 people (or more) doing my very public job then my stomach started hurting so bad I thought I was gonna die. Excused myself to the toilet and basically had water, crap, & blood, shooting out of my butt. Had to hold my tears & compose myself and then go back to work. Happened less than 10 minutes btw.

10/10 would not recommend.

I was at yoga class, felt a bit off, felt a gas bubble in my stomach, stood up to do a mountain pose, the heavens opened, shit my pants and had to pretend my husband called me, ran out and drove home sitting on a cardboard box so as not to stain the car seat. 

Never felt so humiliated in my life, and I’m never eating maccas before yoga ever again.

In the middle of a meal at a Caribbean resort. Just finished apps and felt the "urge." Because it was a resort, there was no bathroom right in the restaurant. I had to cross through a huge lobby first, and I didn't make it. Cleaned off as good as I could in the bathroom, then had to trek in the opposite direction back to my room to clean up for real. Showed back up to dinner wearing different pants 15-20 minutes later and just told my husband not to ask. Luckily we were on island time and the entrees still hadn't even arrived by the time I came back. Lol.

I had just finished eating lunch with a friend at a “town square” type place, and as we left the restaurant my stomach started to gurgle and cramp. I was embarrassed and didn’t want to tell my friend so hurried our goodbyes as I rushed to find a bathroom (for some reason I didn’t go back into the restaurant? I don’t know, I was panicking). I first went to a Starbucks, and it was occupied. Found a close by ice cream shop and the bathroom was free, but extremely close to the cash register. I had that horrible combination of constipation and diarrhea where you have to push out the watery poop. This all sounds like a typical annoying IBS flare up, but I had my (at the time) 10 month old daughter with me and she had to sit on my lap and endure all of that with me because I wasn’t about to put her on the floor of the bathroom. Obviously she doesn’t remember it and was completely unfazed by the whole ordeal.

On a ghost walk in Manchester. Stomach starts gurgling. I whisper to my friend "I think I'm gonna shit myself". The guide hears me talking and asks me what the matter is, I say "I need the toilet" and starting walking off. Run/waddle to nearest restaurant, ass sweating, heart pounding, ask where the toilet is. Unleashed the most ungodly rusty water with seconds to spare. Washing my hands a waitress comes in and checks the cubicle presumably looking for evidence of drug use (it was a nice place, I had a grim oversized wool coat on and clearly wasn't a customer).

Where does crapping yourself in front of a church and buss stop - on a Sunday....on a hot day....on the road you live on rank in terms of embarrassment? !!!

My stomach has made loud gurgling noises during moments of silence at two funerals.

Was on a third Date a dinner date at a really good restaurant right below the apartment I lived in.

I take my date back to my apartment to "show her my place"

By the time we had walked into the apartment I suddenly got sick to my stomach and was about to have the runs. So instead of sealing the deal I told her I had a great time and I wanted to see her again before sending her home.

Needless to say that was the last date we went on...

Not sure if it’s the worst because with time it’s just become funny but one of the first times at my boyfriends parents house we had chipotle.

Had to run to the bathroom that was attached to the kitchen so close and was in there for over an hour fighting for my life.

Came out sweaty and had to basically give a state of the union address to the family that I have severe stomach issues 😂

I shat myself real bad walking on my way to work. Luckily it was 6 am, so not many pedestrians and I was doing the earlist shift, so I was the first at work that smelly morning. I had 15 minutes before colleague would arrive, to wash my stained legs and asshole in a tiny bathroom with a bidee, tightly pack and seal my shit-covered jeans into plastic bags and I had to take my underwear trashcan outside. We had uniforms and I was going commando for the day.

After I finished my shift, I sneaked out with workgear still on, as I could not change into my own pants. I brought them back next day and pretended that I was tired/sleepy, hence forgot to leave them into locker room.

I have IBS-C with random intermittent bouts of IBS-D. I went in for an outpatient knee scope where I was given sedation and a local nerve block. They wouldn’t release me until I could get up on my own, use crutches, and use the bathroom.

I was still mostly numb from the waist down but got up to use the bathroom, only to discover a steady stream of poo running down my leg, which I couldn’t feel but could smell.

I apologized profusely to the nurses and hobbled my humiliated self to the bathroom.

