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IBS goes away then come back!?

I have IBS, well thats what my doctor say.
I keep my stress level at low level, eat healthy food – small meals 5 times a day, do sports at least twice a week.

My main symptoms can disappear for 34 months, leaving only bloating and flatulence. Then out of nowhere it would strike, after the diarrhea, for the next few weeks I feel not good, meaning my intestines act very sensitively.

My questions?
1. Is it normal for IBS to be like that? Disappearing and then appearing out of nowhere, just when you thought it is gone?
2. Once attack has happened, why for the next few weeks I have this uncomfortable feeling of intestines being sensitive?
3. Why thinking about it, makes it worse?