Just a Q

[BigBoyNude]

Hey Everyone, I know this might sound a tad weird but I want your opinion. Now as most of you know, when going to Public Toilets, you usually find that the toilets are seperated with a door. Giving the person an isolated area to do they're "business". My parents and myself have a big fear of Small Spaces (The scientific name escapes me) and I feel quite uncomfortable when going to Public Toilets. So my question is, do you think we should have doors at all?I mean when I go for a No. 1, they're aren't any enclosures. My fathers done everything he could to make the situation easier, for example, he took the door out of the Toilets to make it a bit better, he's even suggesting to have no Toilet Seat AT ALL. Please Understand that we have a very big fear of Small spaces. Thanks.

(We are Nudists just to let you guys know.)

[Home Nudist]

Is the word you are searching for "claustrophobia?"

I don't understand your post.

You start out talking about public toilets, which are usually in a "stall" with a door. I can't think of any way to make that easier for you, if you are claustrophobic. They are what they are. The only thing you can do is leave the door open. If you are a nudist, you may be OK with that. But, if you are not in a nudist setting -- at the Mall, for example -- others may think it's odd or may object.

Then, you say your father removed the door. From where? Your bathroom at home? You can't go around removing doors at public facilities.

And, I don't understand at all how removal of the toilet seat would ease your discomfort.

Would you care to elaborate?

[Procrastinator]

Close your eyes and imagine you're doing "#2" outdoors. Problem solved.

And speaking of #2 .... to me, your very first post here smells to high heaven.

[walter05]

First of all, I also happen to question the authenticity of the question. After all, removal of the seat should not make any difference in the size of the stall.

I did have one friend who had a fear of the small space. When he was in high school, some guys crawled under the sides, and as I understand it, tied his shoes around the toilet so he could not get up and left him there. Hours later, the maid found him and untied him. He had a fear after that.

After that, he would go in, open the door and when we was sitting, he would be proping the door open with his foot.

He was less modest than afraid of being so vulnerable. He felt if the door was open he could see if people were moving around close to his stall.

[Baron Lake]

Show of hands.

Which situation is more implausable. The "question" or the story about some guy too stupid to get his feet untied from a toilet? Or maybe, Walter, it was just your friend's
way getting to meet the "maid"?

b.l.

[walter05]

I believed and believe him.

[steve-o]

Yes, it sounds very odd that a person (as well as other family members) would have Claustrophobia all their life but they would forget the name of the disorder.

... And after all these years they still would not have figured out how to wait until everyone else is out of the restroom, lock the restroom door and go by themselves with the stall door open..?

Hmm.

[maxnude]

Is the topic subject


"claustrophobia: - abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces"

or

"Paruresis": [Pee-Shy, Shy-Bladder, Bashful Bladder]

People who find it difficult or impossible to urinate in the presence of others, either in their own home or in public facilities. Also, for people who have difficulty under the stress of time pressure, when being observed, when others are close by and might hear them, or when traveling on moving vehicles.

Removal of the toilet seat would do nothing for "claustrophobia" or "Paruresis"

[tiger79]

Sorry, guys, but this is a sick thread - better deleted.

[BigBoyNude]

Is the word you are searching for "claustrophobia?"

I don't understand your post.

You start out talking about public toilets, which are usually in a "stall" with a door. I can't think of any way to make that easier for you, if you are claustrophobic. They are what they are. The only thing you can do is leave the door open. If you are a nudist, you may be OK with that. But, if you are not in a nudist setting -- at the Mall, for example -- others may think it's odd or may object.

Then, you say your father removed the door. From where? Your bathroom at home? You can't go around removing doors at public facilities.

And, I don't understand at all how removal of the toilet seat would ease your discomfort.

Would you care to elaborate?

Sorry, it doesn't make sense due to short time on the computer, so I decided to summarize it all in a paragraph.

I find it hard when doing my business in small areas, and I wonder why (in mens public toilets) They decide to put Doors for when someone needs to do a No. 2, but when urinating, they're aren't any doors needed.

My father is a Nudist as well, and we are very claustrophobic, so he removed the door from my bathroom, just to make the area a tad wider, it didn't help at all. He even thought about having no Toilets in the house AT ALL would help the problem, He told us that if we removed the toilets from our house, We would have to do our business in the Backyard. :S

If your here to critize the thread, don't. I want to discuss a simple Q. Why is it that they put doors for those who want to do Number 2, but for urinating, there are no doors needed?

All the information above is just a bit of background.

[EZ Nude]

"Why is it that they put doors for those who want to do Number 2, but for urinating, there are no doors needed?"

WAIT. I KNOW THIS ONE! Wait, wait, it's on the tip of my tongue.

[Bob S.]

BigBoy: "Why is it that they put doors for those who want to do Number 2, but for urinating, there are no doors needed?"

They make stalls, they don't dictate what you do in there. As for women, they do both in the stalls. They put the doors there for privacy. The problem is that they can also tend to make them small, which is hard for someone with claustrophobia. Do you react the same when the walls go to the floor or if they just hang above the floor?

When answering nature's call, you are at your most vulnerable when awake. You are also at your most undignified, removing waste from your body. The doors are there to allow for privacy when having to squat. Urination for men can be done easily when standing so those issues aren't so major.

Bob S.