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i've had that too! i think it's from hyperfocusing on the feeling of needing to go to the bathroom/your brain looking for "something wrong." i'd go to the bathroom, then my brain would subconsciously queue up the need to go again not long after, and then i'd worry that this was a new and potentially scary issue. i had a test to rule out a UTI/bladder infection, so that might be a good idea. :D
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Yea! I’ve had a lot of medical tests so far and it’s all coming back normal! This has been happening for like almost 3 months now. Thanks for sharing with me!
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@ejf148 of course! it's good to not feel alone when your brain is being unkind. take care ❤️
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I have had extensive tests done ... from uti to kidney and bladder and other diabetes tests. Nothing comes out of it. The only thing I can come up with is anxiety and the hyper awareness of the need to pee. Some days when anxiety is better or I am at someone else’s place, my need to pee just vanishes. Good old anxiety ??♀️
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I don’t have it as a compulsion per se, but I know I need to pee more often because of anxiety ?
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exactly what obsessed said: being perpetually anxious makes me have to go to the bathroom more often. x_x
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Yea for sure! Thank you for responding! I’m typically anxious and have had the issue of peeing frequently than most, also, but this is waaay new and is really intruding on my life feeling the urge to pee literally every 20 minutes.
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I have had it for a few years now. Don’t let it add to your stress or other health fears. Some people deal with anxiety via pee lol. Guess it may be for you too! Focus on whatever causes you anxiety; hopefully pee issues will get resolved alongside.
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Thank you! This is helpful.
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Yes! I experience the exact same issue and then I start to worry that I’m peeing a lot because of some medical issue ? and when I’m concentrated on it I can convince myself it feels weird or something, so must be a urinary infection of some kind ? I find the issue is a lot worse when you’re not up to much anyway, I never used to pee much during the day when I worked full time ? when you’re idle your mind starts to wander and I usually end up in the toilet ???
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That’s so interesting. Thank you for sharing. I’m finding the opposite issue actually. I’m peeing all the time at work, that it’s almost interfering with my work performance, but not so much at home. I’m guessing there’s something at work that’s triggering me without me realizing?
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I suppose everyone is different! Could be a bit of a procrastination thing the way you’re peeing so much at work, if you’re kinda unhappy or insecure in your job. I used to take bathroom breaks a good bit when I worked in a job that made me feel very anxious cuz it’d give me an excuse to escape for a few minutes.. I often find too that when I’m about to settle into some college work or something I’ll drive myself crazy with peeing and end up in the depths of google convincing myself I have things wrong with me. It’s a weird one but you’re not alone anyway, I totally understand how annoying and frustrating it is ? definitely a good idea though to go to a doctor and rule out a UTI or something, in a way it’d actually be a good thing if it was because of a UTI, you could just take antibiotics then and the problem is solved ? take care of yourself ❤️
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Just wondering for the people that did say they had this experience, If anything in particular worked to stop or lessen the sensation/compulsion?
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