Cant pee because of anxiety?

Question

I have had a shy bladder for about 2 years now and it has always been just off and on. Recently i went to a baseball game and got ticked i couldnt pee at the staduim with all the guys in the bathroom. I went home and looked on the internet how to get over it, but by discovering it's an actual problem it seems to have just made it worste. I'm going to college in a month, everything is changing etc, and im really stressed out and now even at places where it was never a problem (like at home) i just seem to freak myself out, and everytime i cant pee, i get more frustrated and it seems just to make it harder. I know it is all psychological, but it just seems like i am on a downward spiral and i know it sounds funny, but i have a fear that everytime i have to pee it will always be a struggle (which i think this fear just makes it worste) I'm dreading having to go pee, but i mean it's just peeing for christ sake. I'm hoping its just a phase as i get all this anxiety about college etc but i just want to make sure that its not un-curable.

Answer 1

i have the same problem, if theres someone else in a public bathroom with me...what i find works, is i close my ears and focus on like a tile on the wall or a piece of toilet paper on the floor and concentrate on that, and im able to block everything else out and that helps me pee :) hope this helped!

Answer 2

The same thing happens to me. I'm afraid of doing it in public because

A. Someone could see me

B. I could get robbed

C. Someone might be g*y

D. Someone might kick me, etc.

Answer 3

you could learn to hold in, I seem to be able to hold in for ages (10+ hours maybe) but easily 7+ hours Daily And pee when I feel I need. A good example is going on holiday I pee when I wake up, and when I arrive at the hotel. 10-15 hours, as I carnt stand getting up in the plane ect. I never go toilet at school as they are terrible, so I just hold in :)

I dont feel any problems physically from it