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I have been an on and off bedwetter for all my life. I was late out of night time nappies at around 6, I then had infrequent wet tings through childhood - these became worse around my parents divorce at 11 and again at 16 during my exams. After 11 I kept it secret, allowing my bed to dry out on its own, making my own nappies, etc. At 18 I decided to buy my own nappies - Boots Staydry and have used nappies at night on and off ever since - Tena, Attends, etc. It has often been a struggle and especially on sleepovers, holidays with friends, business trips and ever more especially when I met my wife to be. For the first few years, whenever I had an accident at night I blamed it on night sweats. Over the years I have ‘come clean’ and explained my issues - always brought on by stress / anxiety in my life. I now wear adult pull up nappies - Tena for men - every night as it is more frequent than not. This is just the way it is and part of life. We accept it and don’t worry about it. I could never however share this with friends for fear of what they might think - even though with 1 in 50 of the population a bedwetter, surely there I have met other bedwetter a without knowing it!! I had all the usual medical examinations but without any particular findings do now just get on with it. Not nice, not fair, but the way it is. My only wish / hope now is that somehow we can de-demonise bedwetting / the need to wear nappies to bed. With roughly 1 in every 25 households housing a bedwetter, they’re one on every street for sure - how can we raise awareness, make an environment that allows openness and sharing in the outside world, and a general acceptance of the condition much in the same way as we have for asthma for example - no judgements, no embarrassment, no believing it is something only children suffer with, no ridicule! How do we ‘’get it out there’ and allow us bedwetters to breath again? Hiding pull up nappies at the bottom
If the supermarket trolly, praying no one seas me as they make their way down the cashier’s converter belt, hoping the cashier doesn’t judge me / think I’m weird. Or alternatively, hoping the postman doesn’t realise what’s in the regular monthly parcel and think the the same of me. Hiding the packets of pull up nappies at the back of the wardrobe, or at the bottom of the suitcase. Trying to dispose of the used pull ups when at friends, on holiday, etc. What do we have to hide?! When can we be upfront without fear? When can we feel normal? I don’t know how - but surely there’s a way. 1 in 50 of us are praying for this. Please let it happen soon.
I have been an on and off bedwetter for all my life. I was late out of night time nappies at around 6, I then had infrequent wet tings through childhood - these became worse around my parents divorce at 11 and again at 16 during my exams. After 11 I kept it secret, allowing my bed to dry out on its own, making my own nappies, etc. At 18 I decided to buy my own nappies - Boots Staydry and have used nappies at night on and off ever since - Tena, Attends, etc. It has often been a struggle and especially on sleepovers, holidays with friends, business trips and ever more especially when I met my wife to be. For the first few years, whenever I had an accident at night I blamed it on night sweats. Over the years I have ‘come clean’ and explained my issues - always brought on by stress / anxiety in my life. I now wear adult pull up nappies - Tena for men - every night as it is more frequent than not. This is just the way it is and part of life. We accept it and don’t worry about it. I could never however share this with friends for fear of what they might think - even though with 1 in 50 of the population a bedwetter, surely there I have met other bedwetter a without knowing it!! I had all the usual medical examinations but without any particular findings do now just get on with it. Not nice, not fair, but the way it is. My only wish / hope now is that somehow we can de-demonise bedwetting / the need to wear nappies to bed. With roughly 1 in every 25 households housing a bedwetter, they’re one on every street for sure - how can we raise awareness, make an environment that allows openness and sharing in the outside world, and a general acceptance of the condition much in the same way as we have for asthma for example - no judgements, no embarrassment, no believing it is something only children suffer with, no ridicule! How do we ‘’get it out there’ and allow us bedwetters to breath again? Hiding pull up nappies at the bottom
If the supermarket trolly, praying no one seas me as they make their way down the cashier’s converter belt, hoping the cashier doesn’t judge me / think I’m weird. Or alternatively, hoping the postman doesn’t realise what’s in the regular monthly parcel and think the the same of me. Hiding the packets of pull up nappies at the back of the wardrobe, or at the bottom of the suitcase. Trying to dispose of the used pull ups when at friends, on holiday, etc. What do we have to hide?! When can we be upfront without fear? When can we feel normal? I don’t know how - but surely there’s a way. 1 in 50 of us are praying for this. Please let it happen soon.
