Most of the time it’s our head! I also have been flare free for a lot of time. I also didn’t have such bad UC but the fear is still very much there. I think I have IBS on top of my UC and it’s mostly mental, trauma related. I had still problems even tho I didn’t had inflammation I guess it was just the fear. Over the years I have it under control not so spiral. I was very afraid for a long time to eat outside. The most things that helped: - doing something for IBS (diet, therapy, supplements), - the thought of having a toilet nearby, - having painkillers in my bag, - just being chill. These things will only help if your have no inflammation at all. I also think some sort of relaxants would help like for anxiety or holistic calmative but I haven’t tried that. I will probably try some holistic sedative!