Paruresis Anonymous

Superbus

Hi, my name is Superbus, and I suffer from paruresis.

Yes, I have shy-wee. Stage-fright. Bashful bladder. Public Piss Syndrome. Call it what you will, when confronted with a urinal (particularly if surrounded by fellow facility-users), my ability to urinate just deserts me.

I stare at the wall, overcome by two main emotions - fear, and awkwardness. Fear that everyone knows that I am not in fact doing a wee, and awkwardness in that I don't know what to do - stare straight ahead at the wall? Look down in disgust at my non-performing ally? Just close my eyes and hope that something, anything, eventually happens?

Usually, the inevitable does happen and I release the flood, blasting the urinal, as it were, with piss. But by that point the seconds of standing there, penis in hand, have done their damage to my psyche. Furthermore, on occasion I have had to leave the urinal upon a cubical becoming available, in order to do my business in peace.

Recently, a documentary on the issue was produced, which I found to be rather inspirational:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju-tjcUKVzI

So who else is a sufferer of this debilitating disorder?

galwayrush

You taking the piss?

Superbus

galwayrush wrote: »

You taking the piss?

In public? Hardly.

Doc Ruby

Bit of a piss artist eh.

Hande hoche!

Just be one of those awkward lads who queue for the stalls just to piss.

Hercule Poirot

If there are people in there I tend to imagine they are all naked, and that's when my problems really start

Slideshowbob

https://www.ukpt.org.uk/ run workshops in the UK. https://www.ukpt.org.uk/paruresis-workshops



Some Irish (mostly from around Dublin) have gone over to them in recent years.


We meet occasionally to review progress and discuss our recoveries etc.


If anyone would like more info on the group in Dublin, please PM me here.