When I couldn’t pee into the bottle I never mentioned AP I just said that I was struggling. Nobody asked why I couldn’t pee and if I had been asked I would have said that I struggle in stressful situations.
As regards any pain with the catheter, there wasn’t any.

Hi Tom, I can share experiences with you on this one.
I was in hospital once and had the curtain drawn around the bed whilst I decided to try and use a bottle. I sat the opposite side of the bed to where the curtain opened so that if anyone should just rudely walk in, I would at least have my back to them & they shouldn’t be able to see anything whilst I cover up.
Lucky I did so because a woman burst in and asked if she could do a survey about my stay in hospital!
I went into hospital again at a much later date & when admitted a nurse told me there were bottles for me to use and I told her I can’t use them, I can’t go if there are people around because I just can’t relax. She said ok.
Each time I needed the toilet I asked a nurse for assistance & they took me there on a wheelchair and brought me back until I was given a disability aid to help me walk to the toilet and back by myself.

I forgot to add that one night I was going to try and use the commode.
A nurse was with me & was going to get something unrelated that I required (I forget what now).
I told her I was going to try and use the commode and asked her to give me ten minutes before she came back.
I was very frail from my treatment at the time so i didn’t get to the commode at the end of the bed as fast as I would have had I not been unwell.
I decided to try peeing sitting down for these reasons. A) I had a t-shirt on and I could pull that down to give myself a bit of privacy should anyone walk in, I thought that idea might help me relax more, C) the workshop tells us to try sitting to pee as it’s more relaxing.
I’d only just started to pull my pyjama bottoms slowly down when the same nurse walked in with the item she’d gone to get.
Luckily she didn’t see anything but I later reported her for ignoring my ten minute request.