I wanted to know if people really do become incontinent when we are scared.  It's for anatomy class?
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I've been to lots of accident scenes and dealt with victims of violence and the answer is yes, people fill their pants all the time.  It's due to the fight or flight mechanism built into our bodies.  The body pumps blood to our vital organs (this is why our hands shake when we're scared)  The body also prepares to either fight or run so it gets rid of anything that isn't immediately associated with survival....so we puke and / or pee n poop our pants.
1056639
Not at all is it a sex issue. Its pretty normal and some even think that it is an incomplete experience if you dont pee afterwards, although you dont 'have' to.
239365
yes, it happened once when i did not finish my work and techer asked me the reason! dumest thing to ask! guess when would be my answer?\n \ni said i did not finish my work coz i was stuck up in the bathroom for 8 hours! the teacher started laughing and i said it was not funny coz i was crying then she said "Zip up your fly." and the whole class stated laughing! my zip was open in front of the whole class!!!!! i was so emmbrassed that i did not go to school for a whole week!
704758
oooo... yes, that used to happen to Dragon when she was in school cuz she didn't have time during the day to pee at school.\n\nIt doesn't happen now that she's working, cuz she can pee when she needs to.
583266
I hover sometimes or I use tissue to cover the toilet seat. Sometimes I hold it if it is a nasty restroom. At school I will not take a shit. It is really embarrassing if you do it and someone just happens to walk in behind me.
444223
IF you are a freak, then lots of us must be. I get that urge in the middle of the night and I don't want to get up because I am afraid it will be hard to go back to sleep, but it gets to where I dream about being on a toilet and going and I can't relieve it, SO I CAN'T WIN FOR LOSING Either I don't sleep or I suffer the consequences of peeing and not relieving myself. :P\n\nIf I have the flu and my body hurts or I have the chills, I don't want to get out of bed. I lay there and I contemplate until not only my head hurts and I am freezing, but my bladder is screaming at me. \n\nYou aren't a freak, it's normal.\n\nPS that is why I have a cat, cuz if I have a lazy moment, I just use the carpet and blame it on the cat. LOL!!!!\n\nI am just kidding. I would never be that gross or that lazy LOL!!! ;) Just had to add a little humorous twist.
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Okay little shaver...whoever told you this is pulling your leg. The next step is to get you to 'experiment' don't do it or you'll be known as a pee drinker for the rest of your life. There is a famous quote about sailors adrift without drinking water "water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink" it doesn't say "Here willy pee in me mug I gots me a terrible thirst to slack"
916503
I think women do have stronger bladders or maybe they're just bigger. Because guys have to pee all the time . Me personally the longest I can go w/o having to use the restroom (if I dont have drinks in between) 9 am to 4 pm. Another factor you have to add in is its allot easier and cleaner for guy to use the restroom. Women have to go through allot more work than men and a public restrooms can be quite scary. The thought of hovering over a filthy toilet will increase your bladders strength. So if you dont want to use the restroom you'll put it off until you get somewhere comfortable
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I think I'd crap mine a second or two before, at the realization. But yes, all muscles relax(releasing urine and crap) and then shortly thereafter fluids from your organs begin to seep out your pores underneath you, however you are laying. I used to bag bodies and escort them to the morgue.\nQuite messy actually.
905283
yes it does hurt, you'll feel bloated and when you go to the bathroom, you do not go. sometimes you'll have to push real hard for little or no reward.
1055936
Hello,\n  I also have bladder incontinence after falling from a roof a few years ago and damaging my spinal cord and the nerves from my bladder. I was told by my urologist that the muscles control better during intercourse and have found that to be true. When I was sexually active with my girlfriend we always put a towel on the bed anyway just in case but I never had any problem. I do wonder if the fact I must use a diaper style is the reason she won't be active with me anymore though. She keeps telling me it is because of her mostly raising her grandson now, but I get pretty depressed about it allot, 10 months is a long time to me.\nJack
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NO!  I would get up and walk out if I had to go that bad.  If that teacher tried to stop me... he/she and the school would be sued.  I had a teacher that let you go to the bathroom no matter what was going on in the classroom - lecture or test.  She felt like you couldn't concentrate if you had peeing on your mind.  I also had a teacher in high school that wouldn't let me go to the bathroom on a particular occasion.  I was on my period and needed to go.  She told me that I should have gone before class and that I could now wait until after class.  I told her I was going to the dean of ladies and she said "no you're not.  You can go see the principal."  He was a man and she thought that would embarrass me.  Well, it didn't.  It embarrassed him and ticked him off too.  He sent me to the bathroom then to the dean of ladies.  I explained to her what had happened and she sent me to class to get my things and told me to come back to her office.  My dad was TICKED when I told him after school.  He called the school and they had a conference.  After that day NO teacher told me that I couldn't go to the bathroom.  Dad told me not to abuse that privilege, but if I had to go that they best let me go.
