Morgan BellUrophobia: the irrational fear of Urine
September 9th 2008 12:45
sometimes people get a little too obsessed with urine, they start talking about their disgust for urine at every opportunity to the point where it takes over their lives . . . im not taking the piss, this really can happen!
in psychology the irrational fear of urine is called UROPHOBIA
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but i feel urine has largely become the unfortunate victim of a really long smear campaign against regular bodily fluids and functions . . . urine in itself is not really all that bad!
its mostly just water and is a completely natural human waste product . . .
the typical bright yellow colour of urine is caused by the pigment urochrome (a breakdown product of the blood's hemoglobin and is removed by the kidneys), but also from the degradation products of bilirubin and urobilin . . . clear colors are a sign of hydration and are the preferred colors of urine
what other colours can urine be?
Fluorescent Yellow/Greenish - dietary supplemental vitamins, esp B vitamins
Dark Yellow - dehydration
Yellowing/light Orange - excess B vitamins from the bloodstream.
Orange - medications such as rifampin and pyridium
Dark Orange/ Brown - jaundice or Gilbert's syndrome
Reddish/Brown - porphyria
Bloody - hematuria, potentially a sign of a bladder infection
Black - melanuria, caused by a melanoma
Pinkish tint - consumption of beets
and now i would like to quote from the great and wonderful Fog:
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in psychology the irrational fear of urine is called UROPHOBIA
Known by a number of names - Urophobia, Fear of Urine, and Fear of Urinating being the most common - the problem often significantly impacts the quality of life.
Defined as "a persistent, abnormal, and unwarranted fear of urine or urinating", each year this surprisingly common phobia causes countless people needless distress.
Defined as "a persistent, abnormal, and unwarranted fear of urine or urinating", each year this surprisingly common phobia causes countless people needless distress.
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Urophobia is an intense fear of something that poses little or no actual danger. While adults with urophobia realize that these fears are irrational, they often find that facing, or even thinking about facing, the feared situation brings on a panic attack or severe anxiety.
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but i feel urine has largely become the unfortunate victim of a really long smear campaign against regular bodily fluids and functions . . . urine in itself is not really all that bad!
its mostly just water and is a completely natural human waste product . . .
the typical bright yellow colour of urine is caused by the pigment urochrome (a breakdown product of the blood's hemoglobin and is removed by the kidneys), but also from the degradation products of bilirubin and urobilin . . . clear colors are a sign of hydration and are the preferred colors of urine
what other colours can urine be?
Fluorescent Yellow/Greenish - dietary supplemental vitamins, esp B vitamins
Dark Yellow - dehydration
Yellowing/light Orange - excess B vitamins from the bloodstream.
Orange - medications such as rifampin and pyridium
Dark Orange/ Brown - jaundice or Gilbert's syndrome
Reddish/Brown - porphyria
Bloody - hematuria, potentially a sign of a bladder infection
Black - melanuria, caused by a melanoma
Pinkish tint - consumption of beets
and now i would like to quote from the great and wonderful Fog:
However, if one thinks about it a little, urine is sterile, so it contains no harmful bacteria, in essence therefore, it is pure and a symbol of purity, and it may save your life, should you be stuck in the desert without water, (for forty days...) ... urine is also a cure for many skin allegies and infections, and it contains elements beneficial for growth of plants and has many health benefits if imbibed.
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Comment by Cheryl J
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I'm pretty sure that I read somewhere that it is only your own urine that is sterile to you. If you had to drink your own in a survival situation it would be OK for a little while but the less fluid your body produces the more urea it produces and the urea would eventually cause toxicity.
Does it mean I have a phobia if I get shy bladder when other people are in a public bathroom? hahaha!
PS Morgan, very informative but truly gross subject. I love it!
Comment by Morgan Bell
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you really are the master of trivia!
ive put it in my notebook now "dont drink other peoples urine - even in emergencies" HAHAHA
id been seeing comments here and there saying urine this and urine that so i thought id better do a Deep Pencil investigation into the topic!
im so glad you enjoyed!
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I think I learned the urine thing when I was studying pathology collection in our microbiology class. I study weird stuff for fun. I'm an odd person.
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you never know, these odd little pieces of info may be the very thing that saves your life one day!
i think everything thats in your noggin is of some value!
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Bahahaha! The bestest post I have read in a long time! Makes me think fondly of all the pieces in my "urine art collection". Not me for me that Urophobia
Now why would anyone have an irrational fear of urine? You'd have to be dum-dum....
