Model with poop phobia, fainted after holding it in for 2 weeks

HEALTH

A UK model with a fear of pooping claims she once fainted during a photo shoot after not using the bathroom for two weeks. 

She detailed her poo-phobia on the Channel 4 program “Know Your Sh!t: Inside Our Guts,” which covers people’s bizarre dietary afflictions.

“I don’t like using other people’s toilets, I’m poo shy,” Emmerald Barwise, 36, said while describing her self-imposed constipation.

Emmerald Barwise

“Sometimes I don’t go for a poo for two weeks, and then I get bloated, I get gassy.”

The Wales resident, who has been doing fetish and vintage modeling for eight years, says her career has been hampered by her aversion to going No. 2.

She often suffers from extreme bowel pain on set and will refrain from eating before a shoot to avoid looking bloated.

She often suffers from extreme bowel pain on set and will refrain from eating before a shoot to avoid looking bloated.

Emmerald Barwise

“If you are in a thong and booby tassels, looking like you are pregnant, it’s not the best one."

However, the Brit admits sometimes she slips and eats a “whole pizza” or a “bit of a milkshake,” which results in “meltdown central."

Barwise’s fecal phobia has made her social life uncomfortable, to say the least.

Emmerald Barwise

“When I have dated people in the past it’s been really hard to make excuses to go to the toilet.”

Aside from feeling extremely awkward, Barwise worried about potentially inflicting “lasting damage” by keeping things bottled up inside.

“This has been my whole life, so I’d like to get it sorted,” declared Barwise, who saw dietitian Sophie Medlin with the hopes of preventing a gastrointestinal log jam.

Testing of her stool samples revealed a microbial association with anxiety, low mood and ADHD, which Barwise had reportedly experienced in spades up to this point.

Medlin also discovered that the backed-up bombshell had an affinity for garlic, which is known to cause bloating — a revelation that didn’t sit well with Barwise.

Thankfully, by relaxing and jettisoning garlic from her diet, Barwise was able to experience bowel movements three times a week.

Of course, Barwise has her limits on how far she’s willing to go in the name of dropping a deuce. She notably balked at a suggestion to time her poops using marker foods such as sweet corn.

Emmerald Barwise

“I don’t really want to be rooting through my poo. I know we’re progressing, but come on now!”

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