Dimitris
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- 5y
CourtneyCourtney
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- 5y
I had this years before I knew it was OCD! I went to sooooo many doctors and no one could figure it out, it ruined my life for about a year because I legit had no idea what was going on an I felt the intense urge to pee 24/7. What I did to stop it was start delaying going to the bathroom— from once every 5 minutes to once every 20 minutes to once every hour and so on until I trained my body to resist the “urge” altogether. I had no idea it was OCD at the time, but it’s basically response prevention. Sit with the uncomfortable feeling and the thought that you may or may not pee yourself. My bladder went back to normal after a couple months of that and it only flares up in times of extreme stress now
dietcokedietcoke
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- 5y
how is it ocd? not saying it isn't, i get this same feeling and never even thought about it being ocd. is it a compulsion for something or how does it relate?
DimitrisDimitris
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- 5y
@dietcoke Obsession = the urge to pee Compulsion = going to the WC I don't surely know if it's OCD but it works like that for me.
DimitrisDimitris
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- 5y
What did you do while on car or trip ?
CourtneyCourtney
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- 5y
@Dimitris I still don’t know for certain that it 100% was OCD but it behaved the same exact way and there was no underlying health condition. It did feel like having a UTI that just never went away, but without actually ever having an infection. From what I’ve read it seems like a sensorimotor type obsession? Being in the car was very hard and so were things like going to class and work, but delaying trips to the restroom for gradually increasing amounts of time (like following a fear heirarchy in a way) helped me build up to that. If going to the restroom to relieve the discomfort is the compulsion, cutting that out will help you stop obsessing over whether you have to pee or not
DimitrisDimitris
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- 5y
@Courtney Thank you for your advice! It really helps ?
dietcokedietcoke
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- 5y
@Courtney i fucking hate ocd. like i have to have a pee schedule now?? this disorder is a bitch.
CourtneyCourtney
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- 5y
@dietcoke Lmaooooo I know right? It makes you do the most bizarre ridiculous shit
person1person1
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- 5y
Does it happen to you when you’re at home too. I only feel this way if I have a UTI.
AlyoshaAlyosha
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- 5y
I JUST had a conversation like this with myself this morning. I get anxious that I’ll need to go dump and won’t be able to and will get myself dirty. And then the anxiety makes my innards hurt and spasm. So, I told myself this morning, “It’s ok. I’ll take care of you. If I need to pull this car over and poop in the ditch, we can do that. If for some reason we go on ourself, I will clean you up and get you back on your day. It won’t be a fun experience, but we would be ok.” TMI, but maybe it helps lol
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- 25w
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- 20w
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