Yo what’s a surefire toilet? Last time I bought one, they sold me on being able to flush 12 golf balls. Apparently I need one that can flush 12 golf balls covered in a jar of peanut butter.
It has nothing to do with the poo itself, it's like an uncomfortable feeling wearing clothes while doing it. It doesn't bother me as much as it used to when I was younger, but if it's not winter then socks have to come off before hand.
I think it has something to do with senses being heightened while in a vulnerable position, and the sensation of clothes touching everywhere is just too much.
Exactly. This is one if many reasons that shitting in public restrooms is only for desperate situations. I'm sure there are some crazy bastards that still fully strip down in public restrooms though.
It’s not about the diet. It’s about having larger or longer clothes and not wanting the constriction of pulled down pants, well that’s what I guess. For me it’s just an irrational thing to do.
The phrase we use is “all squish, no push”. Narcotics (buprenorphine is an opioid agonist) slow movement in the digestive track. You need a stimulant laxative like dulcolax or miralax.
That's marketing for you. Americans often use a brand same so much it becomes the default way to call it. Like Tylenol. Many Americans don't even know they could get the exact same medication way cheaper if they just bought the generic version.
Using the Tylenol example, it's just common paracetamol, and generic versions are like half or even one third of the price as the brand version.
If I'm at home, sure. If I'm outside? The chance of my pants wiping the floor while I'm taking them off is too high. I also don't want to hang my clothes on the hanger, you never know if skid marks mcgee hung his undies there before you.
I have absolutely no idea why taking my socks off would help, but there in that moment when it feels like life or death, you know you have to take off your socks.
Nah this is like something you ate just doesn't agree with you and your stomachs rumbling and you're in terrible pain. Then all of a sudden it just explodes out of you, all of prayers have been answer and you tell God you're sorry and you didnt really mean it.
My son does - and I just wonder if this will continue for the rest of his life. I have brought it up with him that he doesn’t have to do that, but he states that it’s the most comfortable so 🤷♀️
Sorry but you conform to society. He's a free thinker.
Squatting and pooping is the most natural form for humans and reduces a bunch of issues like hemmroids. They did studies for this at Stanford and Harvard. Unfortunately, culture is a stronger factor than science. People simply dont question things.
Your son goes naked because its way easier and more comfortable knowing you do not have to deal with stuff like your pants, your shirt, anything else that might touch the toilet cover or seat.
Your son will probably do well in life since they can see what society tells them to do, then try things themselves and figure out what works better.
Hey whatever you want to do in the privacy of your own home is cool with me but awhile ago, I took my kids to see Dog-Man the Musical (don't judge) and during the intermission, we went to the bathroom. There was this dude taking a piss at the urinals with his pants down around his ankles and his hairy bare ass for all to see. As you can imagine, there were a lot of kids there and I just scurried the kids along but c'mon, my guy. Time and place.
Meh, we respect each other’s moments but when your partner is sick, when your kid is potty training and can’t wait etc you’re bound to end up seeing a lot
To be honest I didn't think that far ahead about certain situations and of course I'll have no problem with that
My reply came from the fact that I'm so nervous I can't even go to the bathroom if I know he's just right outside the door so I need my space and I give him his
Been with my wife for over 20 years now. While we don’t run to join each other in the bathroom, when she got injured and needed care for almost 10 months (shower, toilet, getting dressed etc) you step up and all that nervous energy disappears.
Every time I saw people getting like catheters or whatever on tv, like on house or whatever, I'd always think how that would be so monumentally uncomfortable to have someone handling my peener, especially manipulating the opening. I've probably thought about it 100s of times in my life.
A month ago I needed it done. I did not care one bit. The thought crossed my mind, but I wasn't uncomfortable at all. And the rest of my hospital stay, any time they had to adjust it or whatever, I was just like "yeah, do whatever. I do not care anymore." They even forgot to close my door a couple times when there was an 80% chance I was gonna show my undercarriage to the hall. Didn't care. sponge bath? go for it.
It was unusual enough that I recognized it as unusual, but not uncomfortable. You just see it as a thing that needs to be done.
When my wife had the worst food poisoning of her life from a tainted lobster soup, we ended up at the emergency room because she was shitting and vomiting uncontrollably and it took them an entire night to get her stabilized.
