Today, as part of the treatment for my bulimia, my doctor informed me that I will not be allowed to go to the bathroom unsupervised. Meaning there will have to be another person in the bathroom with me at all times. I have a nervous bladder. I couldn't go if I wanted to. FML
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Wild Nights Out
Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Today, I'm banned from the only working bathroom in my house because my mother is cleansing for an upcoming colonoscopy. My options are either a bucket in the basement, or wetting myself. FML
Today, despite my fear of using public restrooms, I was forced to anyway to avoid my bladder exploding. I was finally getting over it when someone stuck their head under the stall to "see if someone's in there". I'm scared more now than I was before. FML
Today, I have to get an ultrasound at the hospital. In order to get a clear picture, I need to have a full bladder. I've been waiting my turn for 2 hours now, desperately needing to pee. There are still multiple patients ahead of me. FML
Today, I was admitted to the hospital for chronic constipation. I have to share a room with two other girls who are also having bowel problems. We're all on strong laxatives, and there's apparently only one bathroom in this place. FML
Today, my parents wouldn't stop making fun of my shy bladder by camping out in front of the bathroom door while I’m trying to pee. As a result, I haven’t peed in 10 hours and my bladder is going to explode. FML
Today, I was given a powerful laxative to clear me out. I can't go to the bathroom because the four guests of my sleeping roommate are all sitting in dead silence against the paper-thin bathroom wall. FML
Today, I have the stomach flu. If my belly growls, I have 30 seconds or less to get to the bathroom. I can't go to the doctor for fear of shitting my pants on the trip there. FML
Today, I found out that since no other procedures are working, I was required to stop eating, and drink a bunch of foul tasting "goo", which will in turn give me constant diarrhea. This will then prepare me nicely for the long tube with a camera on the end of which will be shoved up my rectum. FML
Today, I used the upstairs bathroom rather than the downstairs one, which was in close earshot of my parents. When I came out, my mom angrily asked why I used that bathroom. I explained to her that I have shy bladder, and she said, "That’s not a real thing. I can go even with someone watching." FML
Today, I realized I can never live with my fiancée. A childhood of systematic teasing, abuse, and humiliation has made me terrified to use a bathroom around a guy if there's the slightest chance I can be heard, seen, or even have anyone know what I'm up to. Therapy has yet to fix anything. FML
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Top comments
Angelice_fml 0
Awww! ): I'm so sorry. Maybe suggest a new treatment, since that won't work for you and benefit toward your health. The point is to get help with your eating disorder, not torment you.
RaquelW 7
anyone who said she deserves it or is stupid clearly doesn't realize that bulimia is a mental disorder. to those people, fyl for being ignorant.
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Comments (113)
thebluewizard 14
I think it's harsh to mark this as a "you deserve it". Bulimia and a nervous bladder (though different in seriousness) are difficult things. Try having to take a drug test with a nervous bladder!
Calyx_fml 22
Maybe you can find an old lady's shopping basket.
hateevryone 15
thats messed up.
SPC117 5
How can some one say that you deserve it...it's not your fault at all. It's like someone saying you derserve brain cancer. Bulimia is a disease like any other.
Taurus_ChicKa 37
Good for you for getting treatment! Sorry to hear about your upcoming situation but several other people have offered good ideas to hopefully make it easier for you. Just don't do such things to yourself in order to conform to what the most acceptable thing in society is. Be happy of who you are!
theeNSP 0
33, what is wrong with you?? Don't act like you've never been teased!!(**we all have!!**)
terrask 11
It's called shock treatment. Your body is made to evacuate it's waste and it will, one way or the other. You don't want to know what the other way is :)
Psycho_Babydoll 26
FYL, girl. Bulimia is no joke. I suffer from depression and I used to cut myself. When my mother found out, she didn't offer any kind of help- she threatened to throw me out if I did it again and every day for the next few months she would make me get dressed and undressed in front of her so she could check for more cuts. I get that it's not exactly the same thing but it sucks.
ikillhobbits 0
Hard to stay positive when you can't piss
misomalu 0
Anyone else kind of appalled at how many people think someone deserves a disease?