It's usually the lack of "pee noise" that creates awkwardness. Like, OK here I am going to go pee. I generally don't have an issue peeing in public on demand, unless I don't really have to go that bad and just want to clear my bladder.
Example:
I just unzipped and am getting ready to pee at the urinal when in walks someone else and stands at a urinal nearby.
We both then stand in silence, absolute silence, with a complete lack of pee noise. If the absence lasts longer then 8 seconds, it's one of those things were awkwardness can prevent muscles from relaxing to let the pee come out.
In a completely different example, I cannot piss in a circle piss trough. No way.
lol
HamburgerBoy
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My technique is just to meditate. I close my eyes, start breathing heavily but calmly, and think to myself "I am going to pee, urine will flow through my urethra" until it happens.
pcgeek11
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In a completely different example, I cannot piss in a circle piss trough. No way.
lol
I hope that you are joking and know that is a sink for washing your hands...
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I have never seen a circle urinal like that. I've never seen a sink like that, either.
highland145
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Red Squirrel
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Wow I'm glad I'm not the only one with this issue, and oddly I find it's worse as I get older. It's called peruresis. When I was in school I could sometimes do the urinal, like if I was going in with my friends, though it was hit and miss, like normally I'd use the stall to play it safe especially in other public washrooms, but high school I was the most comfortable. Stall was no issue. Now, even stall is an issue. I'll be standing there, and it just refuses to come out. The more noise going on in the bathroom or the less isolated I am the worse it is. If there's only like 1 stall and I know someone is waiting for me, forget it. Though there is an odd twist to that, if it's a very large bathroom with like 10+ stalls, busy or not, I have less trouble. Worse is small busy bathrooms with 1-2 stalls max.
I noticed that it got worse when I went to a local hockey game a few years back and went to pee in the stall and it just refused to come out. I BADLY had to go too. Luckly there is a restaurant and I went to order a poutine and while waiting I slipped into that restaurant's bathroom to try again without anyone noticing and I succeeded as there was nobody there.
Since I discovered that it's gotten worse I dread travel now. Something like a local event is not so bad because I figure worse case scenario I'm having to hold it in for a few hours till I get home, and I'll make sure to not drink that day in preparation for said event.
The whole thing is just a mind game, but very hard to control. If I think about it before even needing to go to the bathroom, I know I'm done for because it will just stay on my mind. I just hope that it's something that goes away, because before I had zero issues with doing it in the stall but now even that is hard depending on the bathroom/situation.
I noticed that it got worse when I went to a local hockey game a few years back and went to pee in the stall and it just refused to come out. I BADLY had to go too. Luckly there is a restaurant and I went to order a poutine and while waiting I slipped into that restaurant's bathroom to try again without anyone noticing and I succeeded as there was nobody there.
Since I discovered that it's gotten worse I dread travel now. Something like a local event is not so bad because I figure worse case scenario I'm having to hold it in for a few hours till I get home, and I'll make sure to not drink that day in preparation for said event.
The whole thing is just a mind game, but very hard to control. If I think about it before even needing to go to the bathroom, I know I'm done for because it will just stay on my mind. I just hope that it's something that goes away, because before I had zero issues with doing it in the stall but now even that is hard depending on the bathroom/situation.
destrekor
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Your other posts have made clear that you have some other underlying mental health issue, likely a combination of depression and anxiety. I know a me when I see a me.
Even a mild form of social anxiety will play a big role in public pissing.
I don't mean to be so blunt, but I felt it would be good to say.
I think it is impossible for paruresis to exist without any other neuroses - there is something else that exists as an underlying condition. Treatment can be numerous things, but it can help talking to a counselor to slowly work out what that may be and how to get a grip on the root issues.
MagnusTheBrewer
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You have to go all the way down the rabbit hole and punch out the other side.:whiste:
werepossum
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OP, you just have to realize that urination, like running, requires a warm-up period. Start when you first stand up by whipping out your pecker and waving it at everyone you pass. If anyone objects, and I can't imagine why they would, just explain that it's a medical condition. By the time you reach the restrooms you'll not only be looser, but only one or two people looking at your junk will seem like absolute privacy.
Either way, I predict my method will solve your problem of needing to pee in public restrooms as well as get you some somewhat fashionable ankle accessories.
On an unrelated matter, what idiot designs a lavatory that is hardly distinguishable from a urinal?
Either way, I predict my method will solve your problem of needing to pee in public restrooms as well as get you some somewhat fashionable ankle accessories.
On an unrelated matter, what idiot designs a lavatory that is hardly distinguishable from a urinal?
pcgeek11
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Step on the ring around the base and water comes out in a 360 degree circle from the center pole. Step off and the water shuts off. Usually found in manufacturing facilities.
It is not a Urinal.
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This is usually when I have trouble.
As soon as there's some background noise (washing hands, toilet flush, even people talking) I have no problems. But if I feel like people are listening, waiting for the "pee noise", forget it.
OP - try bringing mp3 player and some earbuds, pee with that thing blaring. I usually do this anyway in case there's someone in there taking a shit and I don't want to hear that.
BoomerD
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Well...dammit. When I walked in the door, I saw this sign:
I just wanted to see if it was true.
While that's true...they WILL work as a urinal when the others are occupied...don't ask how I know that... :whiste:
highland145
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