Recent content by Wings313

Hi, all: It's been a very long time since I've posted anything or been involved on the wiki, but I'm now here for a friend's son. He is about 14 years old (don't know exactly) and about 3 months ago suddenly developed severe abdominal pain below the umbilicus. He near constantly makes groaning...

Sorry no sleep was actually kind of escape. It was the time I didn't feel my urinary symptoms (usually they got better while lying down). But I've had some bouts with insomnia in general. I don't have pointers really, besides what's probably out there on google (which is of course sometimes...

What you are describing about not being able to do the things you used to enjoy sounds just like I was at my worst. But the key is to also not care that you are not enjoying life. Hopefully that makes sense. It is to not give it any weight, attention, etc. Which is of COURSE way easier said than...

So sorry for the delayed response! Candy, no, it is not easy to lose your fear of the symptoms and not care about it. It took/takes years to get to the point where you are truly not afraid of them. I still have my moments. But I fear the symptoms much less. It's about perseverance and not giving...

Just want to touch back to all my old posts because it's always nice to hear how things worked out. :) I am doing MUCH better. My urinary stuff was and is completely TMS/mind-body stuff. I am convinced of that. Not even physical therapy helped. What I've found helped the most is not fearing the...

Just want to touch back to all my old posts because it's always nice to hear how things worked out. :) I am doing MUCH better. My urinary stuff was and is completely TMS/mind-body stuff. I am convinced of that. Not even physical therapy helped. What I've found helped the most is not fearing the...

Just want to touch back to all my old posts because it's always nice to hear how things worked out. :) I am doing MUCH better. My urinary stuff was and is completely TMS/mind-body stuff. I am convinced of that. Not even physical therapy helped. What I've found helped the most is not fearing the...

Just want to touch back to all my old posts because it's always nice to hear how things worked out. :) I am doing MUCH better. My urinary stuff was and is completely TMS/mind-body stuff. I am convinced of that. Not even physical therapy helped. What I've found helped the most is not fearing the...

Just want to touch back to all my old posts because it's always nice to hear how things worked out. :) I am doing MUCH better. My urinary stuff was and is completely TMS/mind-body stuff. I am convinced of that. Not even physical therapy helped. What I've found helped the most is not fearing the...

Just want to touch back to all my old posts because it's always nice to hear how things worked out. :) I am doing MUCH better. My urinary stuff was and is completely TMS/mind-body stuff. I am convinced of that. Not even physical therapy helped. What I've found helped the most is not fearing the...

Sorry for the delayed response, lmorgan. The short answer is that since I wrote this, my symptoms have come and gone and come again, off and on. My conclusion at this point is that I have pelvic floor dysfunction with tight (hypertonic) muscles, which make me have the sensation that I need to...

Walt - again, no I'm not afraid of peeing my pants and that's not what my mind is obsessed on. Also, Gigalos, you said to go see a doctor. Last year I went to two different urologists about this issue who did not think it was anything serious and agreed it was anxiety. I went to Dr. Schubiner...

It's hard to explain what I'm saying, but maybe I should forget the whole idea of what to do with this feeling at all. I thought I was doing that last fall but it was still there. But I still had preoccupation and monitoring and fear of it.

Thanks to you both! I just got the Claire Weekes book but reading about the symptoms made me a little more anxious actually. I'll keep at it. However, it's different from what both of you are saying: I'm not at all afraid of peeing my pants in public. And I can totally hold it for a long time...