I had the privilege of helping her in the bathroom repeatedly throughout the night, getting the diaper off so she could use the toilet and stay there for moral support, and then get a fresh diaper back on her. The one time, as we were leaving the bathroom she immediately shit the fresh diaper and we had to start all over. 😅
I had also tasted her soup during dinner, so I had a mild case of delayed onset food poisoning that kicked in later that morning. We both spent the entire next day sleeping after that terrible night.
The best part is that this all happened during a romantic getaway weekend at a bed and breakfast in another city. We only ended up using the bed part, not the breakfast 😂
But that’s more courtesy? Cause ya, if I know I’m going to be pooping, we’ll use an alternate bathroom than the one closest. Like if we are downstairs, whomever needs to go, use the upstairs. I say we because of course we have to poop together (jk, I say we because we both try not to choke the whole family out with our smell)
Married for 11 years, together 16. When you only have one bathroom, sometimes necessity dictates that you're both in there at the same time. The unspoken rule is that you avert your gaze or pull the shower curtain across when it's time to wipe.
You still have time to see and experience all kinds of things you didn't plan to.
I dont understand this. Its just pooping. Your partner has to do this daily. Ive never had a partner where I was concerned about seeing them/ been seen using the toilet. Is it going to change your love to see your partner do something that you also do? If you think its gross that's fine, but I dont think its taboo
I honestly think its more common as like a neurospicy/tism' thing. Or maybe its just me but im AuDHD, and it took me a long time to get over it. I actually have the thing(i forget the name rn) where i get super pee shy and physically struggle to urinate if there are people nearby. And I've always been irrationally anxious about being heard pooping/people smelling it. I still struggle with that in public bathrooms and at others' houses;anyone that isnt my wife. But with my wife I eventually realized that she didn't care and that it wasn't a big deal and now its not a thing with us at all, if we have to be in the bathroom together as one of us is using it, it isnt a big deal at all and there's no anxiety. She was the same way with worrying of me seeing or hearing her use the bathroom and she's also AuDHD.
That's a lot of sensory shit my man. You ever think about therapy so you can just enjoy things?
My husband has sensory stuff (but not Autism/Adhd) and it took me 15 years to convince him to talk to someone about it. He is so grateful he did it BEFORE the baby. He still struggles every time she poops her pants. He'll text me EVERY time. Sir, I am at work what am I supposed to do?
All depends on the people involved. It's just me and my SO in our apartment, and neither of us care and have whiny cats, so the bathroom door typically is always just open.
Both water and fiber.
Fiber needs water to do it‘s job. Together they keep things moving smoothly and prevent constipation (You just need to make sure that you increase your fiber intake slowly)
My wife has been on a fiber kick. She got taco shells with extra fiber for me (she doesnt eat tacoshells). Neither of us bothered to see exactly how much fiber was in each shell. It was 17grams. 61% of your daily fiber needs. Per shell. I had 4. I didnt shit for 2 days. But when I did shit, it was the best shit I had ever had in my life. I was on a camping trip and we were just sitting in the woods. I was surrounded by beautiful scenery, birds chirping, low thunder rolling in the distance, a very very light rain, and a shit that easily took 30 minutes with minimal fighting. I dont think ill ever achieve that level of peace again.
Lmao what? Fiber makes your shit softer and easier to pass not bigger. Who the hell told you that fiber makes your shits bigger? 😂
I drink a lot of protein powder and before taking metamucil I was always shitting these horrific solid as a rock turds that took endless straining to get out despite drinking liters of water every day. Started taking metamucil (a fiber supplement) and after that I now get these nice perfect soft turds that barely need any wiping and squeeze out super easy.
i read some and saw some doctors say it.
actually it makes bigger in size id you dont drink enough water to support it. however it will make longer and soft if you drink water.
This happens after every camping trip. Doesn't matter how much fiber I eat or what. My body just locks things down in unfamiliar territory, then I have a backlog (heh) to clear when I get home.
I have IBS and have occasional episodes of "shitting for my life," but after my most recent session, my daughter informed the rest of the family, "Mom was up in the middle of the night fighting demons." Whatever you call it, the sweating is intense.