Just pooped my pants in Mexico last week on the first morning of our vacation. Proceeded to have diarrhea everyday no matter how much Imodium or pepto I took. It was a real inconvenience but I’m not going to lie it was pretty funny after the fact, at least my 12 and 15 year old sons thought so. The irony is when I got home I went the other way and couldn’t poop for a couple of days. Love this disease. 🫠

Had to leave the special Nightmare Before Christmas Haunted Mansion in Disneyland that I paid extra to go on. The rest of my family still went but I had to leave right before they locked us into the stretching room. The waiter at the restaurant told me my food was dairy free which is my main trigger. But I still got hit! I didn’t have an accident but I had to run off the ride.

I was barely shy of 18 and I was on a senior trip in Florida. I was six hours away from home and my anxiety triggered it.

I remember I was about to go on the harry Potter train at universal and I felt my stomach start to to hurt BAD. Me and my friends were in line and we ran so quickly off. I had my cheeks clenched and tail between my legs.

I had just barely made it to the bathroom and was experiencing horrible cramps. It was so embarrassing!!

Christmas morning opening presents with all of my family, not sure what happened. Just came out of me. Barely even felt the urge.

Explosive diarrhea attacked sitting in dead stop freeway traffic. Had boyfriend pull over in the emergency lane and shat behind the poorest excuse for a “bush,” think tumbleweed. The “bush” was on a slightly elevated hillside on the freeway and as I did the walk of shame back to the car, boyfriend is dying of laughter because of the way the passing semi trucks headlights lit me up every time they passed.

Numerous experiences on airplanes including having to flag down a flight attendant to beg her to let me use the bathroom as we were taxi’ing/taking off. Thankfully she was very understanding and allowed it. Same trip I shit myself while we were landing back home.

Last weekend I almost had a full Bridesmaids moment and shit myself in the street while running looking for a public restroom.

I really hate this disease 😭

I was working from home some years ago and had to use the restroom which was like 5 seconds from me. Still shat myself 😭😭😭 I was mortified

Shit my pants at field day. Two years in a row. That was so fun. They would lock us out of the school and make us use porta potties and I couldn’t make it and yeah….I had to do clean up in the hot ass porta potty. There is no way I didn’t smell like hot shit all day.

Had dinner with my grandma and after it while she was driving me home in her car my stomach hurt so bad and i was on the verge of shitting myself that i was begging her to find the nearest bathroom as quickly as possible. She was trying to hurry so fast she ran through a stop sign and a cop pulled us over. Immediately she tells him i need to use the bathroom emergently and when he saw the state i was in he let us go right away

Girl Scouts, 6th grade campout. We shared a big tent and I was on the side farthest from the flap. I was up all night hoarding a port a potty, and at one point wasn't fast enough. The counselor who dealt with me was not particularly understanding about it.

went out to lunch with my mom and sister!! was super careful about what i ate but i had an iced tea (which i never do cause caffeine can make me sick).. before we even finished the lunch i was in the bathroom at the restaurant! then in the bathroom at staples! then in the bathroom at petco! finally stopped at a kroger to get some imodium.. but not before using the bathroom there

I've had diarrhea in church multiple times now 🫠

If I had a dollar for every time I had to call out sick because I had an incident on my way to work you could increase my income a tax bracket…ok that’s exaggerating..but if you know, you know..and wish you didn’t

Sorry that happened OP but I’m glad you can reflect and laugh on it now :)

Well, I just sharted on Wednesday. In bed.

It was morning. There was no signal anything was in the chute. There had been no twitch, twinge, or tremble of my intestines. No sensation or shuffling in the rectum to give me any idea that what was there was more than innocent air.

This makes number 3 in the last 6 months.

I had to wake up early to get to the airport, flight about 2 hours to get to a conference. I knew I was in trouble as I’d been constipated and with lack of sleep and then travel stress (major trigger) I started to get pains on the drive. I let out what I thought was a small fart, ended up doing a full on messy poop in the car. I was mortified, having to clean up as best as I could in public airport loos , then doing a flight and being around workmates was horrid when all I wanted was a shower and change of clothes.

Every time I shit my pants which is once a week almost

I had an awful experience at a camground with my friend's family when I was younger. I don't remember what I ate but at night I felt really nauseus like I was going to be sick. Of course I tried to put it off and go to sleep but eventually it's so bad I feel like I'm spinning. So I go outside and tell my friends mom I feel sick and she tells me to go to the campground bathroom. However it is dark and I am so dizzy I cant tell where I'm going. Eventually I just found some trees at the end of the road and had to go there. I had to use my socks to clean up, and came back and went to sleep ready to forget the whole experience.

