Posted by Joe on 25/10/2009, 7:38 pm, in reply to "Re: Planes"

Hi folks, Me again. At the current time, I've found that while I can pee fine on trains, I've found that when the train's stopped (on the approach to a station, say), I always, always, always, begin - not to panic, but - to get anxious. Even if there is a toilet on board. (Around 75% of the trains that stop at my station have toilets, 25% don't.) I always go before I leave my flat, and then, if I can, at the station. Likewise, I also always go where possible, before I get on the tube. I'm wondering if I'm building this up so much in my head at times, that it's saying 'Ah. You need to pee then!' even when I've been 20 / 30 mins before and haven't drunk much. It's quite irritating, to be honest.. On the public toilet front, I always use cubicles, but I've gone onto peeing in cubicles with the door open, but have found that I can use the urinals, as long as no-one comes in. If they do, my flow stops... Back to planes at the moment - which is where I find it hardest to pee without effort - what I found a while back (over a year now), was when I was by myself, I could pee in toilets just fine - and that brought a sense of triumph, but when I was with family etc, then I always had my paruresis come back. I haven't been on any flights by myself over the past year or so though, so I haven't been able to test this theory... I think a lot of it is to do with the mind and my mood though - as shown in an earlier post by me in this thread - when I peed successfully when not really needing to go, and I felt like I'd be able to... Anyway - once again, my apologies for yet another long post!

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