Sunday, August 22, 2010

Yesterday Was a Good Day

Over the years, I've gotten really good at timing my liquid intake to balance avoiding dehydration with avoiding public bathrooms. It doesn't always work, though. Yesterday I was out at a restaurant, and there was no avoiding it: I had to pee. So for the first time in a really long time, I used a restaurant bathroom. I survived! And boy, the rest of the evening was SO much more pleasant than it would have been otherwise.

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  1. i'm glad to see your comments about this because my daughter definitely is having some issues in that department...guess i shouldn't teach her to time her liquids, huh?! so hard to know what's helping her as a kid and what's helping OCD...

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  2. It is tricky. Based on my experience, though, I would say it is not a good road to start down. Life is so much easier when you can use the bathroom wherever you go! I find that I will avoid social events with an unknown bathroom situation, and thats just sad.

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  3. Oh my gosh, that is an amazing accomplishment! I do the exact same thing with liquids. I restrict my intake when i know i will be going out somewhere! Congratulations on your success!

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  4. Sense my recent relapse, I too, have been avoiding the infamous public restroom! Good for you for fighting back. Forced repetition seems to help in the end, even if it is difficult at first.

    I have gotten a lot better at using public restrooms when I really need to. But it's not something I really elect to do on a regular basis when avoidance is possible. However, I recently went on a trip with my family. We went hiking and then...I had to pee...and we were going to be hanging out at the end of the trail for a while...and eating lunch...and then hiking a mile back uphill to the trail head that didn't have a restroom. But there were public "bathrooms" at the bottom of the trail, aka non-flushing toilets that led to revolting holes in the ground and didn't have sinks. But I used these "bathrooms" because there really wasn't another choice and I survived...I had someone ready to hand me an antibacterial wipe (or several) before touching anything else, but I did it. I used one of the grossest forms of bathrooms out there and didn't have the chance to actually wash my hands afterward. Yeah, I sanitized, but in my mind even that wasn't enough. But it had to be. I didn't have a choice really. And then I ate...a sandwich...with said hands...in fact...I didn't have the opportunity to actually wash them under running water until several hours later. I don't exactly plan to start using port-a-potties on a regular basis now, but every little bit helps...and compared to that experience, regular public restroom don't seem so bad :).

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