Are you possibly minimizing an incontinence problem?
- Do you tell yourself when you leak a little upon sneezing, coughing
or during strenuous activity, “It’s not that bad?”
- Do you ever lose sleep visiting the bathroom more than twice during
the night, causing you tiredness the next day?
- Do you ever feel embarrassed when in company about how often you
visit the bathroom?
- Do you feel anxious going anywhere you do not know where the toilets
might be?
- Do you ever plan your journeys or shopping trips around where you
know you can reach the toilets quickly?
- Do you watch your fluid intake in case drinking too much may lead
to an ‘accident’?
- Do you refuse to accept social invitations out of fear of having
an ‘accident’?
- Do you refuse to go on bus journeys longer than 30 minutes or so
for the same reason?
- Do you anxiously try to ensure you can get an aisle seat at the
cinema, in the church, or at any public gathering in order to be
able to leave quickly to find a toilet?
- Do you ever carry a spare set of clothes in case of an ‘accident’?
- Do you ever withdraw from sexual intimacy because of your fear
of leaking during lovemaking?
- Do you limit the amount of exercise you take out of fear of having
an ‘accident’?
- Do you ever carry a container on long car journeys in case you
need to ‘go’ between stops?
- Do you limit the kinds of clothes or colours you wear?
- Do you prefer dark, baggy clothes that don’t show the signs
of an ‘accident’ or of wearing disposable pads?
- Do you feel you have to keep secret about your real reasons for
doing any of the above?
- Do you realize you may have been living with incontinence for so
long it may seem normal to you now?
Now, just imagine for one minute how much more you’ll enjoy
life when incontinence is no longer an issue for you. Just imagine
it.
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