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Does anyone else get "stage fright" at the urinal?
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DizzyCaffeine
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Yeah, I've got it pretty bad. If I'm in a small bathroom (imagine 1 stall and 1 urinal) and someone walks in, I can't pee.
I can even be in the stall, and knowing someone else is in there with me will stop me from peeing.
I can even be in the stall, and knowing someone else is in there with me will stop me from peeing.
PumpkinSpice
Banned
There's nothing wrong with you. Urinals are disgusting and should be banned.
Pai Pai Master
Banned
I do if my supervisor comes up to the stall right next to me and starts talking about work shit. Such a weirdo.
Dead Prince
Banned
i can't really use a public restroom if i hear people even in stalls. like i walk in wanting to piss a storm but i stop right in front of it.
Corronchilejano
Member
Definetly. However, you can trick yourself into peeing, one way or another. I first closed my eyes and imagined I had no one around, now I use other tricks so I don't look so akward.
Oh hell naw. They save a lot of water and are very convenient.
Oh hell naw. They save a lot of water and are very convenient.
ChainedMaster
Banned
I only get stage fright for pooping. I had a girl roommate who would sometimes turn on the sink while she shat so I wouldn't hear. Still could hear, though.
Yep, I do. You've really gotta try and focus on something else; for instance I try and remember articles in magazines I've read recently and usually that's enough to break the seal.
The worst times are when you're really bursting at a concert and there's a huge queue of dudes waiting to use the loo. I find it easier to just wait and use a cubicle in that instance.
The worst times are when you're really bursting at a concert and there's a huge queue of dudes waiting to use the loo. I find it easier to just wait and use a cubicle in that instance.
JinjoUnchained
Member
I believe it's called "bladder shyness" and it's perfectly normal. I've got no problem if they other people are strangers, but I can't go if I actually know them. Don't know why.
Freaky Fred
Banned
I bet it's because you think of pissing as some taboo thing, so you feel like you need to be alone to go.
practice pulling your dick out in public until you get used to the feeling of public air touching your junk, but don't let anyone see you. Eventually, you can start showing off to people in the urinals next to you. Just wave it around a little, make sure they see it. Once you're comfortable with people seeing your dick out, you'll be peeing in the urinal in no time at all.
practice pulling your dick out in public until you get used to the feeling of public air touching your junk, but don't let anyone see you. Eventually, you can start showing off to people in the urinals next to you. Just wave it around a little, make sure they see it. Once you're comfortable with people seeing your dick out, you'll be peeing in the urinal in no time at all.
Bomber Bob
Banned
Never had it, sorry OP
Extra Sauce
Member
Wait am I supposed to put on a show at the urinal? I've been doing it wrong all those years...
Just playing OP, you are not the only one.
Just playing OP, you are not the only one.
My friend doesn't pee in a urinal for whatever reason, I think he can't pee with others around so he goes to the toilet. I don't have that problem. And when I take a dump in a public bathroom and push as hard as possible so it's as loud as possible. Gotta let them know who's boss.
Shy Fingers
Banned
I'm an openly gay man at the office. I always think that I might be causing others discomfort if we're at the urinals at the same time. I purposely walk to the less frequented restrooms.
DizzyCaffeine
Member
Another fun thing I do:
If I walk into a bathroom and there's someone in there, l'll pretend I came in to just wash my hands, and afterward, I'll go looking for another bathroom.
If I walk into a bathroom and there's someone in there, l'll pretend I came in to just wash my hands, and afterward, I'll go looking for another bathroom.
Josh with a J
Member
Nope, I just let it all flow.
Phaethon0017
Member
Public urinals are like a co-op FPS. Hate using them with randoms but cool with friends.
No but seriously I always use stalls. My shorts don't have zippers and my ass cheeks aren't meant to be seen by anyone but my future spouse.
No but seriously I always use stalls. My shorts don't have zippers and my ass cheeks aren't meant to be seen by anyone but my future spouse.
terrisus
Member
Sure - I don't like either of them :þ
Maybe you'll meet that person at a urinal!
Ninja Beagle
Member
I do this too.
PK Strawstorm
Member
That's a me too.
I'm the opposite. It's everything I can do to not stand 4 feet from the urinal with both hands on my hips and just let loose. If someone else walks in my first instinct is to immediately piss on their feet to establish dominance of the restroom before I resume my power stance urination, only now I do so while growling to indicate I'm not there to fuck around.
