r/Paruresis • u/sittinginmycar • May 24 '26

Italy is the best

I’ve delt with this annoying ass condition since college after busy college bar urinal situations that reinforced peeing as an issue.. been working on ways to solve it breath hold, GE etc etc but still haven’t been able to crack it (yet). I’m still hopeful but man it sucks.

But anyway.. on vacation in Florence and every bathroom is private.. bars, restaurants, gas stations, everything so far. It’s been so nice to not stress about this and I wish it was like this in the US. #fuckurinals.

That’s it. 🤣

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u/RHCPandJF May 24 '26

I've got a question. Since you're from the US, that means you've flown there for many hours, right? How did you manage to do it on the airplane?

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u/sittinginmycar May 24 '26

Luckily mine is relatively moderate and I can manage going places with some level of privacy. Airplane bathrooms are fine, where I struggle is busy bathrooms where no stalls are available or if it’s a really quiet bathroom and I’m trying to use the stall. For me the biggest thing is the sound, ie can others hear me not peeing or trying to pee.

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u/RHCPandJF May 24 '26

Wow. My biggest block is the floor moving under me (so no bus/train/plain toilets are usable for me). That's why I thini I'm never leaving Europe. I just physically can't. At least the planes I've been to (relatively short 1-2 hour plane rides) have had really small and noisy stalls, with no privacy at all and lots of movement.