The next morning, I still felt sick and went to the actual bathroom this time. When I got outside, I could SEE the mess that was made, it was just in some empty campground spot. I kind of felt terrible but it sort of blended in and looked like it could've been an animal. Anyways I had to go again and it was so bad that when two women came in, they made some comments like "it stinks in here." And that was the really most embarassing part. I've never had people say that before or since.

Damn I thought shitting myself at work one time was bad but some of these stories have me feeling incredibly lucky lol

Was just walking into the doctors for my smear test, and shit myself. Had to have a very quick wash in the bathroom and enter my smear test like nothing had happened.

If I work out, especially any core exercises, I will be constipated. Such a double edged sword. I've lost some of my love for exercise because of it.

I almost pooped myself on a third or fourth date. We ate dinner at PF Changs, and on the way home my stomach decided to tell me in had to go to the bathroom NOW. Got off the freeway, found a shopping center with a gas station, pulled into the shopping center, got out of the car in the middle of the road, jumped over the bush-divider in the middle of the road, made it into the gas station bathroom where the door lock was BROKEN. Massive diarrhea.

My date had to park the car out front and wait for me.

Curtain call for a play I was in. Had terrible gas pain, but I would never fart in front of anyone I didn't know. Stomach was still bubbling until I took my bow. Even the roar of the crowd couldn't cover up the roar coming out of my butt. I was so embarrassed. Luckily, no one mentioned. I'm hoping everyone forgot, but I never will.

In college, at this popular bar with a cover then penny well drinks 😭 how I learned I cannot handle actual liquor. Didn’t make the bathroom then had to stand in the bathroom line then the stall didn’t have TP, had to ask the stall next to me. I was wearing a dress. Thank sweet baby Jesus that the place was pretty dark inside

i was on vacation (dad business trip but i tag along) and i was actually mostly fine the whole time! a little bloated, but only 1 close call. i was pretty happy the whole trip! then i shit myself in my sleep on the plane ride home

Had no pain or indication of ibs but ended up losing control of my bowels without warning and that’s after three days of suffering from constipation

ETA: I was thankfully home when it happened

This one isn’t related to my Ibs but it’s pretty bad lol

In February I ate some salad. As I was eating it I noticed some of the spinach appeared a little soggy. Didn’t think much of it. I wake up In the middle of the night throwing up. I throw up all day for 3 days straight. I can’t keep even water down. I go to the er where I’m so dehydrated they have to use an iv ultrasound machine to get an iv on me. I get some fluids and im feeling better.

The next day I try to have a smoothy. Bad idea. Start throwing up again. This time gets to the point I’m throwing up blood. Go back to the er. Get an endoscopy. Turns out the food poisoning thing I had trigged gastritis and I made the gastritis upset by having an acidic smoothy.

Had to be on a low acid diet for 3 months after that 😂

Never being able to eat gluten again

Also, having a literal accident from taking antibiotics

Can’t eat milk in anything now and recently developed an intolerance to eggs to! So fun 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃

Went on a trip up north. Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, and Glacier National Park. From the moment I touched down in Utah I started to get very gassy. I have never had so much gas. It was a road trip and literally every 15 minutes I had to roll down a window. So embarrassing. I get gas but this was another level. I did some googling it said something about the air thinning out in higher altitudes and causing “gas” to expand. It said to drink a lot of water. I went from having gas every 15 minutes to having to pee every 15 minutes. I sat in the middle seat on the plane back. I had to wake up the guy next to me 3 times to go to the restroom

Well I shat my pants at work once so, probably that.

I’ve mentioned this a couple times, but on a plane I sharted myself.

Japan 2007. Was about 14 years old. Decided to finish my sister’s Starbucks and then drive with my family about 45 minutes from home to go explore an abandoned castle ruins. Getting back in the car to head home, my stomach went “gurrrrrrrrgggllee” like Harry Dunn in Dumb and Dumber. 45 minute car ride home, and none of us knew how to say “Need bathroom” in Japanese. Had to clench the entire way home, luckily was able to hold it because I absolutely PAINTED the bowl, and it would’ve been an absolute disaster if I didn’t make it.. 😂💩

A month ago and trip back from India and it was a 15.5 hour flight. Someone had already thrown up in one of the 4 bathrooms and it was closed. So only 3 bathrooms left and my stomach decided to go into attack mode for 5 hours straight.

