How far did you have to walk to hatch that ? <| sep |> I had clinical depression since my preteens due to bullying and other abuse and in my early teens I was diagnosed with Crohn ' s . I had all sorts of skin issues because of Crohn ' s too and the situation got really bad by the time I was 20 . I always felt it in my gut no pun intended that stress was a direct cause of my Crohn ' s , but the specialist that took care of me dismissed a direct link , as opposed to smoking and other bad habits . Mentally and physically I was destroyed but at that point I thought there was no direct relation , only causality e . g . I was depressed because Crohn ' s was crippling me . Now I ' m mentally and physically stable doing therapy for both and I haven ' t thought about it in a while . I still can ' t completely ignore how depressionsuicide and the worst episodes of Crohn ' s went hand in hand . edited for clarity