HAVE YOU BEEN EMBARRASSED FOR ALMOST OR URINATING ON YOUR BODY?

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This article is for those who had ever wondered why their urge to pee seems uncontrollable most especially when approaching the door. If we are honest to ourselves, umpteenth times we have changed our boxers and pants because of this. Do you know it's normal? Yes, it does happen to everyone. Just chill, relax and read hook line and sinker.

This is always called urinary incontinence. Most of what your brain and nervous system do aren't conscious. What you control and perceive is only a small fraction of what your brain is doing day in and day out to keep you alive. Altering hormone levels, controlling your breathing, monitoring your energy levels, etc. It's like your computer. What you see on the screen or control with the mouse is only a small part of what the computer is doing behind the scenes. In fact this part of your brain is mostly oblivious to what you are 'thinking'.

One of those things, whether you consciously notice or not, is remaining constantly aware of your environment. Your brain is taking everything in and comparing it to past experience or innate instinct. So when you walk by your favorite restaurant your brain assesses your energy levels and if they are at all low says, hmmm, this could be a good time to restock, we don't know when we might find food again. So pretty soon your tummy is rumbling away because your brain simply cannot trust you to make the right decisions without some influence. Remember, our brains evolved in a much different environment than many of us live in now. One that was much less forgiving of missing chances to eat, drink, etc.

Peeing is no different. Your brain has been keeping an eye on how full your bladder is and giving you low intensity warnings that it is getting up there. But when your brain knows you are by a place where you can solve that problem, it ups those warnings so you have no choice but to take advantage. It has no way of knowing that you are going to the bathroom already, it just sees the stimulus and issues the response.

This normally works pretty well, but it can go haywire. Things like phobias, PTSD, and other conditions often result from the brain getting a stimulus-response relationship wrong. So a soldier in a war gets blown up by a roadside bomb and even when they are back in the safety of their homeland their brain cannot let go of the idea that a pile of rocks by the road could be a major threat. So they go into full threat mode when driving to the store or out for a walk.

So be happy that your brain has the peeing response right! Better the bathroom than something less convenient!

Reference: Scott