Shy Bladder Syndrome – Cause & Effect
In order to urinate the ring of muscle that controls the flow of urine from the bladder (the urinary sphincter) needs to relax. This muscle is controlled by particular neurons located in a small region in the brainstem called Barrington’s nucleus. The nerve impulses they send out instruct the urinary sphincter to relax when someone is ready to pee. In the case of Paruresis the messages from the neurons have become distorted meaning that, even if you need or want to pee, muscle relaxation doesn’t happen.
In other words Shy Bladder Syndrome is a psychological condition which causes and results in a physical malfunction. There’s nothing medically wrong (always check with a medical professional first though), the brain is sending out the wrong messages for some reason – and this reason is usually relating to a fear of possible embarrassing scrutiny which has been triggered by some form of traumatic event in earlier life.
Left unchecked and it can only get worse – eventually progressing into avoidant paruresis at which stage it really starts to affect quality of life and relationships.
Can shy bladder be cured? Most definitely YES … and there are various ways to cure paruresis and we aim to help you with this.