Posted on behalf of Stephen for Ben
Ben, I really feel for you and can relate to what you're going through. I was in exactly the same situation at your age - also at home with parents and a toilet with unsympathetic acoustics! Sometimes I also felt life was not worth living, with the stress of the condition and the effect it was having on my nerves and social life.
Eventually I found some coping mechanisms, largely through densense, confiding in people close to me, meditation and yoga. Recently I have been practising Eriksonian hypnosis and so far the results have been really positive. I have also utilised mental triggers that enabled me to pee in front of my 13 year old son during a recent camping trip (what a feeling!)
If I can do it despite 40 years baggage of negative mental conditioning, you definitely can!
More than happy to share more info if you'd like to email me (Andrew can provide details).
Meanwhile, hang in there and start believing you have the potential to beat this. Because, believe me, you do.
3 years 9 months ago