i’m so obsessed with emptying my blatter completely to the point where i sit on the bathrooom for 30 mins literally forcing myself to pee as much as possible even if it brings me pain. and then after i finish and go back into my room i feel like my ocd might be tricking me and making me think i have to use the bathroom and pee AGAIN! even tho i just spent 30 minutes in there. and recently i always get up and use the bathroom again and everytime i go i literally barely even pee. and sometimes i don’t at all. and it’s so annoying bc the second i go back to bed it physically feels like i have to go pee and it’s so hard to ignore the feeling and convince myself that it’s just in my head so these past times that this has happened i always end up giving in and getting up to use the bathroom. i’m literally feeling like getting up and usuing the bathroom rn again after spending 30 minutes in there and i’m finding it so hard to not go. i feel like after j finish typing this i’ll go straight to the bathroom. idk how to deal with this

Definitely ocd. Are you looking and being hyper aware about feeling if you have to pee?

You have to stop! You are feeding it.

Hi Kinoko! I also have struggled with an overactive blatter which I do believe to be OCD/mentally caused, but there can also be physical attributions caused by stress and anxiety (hai OCD 👋🏻). This can cause your pelvic floor to become really tight and that can cause your bladder to be overactive. Mentally, you have to train your brain to accept the physical discomfort and maybe even mentally throw up your ends and be like "you know what I'm just gonna pee my pants." You can also look into getting an evaluation from a pelvic floor physical therapist and they can help determine if you're tight/clenching a lot.

I have a similar issue whenever my ocd is acting up more than usual and I'm super stressed. I normally notice it when I'm resisting compulsions for my main theme. So basically it'll be night time and I won't even have to pee, but my ocd voice will think "well what if you DO end up having to pee? What if you end up wetting the bed, that'd be embarrassing wouldn't it?" And then I'll forget myself to pee even if I dont have to

I do this too but after learning that you can mess up your bladder and then really end up having to pee all the time I’ve cut it back. There is actually something called double voiding. You pee. Stand up maybe wiggle or walk around a min and then pee again. Completely relaxed no forcing. Then all pee is out. I know you may still feel like it’s not but it is. Then you just have to ignore going back.

update: i was right, i gave in :<

Why do you want to pee so much? Is it like somatic ocd?

I have done this my whole life which tells me I’ve had ocd my whole life. I’ll go to the bathroom 3 times in a row just to make sure I got it all out right before bed and it drives me crazy

Any update to this? I'm dealing with the same exact issue... and have been for over 2 years.