# I'm pee-shy.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pee-shy/268962>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 13, 2004, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pee-shy/268962 "2004-10-13T05:07:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pee-shy/268962/21 "2004-10-14T00:16:53Z")

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I have a shy bladder. Much like others have mentioned, thinking about something else is the key for me. Typically, I think about the stuff that makes me worry, that I usually try NOT to think about. That usually works, but not always.

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**Author:** ![WomanofScorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pee-shy/268962/22 "2004-10-14T03:52:54Z")

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Well, it’s not so much I’m pee shy, honestly the peeing doesn’t bother me so much as the wiping.

I know I know, but it’s just something that I don’t want other folks to hear. I guess cuz it’s like they know what I’m wiping. I’m weird what can I say.

Although, I can’t pee in front of anyone. Husband, mother, bestfriend…no one. So I’ll have to pee while I’m asleep and end up having a dream that I’m tryiing to pee and someone is in the room with me while I’m trying to pee. TMI I know, but it keeps me from whizzing on myself everytime!

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**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pee-shy/268962/23 "2004-10-14T04:57:42Z")

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> [@Agent Foxtrot](#):
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> I’m pee-shy.

As others have already posted, the best solution is to not dwell on your surroundings. Clear your mind and think of another place. I think of a big flowing waterfall – works for me! 😃

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**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pee-shy/268962/24 "2004-10-14T05:45:53Z")

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> [@Agent Foxtrot](#):
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> It is terrifying for me to use a public urinal when someone is using the urinal next to me. The problem is even worse when the person next to me is someone I know. It gets a _little_ better if I use a stall instead or if there’s a lot of noise in the restroom, but for some reason, it’s just gotten so hard to pee next to someone. I can’t explain it.
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> Anyone else pee-shy? How’d you overcome it?
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> Adam

I used to be pee shy, then I had sex for the first time…

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