Why Do You Feel Different in Your Stomach When Anxious?

Have you ever had butterflies in your stomach when you're excited or anxious? It's almost poetic, isn't it? But have you ever stopped to wonder what causes that? Well, your gut and brain are connected to each other through vagus nerve. Now we call that a vagus nerve. Thinking that what happens in the gut is going to stay in the gut. Well, guess what? What happens in the gut goes everywhere. So your gut tells the brain when you feel anxious. And your brain sends a signal back to the gut that causes the blood flow go down. And that's why we feel as a butterflies. So next time you start to wonder, is it my nerves? Well, guess what? It's really your gut.