Cyprus Paruresis Association

28/08/2017

IN NEED OF SUPPORT??

A project of the Intl. Paruresis Assoc. and provides resources for treatment and psychosocial educational groups for those suffering from shy bladder.

25/08/2017

Found on Google from pinterest.com

11/10/2016

21 million Americans have it. 55+ million people around the world have it. In just a small fraction of these case (estimated somewhere around 0,5%) the problem is so severe that it's debilitating. But 0,5% of 55 million is not a small number. It's 275 thousand. People think Paruresis is no big deal. A friend of mine once told me "If you drink a pint of beer you'll have to go so bad that it won't matter!" Well... I've tried that! It doesn't work that way! If you have Paruresis you can't go no matter what! You could be feeling like your bladder's about to burst but still not be able to go! I've got a question for you! Could you go 12 - 14 hours without going to the bathroom? Can you even begin to understand how it feels like? Let me tell you...

Shy bladder syndrome, known formally as "paruresis," affects as many as 21 million Americans.

23/08/2016

Lots of interest the past few months. Got a lot of messages from people abroad interested in finding out about paruresis and possible remedies.

14/01/2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws2MrZjSDW0

www.cypa.co.nf www.cyprus-paruresis.co.nf

07/07/2015

A Slate employee—we'll call him "Thad"—asks the sports department to solve a problem that has been vexing him: Why does he have trouble urinating at ballparks? His testimony, worded as delicately as possible, goes like this: At a Seattle Mariners game, Thad slugged down several ballpark beverages. L…

05/01/2015

Welcome to the official IPA (International Paruresis Association) website. This site is provided as a resource for people who find it difficult or impossible to urinate in the presence of others, either in their own home or in public … Continue reading →

15/12/2014

There's been a lot of interest on the website from people from all over the world, but not from a lot of Cypriots which makes me believe that the Cypriots remain either unaware or unaffected by this problem.

04/12/2014

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13/11/2014

So according to the ADA a disability is a condition that prevents you from participating in MLA's (Major Life Activities) and with the new alterations of the EEOC's regulations that now includes Major Bodily Functions! Therefore for the first time in America paruresis is considered a disability...

It could cost U.S. employers between $2 billion and $4 billion to comply with an obscure Americans with Disabilities Act regulation meant to protect workers who are gun-shy in public restrooms. Ac

07/11/2014

Never thought I'd be so pi**ed off by Rob Lowe! I'd better shy away :)

23/09/2014

What symptoms are associated with paruresis?
Here is one description of how paruresis operates in a person's life: After an initial unpleasant experience, the individual anticipates difficulty urinating whenever entering a bathroom. Forcible attempts to control the process fail, and associated anxiety with performance reduces the individual's chances of urinating while in a public facility. The paruretic must then adjust to the disorder by urinating as much as possible when at home, restricting the intake of fluids, locating vacant public bathrooms and refusing extended social invitations to avoid urinating away from home.
Paruretics engage in avoidance behavior, which temporarily reduces the fear associated with an inability to urinate but reinforces the phobic pattern. While some paruretics deny feeling any overt anxiety in public bathrooms and insist that they merely can't initiate urination, others do report physiological symptoms of anxiety, including heart palpitations, sweating, dizziness, faintness and shaking.
Since this topic is rarely talked about publicly, many paruretics feel that they are the only ones suffering from it. They feel ashamed of their disorder and become experts at hiding it from their closest friends, spouses and even their physicians. The sense of shame, humiliation, isolation and secondary depression resulting from this situation can be debilitating.