DU Men: Have you ever experienced "pee shyness?"

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I had a bout of it once, at a Raider game. The weirdest thing is that I'd had six beers- I was plastered. But that bathroom was crowded like a pack of sardines, and when I stepped up to the trough I just could NOT go. I had to go bad, too, but my bladder was dead set on retaining that pee. It was not letting go.

What's even odder is that when I just heard about this phenomenon, on a little-known show called "Wanderlust" on Comedy Central, the show said that up to 14% of men have experienced this urinal anxiety, and they experience it in PARTICULAR at SPORTS events! So it just hit me really hard, with the experience that I had had.

So, has this ever happened to you?

On edit: And, if it has, was it at a sports event?

[HEyHEY]

1. My best friend of 21 years - won't even pee next to ME in a stall

It don't get it, when we were kids we used to piss down the hill and watch the races.

[Gore1FL]

2. I heard a rather humorous albeit gross story about this...

This medical student cut ol' zeke off a corpse and pretended to have stage fright at a urinal. Yelling at it in disgust, he said, "I warned you" and then acted as if to yank it off his body and threw it in the urinal and left.

I don;t know if this is urban legend or not, but I imagine if true, it was quite a scene.

It likely gave the janitor nightmares as well.

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5. Hee hee

"Hey, buddy, I think you forgot this..."

[Champ]

3. All the freakin' time

I call it stage frieght. I thought this was common? I guess I have a problem. :D

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4. I think it's more common than the studies suggest.

We're trained not to do our bathroom stuff around other people. It makes it real difficult when we have to.

[caledesi]

6. It's called "bashful kidneys." nt

[TahitiNut]

13. Or "bashful bladder".

It's common.

[Seldona]

7. Not a bit.

I used to have a girlfriend who would't go if anyone was in the house!

Used to torture that poor girl. Playfuly anyway. :evilgrin:

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8. yup. most of the migraine prophylaxis meds i've tried do that to me

"difficulty starting urine stream" seams to be my body's favorite side effect. though maybe that doesn't exactly count, as it's difficult even if no one else is around. on the other hand, it is easier when the guy next to me has left....

[Something Blue]

9. Yes, and it drives me crazy

Stand there and think of waterfalls...doesn't work.

Wait for the next toilet to flush...helps. So does somebody washing their hands for a long time.

What really pisses me off (pun very much intended) is when everybody exits the bathroom, ya finally loosen up and let go, the friggin' door opens and someone comes in, AND THE STREAM STOPS. Boom. That HURTS.

I call it Fuel line freeze up, or vapor lock. :)

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10. LOL nt

[Exultant Democracy]

11. Oh yeah I have a real shy bladder

In general I have to wait for a stall to open up, I know it is bad form, but you do what you must.

[johnnie]

12. I had it once...

...At the doctors office for a physical. I went to the john with my cup, couldn't go and walked out with the cup. I used it for a shotglass for a while, I think I still have it somewhere.
But it happens now and again and it sucks when you really have to go.

[tsakshaug]

14. I P

any time, any where.

When I worked in a hospital recovery room, there were several males with this problem-even under sedation

[jmowreader]

15. A lot of guys have that

Especially when they're taking an Army piss test; the observer has to watch the urine entering the cup. (Being an observer is so much fun.)

[JVS]

16. I've heard it called "stage fright"

Haven't had it myself, but I would point out that when people are rushing you the normal delay between positioning and urination may seem longer than usual just because you are trying to go fast.

[WillParkinson]

17. Even Pansy Division made a song about it!

Called "Pee Shy".

Yes, I have that problem. I'm usually OK when I go to the stall but certainly can't go when there's someone standing next to me at a urinal.