It’s estimated that as many as one in twelve people struggle with using the bathroom in public and have lives interrupted by their need to accommodate their shy or bashful bladder. It’s called paruresis, you’re not alone, and your condition CAN be effectively treated.

What would your life be like WITHOUT paruresis?

• The freedom to go wherever you want to without being concerned about where you’ll go to the bathroom?
• Ending the struggle that comes with the constant anxiety in the pit of your stomach?
• Not having to worry about how far you are from home or a "safe" bathroom?
• Not having to hide your fear from people or be embarrassed?
• Throwing out your limitations that steal your enjoyment of life?
• Having the chance to finally focus on work, school, or your family instead of your anxiety about using a public bathroom?
• Not having to wait until the bathroom is empty, or finding one with privacy barriers or stalls, or making any other sort of accommodation just to do what everyone else seems to do so easily?
• Never again suffering with a full bladder because you know that no matter how hard you try it will be IMPOSSIBLE to go.
• Ending the obsessing, anxiety, and even panic attacks that go hand in hand with paruresis. Being able to just breathe out a sigh of relief that it's over...
• Being terrified to think that if you don’t get help soon you’re going to have to live your whole life with your fear and all the misery that comes with it?

As you're about to find out, your suffering is needless, serves no purpose, and most importantly, can be treated.

There are TWO reasons your paruresis is so powerful...
If you struggle with paruresis or a shy bladder, you know how powerful the fear can be and how much it can disrupt your entire life.

Paruresis isn't like other fears or phobias, because what you're afraid of is so incredibly difficult to avoid. If you have a phobia about flying, you can make the choice not to travel, or at the very least, not get on a plane often. If you have a fear of heights, you can avoid ladders or balconies, and it’s not going to effect your life too frequently. But when you have a fear of using the bathroom in public, it’s so much different than those other fears that many people seem to be be bothered by. Why?

Paruresis is so powerful and potentially devastating for two reasons.

First, when you have paruresis, what you fear is virtually inescapable.

You can try to stay close to home, avoid the ball game and concerts, or limit how much liquid you drink, but one thing is for certain - eventually, YOU WILL have to go to the bathroom. With paruresis, it’s not a question of IF, it’s a matter of WHEN - and that constant anxiety can prevent you from ever completely letting your guard down so you can enjoy the present moment. The possibility of having to use the bathroom is ALWAYS there to some degree...like it's stalking you......

Second, when you're afraid of going to the bathroom in public or outside your “comfort zone”, what you're ultimately afraid of....is YOU.

And that's REAL scary, because as fast as you run, no matter where you try and hide, you're always there. You become your own worst enemy. Just like everyone else that has ever struggled with paruresis I know you’ll agree with me when I say that the harder you TRY to go to the bathroom, the more IMPOSSIBLE IT IS!

Trying to talk yourself out of your anxiety when you're already standing in the bathroom is like trying to get the milk back in the glass once you’ve spilled it, it’s too late! Your anxiety actually makes your body RESIST urinating.

Until recently, the psychological community as a whole didn't truly understand paruresis or how to effectively treat it. Therapists tried with good intentions to help those suffering with “bashful bladders”, but the techniques they used with other fears and phobias just weren't well suited for paruresis and sometimes even made the condition worse!

I wish I could say that more therapists now know about paruresis and how to treat it properly, but unfortunately that's simply not the case. If you've ever tried to get help before, you know that many mental health professionals still don't know what paruresis is, and the ones that do have usually never actually treated it successfully before.....