is it just me?

[Archives1]

One thing ive noticed over the years into my adulthood is what seems to be an increase in wetting accidents when I'm anxious, stressed or upset as opposed to calm and okay. I know it could be coincidence but it really does seem like my emotions play a pretty significant. Last week in therapy, I ended up triggered and crying, opening up about sexual abuse in my childhood. Out of the blue...DESPERATE need to pee. I was already having a meltdown so I forgot to stay calm and tried to run to the bathroom dribbling the entire way. Tried to get my pants and pullup down with pee streaming down my legs and wetting my pants. Too late. That's only one example of what seems to be stress related accidents. Sometimes during an anxiety attack, I don't feel much of an urge until I've started peeing. As I said may be its coincidence but it does seem related. Anyone else notice similar issues?

 

[Archives1]

This is exactly how it all flared up for me also. After a very stressful divorce that dragged on and on, I eventually started wetting the bed, which I had problems with until I was about 7 y/o. It started like once every couple weeks, but 6+ years later it's been every night for about a year now. For me, I absolutely believe stress and anxiety are the trigger, but strangely enough, for the past month, my stress level is really high and I find myself having about a 3 week dry period. I still wear a diaper to bed every night though, because I don't trust my body anymore. My experience has shown me that you just can't predict this issue.
And even though I seem to be in an unexplainable dry spell at night, I still have dribbling issues and occasional sudden urge issues during the day. Strange.

 

[Archives1]

That fits many of us here just keep your head up.

 

[Archives1]

I guess my question, or worry is, if I ever can reduce my stress enough, would the problem go away? I'm thinking, after years of problems and the root of it being back when I was young, probably not. I have to say I have trouble believing I'd be able to successfully train myself to the point that I'd trust my body after this long.

 

[Archives1]

@spicewerx and all:


We generally think of stress as a negative emotion, as in distress.

But stress can be positive, too. This is called eustress, an emotion tending toward euphoria.

I don't want to wish away all stress; let's retain eustress !

If you have an interest in this subject, check out the works of Dr. Hans Selye, quoted here:

-- "Man should not try to avoid stress any more than he would shun food, love or exercise." --