Originally Posted by
MrLurcher
Hi WorriedOlive, as someone who has gone through a period of intense bowel worries, and gets bought's of worrying still, I understand what you're going through. From Dec 2018 to April 2019 I had some atrocious bowel symptoms and inspected poo, which I documented in a 61 page thread on here! (Not proud of that tbh)
Regarding the food digestion, it will be sped up by anxiety/nerves, and in my case as well, IBS. At it's worst, I was passing my lunch the same day, late at night. And yes, like you, I also thought I found blood, but what I found usually was partly or undigested red pepper, tomato or chillies.
However in saying that, I do think that some foods take longer to pass - which are typically red! I have seen bits of tomato or pepper a few days after eating them, which shouldn't make sense when you have fast transit. Maybe they get 'stuck' inside somewhere?! The worse culprit for me is Paprika, as I swear I continue to see tiny red dots for days after eating a curry or chilli!