Why does the sound of running water make me have to pee?

Factual Questions
1

Is there a reason why my hearing affects my bladder?
Why?

2

Conditioning.

When you pee, you normally hear the sound of splashing running liquid.

3

Why does the sound of running water prompt my wife to say things to me which I can’t hear?

4

And why does my walking into the bathroom for any reason prompt my husband to suddenly get chatty, even though he knows the bathrooms in this apartment have fans that come on automatically when the light is switched on?

5

it’s evolution. people need water to live and it is not always found easily. when you hear running water that is likely good drinking water as opposed to a stagnant pool. so you have developed a response to pee so that you can load up on fresh water. later on man developed a larger brain and invented the container but the primitive urge still exists.

6

^ I think that’s a stretch.

7

Nice idea, but how does emptying your bladder create more room instantly in your stomach?

8

But at least you don’t pee as loud.

9

I meant when I just go in there to grab some ibuprofen, brush my hair, do something laundry-related (the laundry equipment is housed in one of the bathrooms), etc. :slight_smile:

10

Well, if you were peeing, it would be worse if you were standing up, so Thank God for small favors.

11

Why do I bother?
Try to answer or go to your cool, funny forums.
Shit.

12

And suddenly I have to move my bowels.
mmm

13

Post #2 is a factual answer. It’s like Pavolv’s dog. That’s the best theory modern science has about the phenomenon.

Dogs produce a river of saliva when given meat to eat. He rang a bell every time he gave his dog meat, and after a time the dog would begin salivating just at the sound of the bell with no meat around.

Tap an aquarium every time you feed the fish and over time simply tapping will put them in a feeding frenzy even though you don’t add food.

Listen to the sound of running water each time you pee, both by the sound of peeing itself and the flushing of the toilet and washing of hands, and eventually the sound of running water alone inspires you to pee.

14

Answer unclear.

I’m trying.

Ninjas don’t, unless they want to.