Posted by Nigel on 10/7/2008, 4:03 pm, in reply to "Re: TV Last Night - My Family"

Sorry, I never watched friends. (is that a very bad admission?)You are right, of course that media exposure lets people know they are not alone which is very important. In fact I am only here because I turned on the car radio one day and heard the last few words of an item which mentioned "shy bladder". One Google click later and here I was amongst friends discovering that there are thousands of us out there. I was looking at it from the the other way. I often imagine it would be easier if telling people was pretty matter of fact. If a stereotype of the AP sufferer has been established that shy bladder is a sign of terminal whimpishness it would make the telling all the more difficult. If AP was portrayed as quite normal and not odd, perculiar or highly comical it would be better. Wouldn't it be nice if you could tell a business colleague you need a bit of extra time in the gents because you have AP and it was like telling someone you had a cold and peoples response was "Oh really, I'm sorry to hear that I'll wait in the bar.". Obviously I'm just dreaming.......

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