Posted by Cpt. Capricious on 23/2/2012, 9:08 pm, in reply to "Re: A newbie (frustrated and fed up!)"

Hi LondonGuy, First off you're in the right place! You're right Paruresis is frustrating as hell!...I'd rather spend an afternoon eating a candle lit dinner mostly comprising of glass with Madonna while Justin Bieber "serenades" me with a terrible cover of a Bee Gee's song than have a shy bladder and that's saying something! I'm 21 and have suffered with shy bladder for way too long but I can't tell you enough how much this forum and its members have helped me since I started posting. It sounds like you're better at this than myself so I'm not going to try and pick some fictitious piece of advise straight out of the ether for you in the hopes that it will help. What I will say though is keep posting! If there's one thing I know from experience it's that dwelling on these thoughts wont help! Get them out, Write them down and move on! - Sharing is the key - we're all pretty much in the same boat. These guys know what they're on about! L (also apologies to any Madonna, Bee Gee or *sigh* Justin Bieber fans out there, You know I'm only joking )

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