Some people can cope with severe illness without an extraordinary emotional reaction. Not at all. Guilt feelings may be the result of the patient's thinking that IBD is caused by psychological factors, and that somehow the patient might have brought on this disease by not controlling his or her emotions. There is no basis for this way of thinking. IBD is not cause by emotions, nor is there anything the patient could have done or avoided doing that may have prevented bringing on this disease.
Guilt feelings are completly unjustified and unwarranted.
Not at all. As above, there is no basis to assume any guilt or causation in the onset of IBD, either on the part of the patient or in the part of any family members such as husband, wife, children, parents, or siblings. The main way to deal with IBD is to seek effective treatment. Most patients with IBD can be handled very well by means of anti-inflammatory drugs. There are numerous topical and oral medications that have shown to be effective therapy.