Paruresis Association of Australia

Hi All Readers of this PAA chat page. I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas & a Happy New year for 2012. Hopefully we have all made some progress in recovery from our paruresis in this past year. The Sydney Support Group has continued each month, and I believe has been a help to all, includ...

Hi All, below is a quote from a recent IPA email: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS IPA receives several phone calls & emails with similar questions. In this section we will address one of them. Question: Is it important to let my doctor know about my paruresis? Answer: Yes. But be prepared to educate your...

Hi Paul, I'm glad you received good results from your medical check up. While I have never tried hypnosis to overcome my paruresis, the IPA website seems to indicate that it will be little or no help, sorry. The best method seems to be Graduated Exposure practice combined with some CBT from a psycho...

Hi Paul, and other readers....I have just found another site where you can buy a copy of "Shy Bladder Syndrome" for $19.24 AU - Free delivery!. http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Shy-Bladder-Syndrome-George-Zgourides/9781572242272 While I have never purchased anything from these worldwide book sellers,...

Hi Paul, I like you had paruresis for over 40 years before I found out the name for it. It is good that you have told your wife and are being checked out medically before you start in recovery. As a beginning I suggest you read 'Shy Bladder Syndrome' by Steven Soifer ( it may be available from your ...

Hi Chris, the only way i could fly before I started down the recovery road was to make sure that I went to a toilet in the plane where there were more than one. ie on 747's and A340 ther are groups of four toilets together. I would have to sit down and I used a deep breathing relaxation technique th...

Travelling Again out West... Western Plains Zoo at Dubbo. I was pleased to find that the toilets at the main entrance-cafe-ticket area had 3 urinal bowls with full length dividers. Quite a modern large room with 4 cubicles as well. Quite a busy area but no worries here... It's great to be able to tr...

Hi Tim,

Well done. This is a very encouraging post on your practice session.

I found that to go into toilets that I had previously avoided was good therapy. Sometimes just to explore and wash hands etc.. You have done well...

Keep up the good work..

Ross.

Hi , Welcome to the PAA Chat forum. as someone else with an enlarged prostate causing slow flow and dribbling at the end, I would recommend you get along and see a urologist asap. My urologist has put me on Flowmaxtra tablets. They have made a tremendous improvement to my everyday life. As far as yo...

The Sydney Support Group has found that the toilets in the new/refurbished Westfield building at Sydney Tower, are well laid our and have almost full length dividers between their urinal bowls. These toilets were very busy at last Thursdays practice session, and apart from us getting lost finding ou...