When I was in the middle of traffic, with my dog in the car, in a foreign country, and needed to both shid and vomit at the same time. My husband was driving, bless him. I don't know what happened, I must have blacked out or blocked it from my memory but goddamn that was painful in every sense of the word.

Shit my pants in my car. Twice.

Just before going to the Seattle space needle for a quick visit before heading to the airport. Can’t believe I actually made the flight, also. Had a small bottle of Imodium with me, just drank and drank… and drank…. Eventually, I made it to the ticket counter ….just in time. Hard to forget events…

I have IBS-C, and I never shit at work. I don't live far away from work (20 min walk), so I literally jump on a scooter and go home, and come back when I feel the urge. HOWEVER, once I was sitting at the office, trying to keep the poop in, cold sweating and realizing I have to go home. Mind you, at that point I shat at 7 day intervals.

I jumped on a scooter trying not to shit myself, and came home. I realized, I forgot my key. I called my sister (whom I live with) 20 times, but had to give up because I remember she was at work, and that this attempt was futile.

I realized I had to my worst nightmare, of shitting at work, and I jumped on that same scooter, back to work. Thankfully, it was 5 pm on a Friday, so there were like only two people left at the office, far away from the toilet. I took one of the biggest dumps, because after all, 7 days had to come out, and the toilet ofc got clogged 🥰 I desperately tried unclogging it using various methods, but it didn't work. I only further clogged it up. There was water all the way up to the edge. I left the crime scene, so embarrassed, ruminating on this the entire weekend.

This was a topic of discussion during coffee breaks the next Monday of course, and the toilet was out of commission until that next Wednesday<3

I want to be vegetarian but seems the only way that can happen is if I am sick every single day of my life

Having a accident in the car miles from home. I have to carry I clean up bag now.

Thrw up in the trash can outside my class cuz I had to sht so bad

School trip to Greece. Let’s just say it was the most awful thing you can think of

i was supposed to go with my dad to the airport to drop him off with my mom. he made eggs and chorizo that morning, so i heated the mix up and ate it. before i even finished the bowl i felt my stomach plummet and ran to the bathroom. i had explosive diarrhea and stomach cramps so bad it the pain went into my back. i had to strip down completely and was pourinnnng sweat. i couldn’t even leave the bathroom to at least hug my dad goodbye. then i was feeling like i was gonna pass out, and i was home alone so i debated calling an ambulance… but after 45 mins i was able to leave the bathroom and took a two hour nap after,,, genuinely traumatized by it especially bc chorizo never bothered my stomach before

The absolute worst was in 2020 when I developed SIBO on top of my IBS. I was used to using Imodium at this point, although it was still fairly new to me, and I knew it generally worked well. I took four Imodium before going to my husband’s grandpa’s graveside service and that was fine. We got home and decided to get food before moving on with our day. I made the mistake of telling myself that since I had so much Imodium, I’d be fine with whatever. So I got a polish dog, a small side salad, and fries. Then I went to get my grocery pick up at Jewel. I’m waiting for my pick up and they were slow, maybe 5 minutes passed at that point. Out of nowhere, my stomach seized up and I had to clench for dear life to not shit my pants. The first wave went away, but it just kept coming back. I didn’t know what to do - go inside to the bathroom and miss my grocery delivery? Walk to the gas station across the parking lot and leave my trunk open? Leave? I was frozen, clenching my asshole for dear life. After about 5 minutes of this (it truly felt like 20), I see the grocery guy come out. He gets to my car, asks for my name, and goes “oops I brought the wrong items. I’ll be back.” I started crying. I prepped the garbage bag that I had in the floor of my car in case I couldn’t hold it anymore. More swearing, sweating, crying, moving around, and another couple minutes pass before he finally brings the right groceries. I at some point texted my husband and told him I might actually shit my pants. I bolted home and my sweet husband met me in the garage to grab the groceries while I ran into the apartment to nuke the toilet. That event gave me literal PTSD and I am still dealing with the anxiety to this day.

I was in class, there was about 12 of us sat around the table and the teacher was giving a sob story about his life I didn't want to get up and leave as it would have been disrespectful my stomach kept bubbling, the longer I held it in the worse it got...this was at the end of class too.. I pretended I had a phone call, I got up and left but I had a 20min walk home..now i Wass scared to just let it rip in case I soiled myself but eventually I had to as I kept walking I let out the biggiest fart ever as I walked past groups of people 😂

Pretty much. 24-7. The betrayal is real.

I literally crap my pants at least 3x a year 🙃

Pooped myself.