Honestly, nope. Don't get stage fright.
Spider from Mars
tap that thorax
I could pee in front of a stadium of people but won't poo if there is one person in there with me. I will sit there and hold it until I am alone in the bathroom. I am ashamed of the noises and smells that the human body makes.
EteRnal PAL
Member
Whoa... I'm kinda shocked that there are so many of you who seem to have issue with using a public urinal or even a stall. That must be a really shitty feeling, especially when you really have to go.
Jill Sandwich
the turds of Optimus Prime
Has anyone ever pulled thier pants down to thier ankles at the urinal? Feels good man.
computers putin'
Member
No I don't, didn't know that others did. Interesting...
ThreePiMatt
Member
I sort of do, and I can pinpoint the exact date when it started. It was April 5th, 2010. It was the first time I had gone to a White Sox opening day game. When the game ended I had to pee pretty bad, I go into the bathroom and there's maybe a row of a dozen or so urinals, every urinal had a line like 5-6 deep. All the while in line you can hear people drunkenly shout to hurry up. Then when I finally get up to the urinal, despite having a bladder ready to explode, I just can't get even a trickle out. All the yelling and pressure got to me.
Now, that's not to say I can never pee at a urinal. Just there are some conditions; like it can't be very busy, definitely not with people standing next to me. Little divider walls are a big help. Alcohol doesn't seem to be effective, I've been stumbly drunk and not able to get a stream going. Troughs are a complete non-starter. I don't care how long the trough is, if there's a single other person in the bathroom at the time I can't do it.
Now, that's not to say I can never pee at a urinal. Just there are some conditions; like it can't be very busy, definitely not with people standing next to me. Little divider walls are a big help. Alcohol doesn't seem to be effective, I've been stumbly drunk and not able to get a stream going. Troughs are a complete non-starter. I don't care how long the trough is, if there's a single other person in the bathroom at the time I can't do it.
Spine_Ripper
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Icwatudid
I don't care. Usually guys like sepersting themselves with a urinal in between. When there's no more left, besides the in between ones, usually people go to the stalls next. Fuck that. I just walk up to an empty one. I'm not going to be looking at your shriveled up dick or something.
Community Forum
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Stalls forever.
The worst is when there is only a urinal available, and I decide to use it, then someone walks in or someone leaves the stall. I stop peeing. Every time.
The worst is when there is only a urinal available, and I decide to use it, then someone walks in or someone leaves the stall. I stop peeing. Every time.
Illusive_Juan
Member
I can't even leave the house. I haven't trimmed my fingernails in years!
But seriously, I used to be like that until I eventually got over it. If I gotta go, I gots to go.
But seriously, I used to be like that until I eventually got over it. If I gotta go, I gots to go.
KillerMan91
Member
Sober? I have still some problems but I have gotten better at it. Drunk? Don't fucking care.
Mammoth Jones
Member
No. Never had that issue myself. When I gotta go, I gotta go. One thing all living humans have in common is that we ALL need to piss.
Get in there, pee, get out. In that order cause get in there, get out, pee doesn't work out well for anyone....
Get in there, pee, get out. In that order cause get in there, get out, pee doesn't work out well for anyone....
DigitalRicket
Member
Have had this issue since high school and it's interesting because as a kid and in middle school had no problem. And it's not just urinals. Whenever there is any pressure for people waiting to use the bathroom or there is someone right outside my stall I get "pee shy".
It truly does suck when you HAVE to go and there is no other place to go, but this only happens to me like twice out of the year.
It truly does suck when you HAVE to go and there is no other place to go, but this only happens to me like twice out of the year.
BodySystem Lars
Neo Member
All the time
striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
Nothing wrong with you.
It's normal. happen to me as well during my teenage year. I get over it since i stop giving a fuck to my surrounding during pee pee time
Sectorseven
Member
Could be worse.
This sometimes happens to me only if didn't have to go that badly in the first place. If the atmosphere is SUPER SRS in there and no one is talking (like we're taking a fucking drug test or something), then it'll be kinda difficult. But if people are chatty, it kind of makes it a lot easier.
But if I have to go really badly, it usually never happens.
But if I have to go really badly, it usually never happens.
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