i literally cant pee at public urinals

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AznAnarchy99

AznAnarchy99

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Dec 6, 2004
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Ha this happened to me today when the CEO of my company decided to piss next to me.

The only time I usually have trouble is when there aren't any walls. Idk why. Unless I'm drunk I cant do it.
 
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futurefields

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I don't know what the problem is. I'm not insecure about somebody seeing my dick. My dick is fine. It's not something juvenile like that. The weird thing is I didn't have this problem in school or young adulthood. It didn't really start until I got my first office job.
 
Muse

Muse

Lifer
Jul 11, 2001
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Eh, get over it, let go. Ever piss in the woods? How about in your yard? Your plants will love you for it. The problem's in your mind. It's voluntary muscles. Do it, voluntarily!

Think of something you disdain, key on that before you ever get to the urinal. Then think, I'm going to piss on that right now!
 
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CZroe

CZroe

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Jun 24, 2001
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futurefields said:
I don't know what the problem is. I'm not insecure about somebody seeing my dick. My dick is fine. It's not something juvenile like that. The weird thing is I didn't have this problem in school or young adulthood. It didn't really start until I got my first office job.
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I never understood it because I could piss in front of an auditorium if I wanted, but it's called "bladder shy" if you want to look it up.

I wonder what the evolutionary instinctual reasoning for it is. Does it go back to when animals would mark territory that way and marking another animal's territory in front of them would get you attacked? Does it have an inverse correlation with other personality traits, like leadership?
 
Jaskalas

Jaskalas

Lifer
Jun 23, 2004
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CZroe said:
I never understood it because I could piss in front of an auditorium if I wanted, but it's called "bladder shy" if you want to look it up.

I wonder what the evolutionary instinctual reasoning for it is. Does it go back to when animals would mark territory that way and marking another animal's territory in front of them would get you attacked? Does it have an inverse correlation with other personality traits, like leadership?
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More likely to do with cultural shaming and suppression of nudity.
 
destrekor

destrekor

Lifer
Nov 18, 2005
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Jaskalas said:
More likely to do with cultural shaming and suppression of nudity.
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Yep. Instinctively it makes no sense, not like most "normal" issues relating to long-held phobias. Thus, it relates more to as stated above, cultural shaming of bodily functions and body image anxiety, along with suppression of nudity.

Also involved is sort of a confounded anxiety, wherein people get anxious over whether or not people may be judging them and their inability to produce, thus creating a vicious circle of increasing anxiety.

I'd wager most who have the issue likely have some social anxiety neuroses.
 
JulesMaximus

JulesMaximus

No Lifer
Jul 3, 2003
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sportage said:
Traveling with parents on vacation back in the 1970's, came across these witty sayings written on walls in various mens restrooms.
Think of this and you might loosen you up a bit.

WE AIM TO PLEASE, SO YOU AIM TOO, PLEASE.

NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU SHAKE THAT PEG, ALL THE REST RUNS DOWN YOUR LEG.

Then there was a photo in one restroom of a dog drinking out of the bowl.
And some witty saying to keep it clean.

Then there was that time in L.A. in a public restroom on Hollywood Blvd.
Late 1980s.
I realized the old creepy guy standing next to me was quite occupied staring at my willie.
Hey guys. You know that feeling to force stop in mid stream and zip up asap?
I figured if I stood there one more second, I'd had his helping hand all over my monstrosity.
As adventurous as I might be, that was an potential adventure I had better skip.
Aw... Hollywood Blvd in the Spring time. ;)
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I went into a steam room once at a gym I belonged to in Torrance, CA (this was back in the early 90s). I was in there alone for a few minutes when a guy walks in, sits down 3-4' away from me and starts beating off. I got up and got the hell out of there. That was disturbing... I mean, who the fuck does that anyway? o_O
 
Thebobo

Thebobo

Lifer
Jun 19, 2006
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I guess this would bother you to?

Row-of-Toilets-006.jpg
 
Paratus

Paratus

Lifer
Jun 4, 2004
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destrekor said:
The only time I have trouble is when someone is literally watching me, possibly staring my dick down, while I produce a sample for urinalysis purposes (military drug testing). I could have an urgent need to pee because I held off for so long, and yet, that's the one weird situation that gives me stage fright I guess.

Otherwise, I don't care. I did a bit as a kid, and also shied away from taking a shit anywhere but home, but I've moved on from that and do what I need to do when it needs to be done. Everyone does it, and what the guy in the next stall over thinks of your dick doesn't matter. IF they look, they either like it or don't, and if the latter, they quickly forget. Most people, even when we are bothered by the things people do, quickly forget the actual people who don't matter in our lives.
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waggy

waggy

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Dec 14, 2000
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I used to have the same problem. Having kids cleared that right up.
 
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futurefields

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Jun 2, 2012
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honestly it has no rationale and i cant explain it

i get anxious about being anxious and then i cant piss

i think its because im stuck in the office with these people all day

the lack of personal space has me stressed out like hell (its an open office environment... and bathroom space is extremely limited...)
 
Leros

Leros

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Jul 11, 2004
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I have troubles with bladder shyness. One tip I heard is to distract yourself with something like multiplying a few 3 digit numbers together. This works for me about 50% of the time.
 
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futurefields

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Jun 2, 2012
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Leros said:
I have troubles with bladder shyness. One tip I heard is to distract yourself with something like multiplying a few 3 digit numbers together. This works for me about 50% of the time.
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this kind of "think of something else" stuff never works on me

i feel like you'd have to be really simple minded for something like that too work
 
Leyawiin

Leyawiin

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Nov 11, 2008
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I can usually distract myself enough unless some goober with absolutely no problem peeing in public decides to stand next to me and start talking about the weather or the ball game or whatever. The whole time I'm thinking "would you shut the hell up". Of course he finishes in like 30 seconds and I'm still standing there.
 
BoomerD

BoomerD

No Lifer
Feb 26, 2006
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Fuck that. I can piss anywhere, anytime. I don't care if there are other people around, if there's no privacy, if it's a urinal, commode, tree, bush, street sign...when you gotta go...you GOTTA go.
 
Leyawiin

Leyawiin

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Nov 11, 2008
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^^^ You're probably that goober I was talking about in the urinal next to me shooting the breeze.
 
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