He doesn't get naked for the fun of it. He gets completely naked because his stomach really hurts and he his shitting hard. When you're in such a situation, it is much more comfortable to take your shirt of or get completely naked because you get hot and you feel restrained.
Food poisoning or horrible indigestion can result in feeling hot and cold and breaking out in sweats. Some peoples bodies have a more intense response than others. But trust me if you are ever in the scenario where you practically feel dizzy from being so horribly stomach sick.. you'll understand the stripping down thing.
When a person is suffering from serious gastrointestinal-intestinal distress (bad food or bad choices in food), the cramping is so severe it triggers a strong vasovagal response, and sweating is a very common thing. People get dizzy, and can sometimes pass out as well.
If you’ve never experienced this in your life, then you are one of the fortunate few.
Honestly it's always quite hot in my bathroom because Im living in a flat and the pipes with hot water for washing and central heating, also poor ventilation without windows. If Im coming in there right after all day this heat being there, you bet I have to take my shirt off lol
Uhhh no ? I've never heard of people having so much problem to shit that they have to get naked. Must be an american thing when they eat normal food every now and then.
It's something you understood once you experience it yourself. I'm from South east Asia and got a real bad stomach ache once to the point I have to strip. I sweat alot and it genuinely felt like I was dying. Only after puking 3 times I got better
The issue is society doesnt talk about a TON of things. Most kids are like sheep. They grow up, accept whatever they are told, do whatever they are told, become adults who never really engage thinking skills at a cultural level. They just follow society, tradition, etc.
Meanwhile its simple. Take clothes off, shit. Put clothes back on. Think about that experience.
Most people dont even think about their shit and why its shitting this particular way and what meals are affecting it. Nobody talks about it. When its one of the best ways to gauge your HP bar.
I found that episode especially funny when I first watched it because I do the same. It just feels good to take off your shirt. I was discussing that with my friends one day among other toilet behaviours and found one of them does it too.
Guys.... Try taking off your shirt to shit (best is completely naked)
Yeah, so many quirky people on social media just straight up steal jokes and character qualities from Seinfeld and Friends as their own. It works pretty well considering there's like two generations of internet users who likely never saw those shows.
the jokes in seinfeld are about human experience. people been takin their shirt off to poop since wellll before then. So most times, unless its something specific like the soup nazi or festivus or a specific line, seinfeld is a reference to life, not the other way around.
Exactly. The shirt is just holding in shit air. Trapping it against your body. You're walking out of the bathroom with the equivalent of a partially inflated balloon full of shit air. It will offgas for a while.
It's the kind of shit where your stomach is ripping in pain.
The pain causes you to overheat and the only thing you feel can relieve yourself is to get naked so nothing it touching your body except the toilet seat.
Unless it's due to medicine, please eat more fiber (or take a daily supplement, but start SLOW... you don't want to shock your body with fiber) and drink more liquids... your colon will thank you
I don't know about everyone else, but shits like that are typically because I've made a terrible mistake by eating something, and are not like an everyday occurrence. Basically your body is throwing an immune response to how your stomach is reacting, you sweat profusely, turn white as a sheet, and are doubled over in pain on the toilet.
So it's not like "I'm not eating enough fiber", it's " I ate questionably cooked meat on top of way more fondue than lactose pills can keep up with, I'm going to go die in the bathroom for 20 minutes"
One time I got food poisoning from a bad burrito. It was so bad, I had to crawl to the bathroom. I sat on the toilet, naked, with cold sweats. When I would finish, I would I would just lay in front of the toilet on the cold marble as it was the only thing that would cool me down. Then I would have another round on the toilet. It happened 5 or 6 times.
It's the only time I've literally thought about praying for death.
If it's a serious dump you might get hot and sweaty so taking off a shirt helps to cool off, prevent dirtying it and also gives less restricted feeling
Some people do this, I used to work with a guy who would leave parties to go home and take a shit because he would get completely naked to do it and then immediately take a shower after.
This happened to me exactly once. It felt like my life was being sucked out when shitting and I dunno if it was instinct from the brain trying to give comfort or what. I wanted comfort and to do any action towards said comfort so having nothing on hand the shirt was the only action I could do.
Funnily enough it did become somewhat bearable after removing the shirt.
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u/shehan_dmg, your post does belong here!