u/NectarinePutrid3932

TLDR: is it weird or problematic that sometimes, if i’m not sure if i have the urge to pee or not, i will check by lightly pressing down on my bladder?

is it a bit strange or abnormal that sometimes i have to check if i actually need to pee or not, by pushing down a bit on my lower abdomen (which is obviously where my bladder is)?
sometimes i’ll be hanging out with friends and then one will say they need to go pee real quick before we leave to go somewhere else and they’ll ask if i also need to, so in order to see if i need to get up and go with them too, i will check if i have the urge by doing this and that way decide if i need to or not. they think it’s so weird and little funny that that’s how i check sometimes and so now i’m sorta wondering if this is a sign of some kind of pelvic floor dysfunction or bladder prolapse or i have no idea. i’ve been trying to ask this question on reddit but i’ve only found one person who asked this somewhere so i’m not really sure how abnormal it is.

TLDR: is it weird or problematic that sometimes, if i’m not sure if i have the urge to pee or not, i will check by lightly pressing down on my bladder?

is it a bit strange or abnormal that sometimes i have to check if i actually need to pee or not, by pushing down a bit on my lower abdomen (which is obviously where my bladder is)?
sometimes i’ll be hanging out with friends and then one will say they need to go pee real quick before we leave to go somewhere else and they’ll ask if i also need to, so in order to see if i need to get up and go with them too, i will check if i have the urge by doing this and that way decide if i need to or not. they think it’s so weird and little funny that that’s how i check sometimes and so now i’m sorta wondering if this is a sign of some kind of pelvic floor dysfunction or bladder prolapse or i have no idea. i’ve been trying to ask this question on reddit but i’ve only found one person who asked this somewhere so i’m not really sure how abnormal it is.

TLDR: is it weird or problematic that sometimes, if i’m not sure if i have the urge to pee or not, i will check by lightly pressing down on my bladder?

is it a bit strange or abnormal that sometimes i have to check if i actually need to pee or not, by pushing down a bit on my lower abdomen (which is obviously where my bladder is)?
sometimes i’ll be hanging out with friends and then one will say they need to go pee real quick before we leave to go somewhere else and they’ll ask if i also need to, so in order to see if i need to get up and go with them too, i will check if i have the urge by doing this and that way decide if i need to or not. they think it’s so weird and little funny that that’s how i check sometimes and so now i’m sorta wondering if this is a sign of some kind of pelvic floor dysfunction or bladder prolapse or i have no idea. i’ve been trying to ask this question on reddit but i’ve only found one person who asked this somewhere so i’m not really sure how abnormal it is.

TLDR: is it weird or problematic that sometimes, if i’m not sure if i have the urge to pee or not, i will check by lightly pressing down on my bladder?

is it a bit strange or abnormal that sometimes i have to check if i actually need to pee or not, by pushing down a bit on my lower abdomen (which is obviously where my bladder is)?
sometimes i’ll be hanging out with friends and then one will say they need to go pee real quick before we leave to go somewhere else and they’ll ask if i also need to, so in order to see if i need to get up and go with them too, i will check if i have the urge by doing this and that way decide if i need to or not. they think it’s so weird and little funny that that’s how i check sometimes and so now i’m sorta wondering if this is a sign of some kind of pelvic floor dysfunction or bladder prolapse or i have no idea. i’ve been trying to ask this question on reddit but i’ve only found one person who asked this somewhere so i’m not really sure how abnormal it is.

some background:
i’ve had chronic suicidal thoughts and ideation since the age of 5-6 years old. i remember my first panic attack at the age of 4. i was extremely severely depressed and suicidal throughout my childhood which only progressively worsened in high school but kept it to myself and never shared a single person in the world with how much pain and suffering i was in. somehow managed to survive past 18 and i only reached out for help for the first time at the age of 20 due to being so “high functioning” but at the time i believed i only had undiagnosed adhd, an anxiety disorder, and maybe a bit of depression from childhood…little did i know...lol.

at 20, i was hospitalized for the first time and few months later had my first attempt. had MANY ups and downs. at 22, the 2nd half of 2023 was probably the worst period of time of my adult life and i genuinely have no idea how i managed to survive it:

was in and out of hospitals and psych wards, was severely self harming to the point of needing stitches (eventually learned to do so in ways that don’t leave scars), had multiple attempts and trips to the er, was having regular severe bpd episodes which were extremely traumatic experiences not only for me, but to others who were forced to witness/experience them, engaged in very dangerous behaviors (could also be considered forms of self harm), and i have countless more things i could list out that i am just so incredibly embarrassed and ashamed of to admit to even the people closest in my life.

im on a very stable concoction of meds that have genuinely saved my life, not even joking in the slightest. to this day, i have bounced around 13 different psychologists (not even counting psychiatrists) throughout the last 5-6ish years that i’ve been in therapy (which extended my severe abandonment issues towards therapists, too) and been in a dbt therapy program now for almost 2 years which has been incredibly life changing and beneficial towards my work on my road to recovery and i’ve been working really really hard to get to where i am now in life :)

happy to answer any and all questions you may have-
ask away!! <3