Though I have to say, the thought of having black urine is somewhat alarming.
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well urine art collectors cant really afford to have a fear of urine now can they? haha
when i was in army cadets we had to keep constant check of our urine colour if we were on bivouacs (camping), and had to drink water constantly from our little luke warm canteens until our urine ran clear . . . oh those were the days!
humans urinate, we are just like any other animal, no dirtier, no cleaner . . . nothing to be ashamed or afraid of!
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Once I started urinating on my face, all my acne disappeared... not only is it cheaper than proactive, IT ACTUALLY WORKS!!! (fucking stings the eye's though!).. hehehe
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charming as always!
im glad you could come in from pissing on the outside of your house to write that!
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OPEN WIDE B*&^%$ Daddy's got a gift for you!!!
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i dont think our private lives are an appropriate matter for public discussion
(dickhead) *rolls eyes*
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I'm positive.
Comment by Morgan Bell
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i guess some golden showers and other "water-sports" may be just what the doctor orders?
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I'm thinking about not eating the yellow snow... but for me I must say I'm never surprised (or pleasantly) about the variety of colours one can produce when peeing.
Sure there's the day-glow "Berrocca" ala Vitamin B styled ones though I must say that because we urinate the colour of our health AND one should pay attention to such things.
Ten beers later and its like clear water. Don't drink a thing all day (or any water etc) yes BAD for your health but there it its the urine litmus of how you are doing.
I was hoping to write about shoes but this post was too much to pass up. How about an in depth discussion on the smell of urine? Like I'm totally ok with the subject / exploration. We ALL pee, but I know it's not everyone's cup of tea.
I have so much to share on the subject. I feel like an expert! But aren't we all? And scientifically your urine contains your DNA - so I think this bit deserves some sort of ahh-huh because you are pissing yourself away (at a cellular and genome fingerprint level). You can keep animals away by marking your territory (as proved by a few mad enough to live with wolves & bears) and yes it is 100% sterile.
If you want to save your life (seriously) at sea then you need to drink your urine (and get this) other people will have discarded elements that YOU NEED, so yep, best to mix it ALL up together, to avoid drinking sea water which is madness.
Well I'm off to the loo. I guess I'll think about this post - and smile ;o)
Dances
Comment by Morgan Bell
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i was surprised myself - who knew there was a virtual rainbow of colours you could achieve with your pee?
hi Dances,
now heres a person whos really thinking about things!
thanks for your detailed comment, you have raised many valuable and intriguing points!
im with you on the drinking beer to go clear!
and personally if i was stranded at sea i would like to be like Kevin Costner in Water World and have a little plant precipitation system and convert the bodily waste to as close to pure water as i could get - although i guess theres some essential minerals in the real deal!
Comment by Lady Henrietta Muddling
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bbl. Just have to go and have a shower.
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a man after my own heart!
if only my showers were as exciting as my posts . . .
hi Ruby,
*groan*
these bloody Urophobics just spoil it for the rest of us! haha
i tell you, this increasing talk of urine is everywhere you turn, it is a dangerous fixation!
Comment by Lady Henrietta Muddling
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I'm not after your heart. I'm after your urine.
Are you allowed to say stuff like that on Orble?
Comment by Morgan Bell
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my urine is a highly sought after commodity!
im pretty sure you can say whatever you like around here, well thats what everyone seems to do . . . but look who im talking to, id love to know exactly what you said to push the unbreakable boundary of decency and get your blog revoked . . . im sure you will whisper it in my ear one day
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Them juices belong to me!!!
Comment by Lady Henrietta Muddling
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If you really want to know? I used the word cunt in my post titles a bit too often one night. Talking about fisting horses probably didn't help. Calling Santa a cunt probably wasn't the smartest thing to say around Christmas time, either.
Anything else you want to know?
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i thought we all got over our fear of the word "cunt" back in the days of Lady Chatterly's Lover . . . would you let your servants read orble? haha
hi alt_ed
no im pretty sure they belong to ME!
Comment by RubySoho
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Bring more urine art I say. Grab that moggie and drown it for play. Soak its little lifeless lump in a bucket of piss until it is sunk. Let it rot and decay and fill the air with perfume. Make retch out nauseously to every room. It is art. Art beyond compare. It is art but would you really dare?
One word: unhinged.
