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JohnW
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Encouraging Post

Post by JohnW » Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:08 am

Hi all,
I have permission to post the contents of an email I recently received from one of the five participants in the Melbourne workshop held at the end of April. "XXX" also attended the workshop. People will vary in the rate at which they make progress towards Paruresis recovery, but I think this report indicates that if people devote themselves to serious practice, then surprising results can follow.

"XXX and I have been making some really good progress. I've been using the breath hold method and seem to be able to urinate at bowls without too much trouble at all. As a system it seems to suit me and it feels like it’s getting easier all the time. In fact I haven’t had a missfire with it yet but I haven’t been around people I know (which I feel is the most difficult situation). I'm still avoiding urinating in front of people I know (at the local pub etc) but I feel my confidence has really grown, even though I only practice a few times a week.

XXX has improved massively as well over the last few months. He is very dedicated. We meet every week at the Casino, often on Saturday nights now so we can practice when there are more people around. We both don’t feel this has the same grip on us that it used to, in fact I don’t think about it too much at all now (which can make it harder to force myself to practice.)

Next year we plan to go to the football regularly as our goal is to be able to go to the toilet at the busiest times (1/4 time etc).

Thanks heaps for your help. I'm sure I speak for both of us when I say how much we appreciate your support. You've really improved our circumstances and our lives are markedly better for it. Thank you."

JohnW

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Post by aokpops » Mon Dec 26, 2011 6:29 pm

Been using BH to . Going in places that were not possible before. I wish there was this info decades ago . It still pisses me off . Not one health care magazine every wrote about this or a day time drama tv show . They can all go to h e double hocky sticks . WE should all write them an thank them for there help. And don't forget your local news paper. Thank them to .

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Re: Encouraging Post

Post by Derek » Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:51 am

aokpops wrote:Been using BH to . Going in places that were not possible before. I wish there was this info decades ago . It still pisses me off . Not one health care magazine every wrote about this or a day time drama tv show . They can all go to h e double hocky sticks . WE should all write them an thank them for there help. And don't forget your local news paper. Thank them to .
Don't know if I'd totally blame the media for the lack of awareness and coverage of this ""problem"".
Although I would like to see an article in something like ""Men's Health"" magazine.
It also goes back to the scientific and medical community, and it has only come to the fore in the last 10-15 years as an identifiable and able to be named condition.
Technology, such as the internet with it's associated forums etc, has only been readily available in Australia since the late 90's.
I can recall researching this condition back in the mid-90's, and it was generally referred to as ""psychogenic urinary retention"" - and could only be found in obscure medical and anxiety neurosis journals.
Actual treatment regimes were limited, and tended to focus on distraction and visualisation techniques - which are not always successful.

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