1027518
First of all shivering is generally related to how the bladder is emptied out during urination. Since the empting relfex of the bladder is relayed through the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and is directly related in strength to the amount of stretch of the bladder, the shivering is probably associated to other ANS reflexes. The sympathetic side of the ANS tends to keep the bladder relaxed and the urethral sphincter contracted. That means that you don’t “pee in your pants” when fighting, fleeing, or taking tests, for example. The parasympathetic side of the ANS tends to cause relaxation of the urethral sphincter and contraction of the bladder so that you void.\n\nIt is my thought that the more desperate one becomes in response to a bulging bladder, the more of a general sympathetic outflow of action potential will be generated to keep you dry (when you're empting the bladder).  When this happens the change in the productions of these hormones might be the cause of the shivering. If you carefully pay attention to your body signals when “taking a leak”, you will notice a blood pressure “rush” and a momentary flushing or euphoria shortly after relaxing the urethral sphincter, and the shivering is simply a part of this feeling.
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Unfortuantely I don't think there are any EASY solutions.  I'm 29 years old, male, and have basically the same problem.  In childhood, until I was about 12 years old, I used to do this every night.  Since then it only happens occasionally, but still often enough to be really frustrating.  Like you, I never do it in the daytime even if I sleep for several hours at a time, and I also notice that it is more likely to happen on nights when I am very tired, depressed, or under stress.\n\n   Since this has happened all your life, you probably don't have any serious medical problems taht will be a threat to your long-term health.  I have been tested for about everything imaginable and there is nothing seriously wrong with me.  Basically, I'm told it happens because my urinary bladder is smaller than normal for an adult, and because I sometimes sleep too soundly to know when my bladder is full and wake up to use the toilet -- especially when I am really tired or stressed.\n\n   I don't know what else to suggest to you except to hang in there -- this happens to a lot more young adults than you would think!  If I'm traveling and need to be very careful not to wet the bed on a particular night, I've found that by setting an alarm clock for 2 hours after I go to sleep, and getting up to urinate at that point whether my bladder feels full or not, I can make sure that I don't wet the bed on that particular night.  I don't do this every night, though, because it interrupts my sleep too much, but that can at least keep it from happening in a place where it would be really embarrassing.\n\n   I hope this is helpful.  If you would like to talk more, please feel free to write to me using the e-mail address in my profile, and I would be happy to share more of my experiences with you.
195815
I always rip out the center. One day I asked a friend if they did too, they answered no and asked why I did.\nAfter that I tried to go pee with the center left on. Well... when I peed on the dang thing the center didn't break through and my pee just splashed back up on my ass end. lol.\n\nI'll never do that again! Although I can only speak for the ladies. It may be different for men.
108543
Where it happens is not really an issue. Many younger kids just don't develope their bladders as quickly as others. Even if it is just "nerves" wetting the bed is not actually "Normal". If it is a matter of an under developed bladder it may resolve itself as you grow. However, an underlying medical condition could be at the root of the problem. Only you know how often, what age you are, etc and can take proper action, whether telling parents or taking your self to the Doctor.\n\nIf it is an underdeveloped bladder, and you are wetting either just at friends or at home as well sometimes, there are some things you can do. (I have a small bladder and wet the bed occassionally untill I was nearly ten). If at a sleep over, don't drink any liquids four hours before bedtime. This gives you time to make sure most or all of your liquid intake during the day has gotten to your bladder and had a chance to void out by going to the bathroom. If at home don't drink two hours before bedtime. Another tip, (but you may not be able to do this at a sleepover which is why I say the four hour not drinking at the sleepovers) Set an alarm for about midnight or so to wake you up to go to the bathroom. Sometimes sleeping really soundly you won't wake up to go to the bathroom and then wet the bed. Have you ever dreamed you were going to the bathroom and then wokeup to find you wet the bed? I use to. Also, when you spend the night you can use those pullup things under you jammies. I wish I had them when I was a kid. I hope these things help. sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite! :-)
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It depends if this has been a one off thing or wether you are getting worse & loosing more wee. It may be this will never re occour. If it does, you will have to go to a continence advisor for further guidance. You could have had a full bladder, & because you was so much asleep, it could have been a reflex action of your brain to let go of your wee. You should be practising your Pelvic floor excercises, which will tone your bladder muscles.  \n\nIf you want, e mail me.