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ooo an unhinged nonsensical tirade . . . at least it rhymes!
Comment by Mountain Fog
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QUOTE ME NO QUOTES!
are we all just pissing in the wind here?
Actually, to get the record straight (and that is an unusual situation for me...straight.. ahem)
I do not personally imbibe, or bathe, in the precious bodily fluid, however, the ex-PM of India, Desai, did!
We all found out when the CHOGM conference was held in Sydney, in the seventies, (when the Hilton bombing was perpetrated by as yet un-named government agents..I kid you not!). Anyhoo, it was discovered PM Desai imbibed in a refreshing early morning glass of his urine every day.. I am unsure whether he chilled his urine first, nor do I know whether he added some sugar, or maybe a dash of creme de menthe and a couple of mint leaves?
The army teaches its recruits to piss on their own feet in the shower, as it helps prevent skin diseases in the tropics.
I used to suck the c*$k of a rather manly recruit who told me this... (no, not recently, many, many, many, moons ago... sigh.. when I was young and carefree, and my urine resembled a fine French vintage, of Dom Perignon, no he wasn't into water sports either... well, I never gave him the chance!
Actually, he did tell me of one time when he and another commando started teasing each other in the urinal and then pissed on each other, only my ex-boyfriend was rather tall, so he shot him squarely in the face, while the short nuggety fellow got him in his groin and leg, there were no complaints on either side I was told...
Oh, and as for odour, eat a nice bunch of aspargus and then when pissing, have a big whiff afterwards...peee eeewwww!
Lastly, pugsy likes to piss on my freshly cleaned black and white tiled kitchen floor, if it is raining outside!
cheers and here's to golden showers!
Oh, I nearly forgot.. I used to go to the Gay Mardi Gras, on the odd occasion, and one time I was ushered into a male toilet to witness "Trough Man" and his 'show'.
Usually I am not enamoured with toilet productions, preferring the real stage for which I was trained, but was told I HAD to see this!
So, in we went; the toilets in the old Sydney Show Grounds left a lot to be desired, as you could imagine! Upon entering, I saw 'it'... Trough Man was lying in the male urinal, which went the full length of the wall, a very large porcelain trough, which accomodated his slender frame quite snugly.
He was fully dressed, and lay there, wating for a customer.. I remember his eyes blinking towards us, a momentary gleeful anticipation in his face, then he pushed himself forward with his feet, sloshing through the trough towards us, riding a wave of urine and vile scented toilet deodouriser blocks!
I turned on my heel, in high dudgeon and fled gagging, as I nearly threw up, (I have a weak stomach) and then demanded someone get me a pound of ANYTHING to rid my nostrils of that vile public, penile, aquatic performance! Lots of coke and dope later, my slightly fevered and traumatised brow, finally slouched into a fitfull reverie, as I stared at the hypnotic parade of drag queens in the never ending floor show.
Vale Trough Man... apparently he died of a heart attack someone told me, years later, and no, I am unsure as to whether it happened while in the trough...
fog
Comment by Morgan Bell
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hello!
geez the trough man sounds like a spectacle to behold!
thanks for the behind-the-scenes military urination tales . . . ive always wondered what those guys got up to! haha
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QUOTE ME NO QUOTES!
I have one more addition, having watched the doco on Hitler and the psychological study done on him during the second World War, (he was the first such study, now the Yanks do it on all major leaders, I guess Oz PMs would ot fit that bill!!).
Anyhoo, old Adolf apparently was a water sports fan!
Firstly, he never had sex with Eva Braun, the old bag who changed their bed sheets used to look carefully to see the 'evidence' of them having had sex...yuck!
So, Adolf was possibly asexual, or at least a virgin, until they found out he had a rather distasteful personal relationship with his own niece! DOUBLE YUCK!! VOMIT!!
Hitler used to have her squat over his face, then..... on his face.... QUADRUPLE YUCK!!!! GAG!!!
gotta go... must vomit!
fog
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ewwwww!
interesting yet digusting . . .
i saw Robert Carlisle play Hitler in a mini-series about his rise to pwer and it touched on how obsessive he was with his niece, very possessive and controlling . . . but that is the first time i have heard of the water sports aspect of their relationship!
thanks for the (disturbing) info!
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QUOTE ME NO QUOTES!
....hmm....or is that WANTING an extra large... oh well..
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Fog, either you have a large willy, a large bladder or a large imagination...c'mon fess up which is it??
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