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Welcome to the Bladder and Bowel
Anxieties (BBA) Clinic

The bladder and bowel anxiety (BBA) clinic is a digital hub for information about paruresis
(shy bladder), parcopresis (shy bowel), and bladder and bowel incontinence anxiety.

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What is the Bladder and Bowel Anxieties (BBA) Clinic?

Established in 2014, BBA.mindovergut.com (formally Toiletanxiety.org) provides comprehensive and expert-reviewed information about paruesis (shy bladder) and parcopresis (shy bowel). Since 2014, Toiletanxiety.org has been visited by over 69,597 individuals.

The current updated website launched in October 2019 has expanded to provide a comprehensive and expert-reviewed online resource relating to all adult bladder and bowel anxieties, including paruresis, parcopresis, and bladder and/or bowel incontinence anxiety. 

 

Current about stats bladder and bowel anxieties and the BBA clinic:

1 in 15 adults experience paruresis and/or parcopresis

1 in 5 adults experience incontinence

1 in 4 adults experience anxiety relating to bowel and/or bladder incontinence

Since 2014, over 150,000 individuals have used this website

New: Free Shy Bladder & Shy Bowel Program

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Do you find it difficult to use the toilet when other people are nearby? Shy bladder and shy bowel can make public or shared restrooms stressful and can affect work, travel, relationships and everyday activities.
Our free, self-guided online program provides practical, evidence-informed strategies to help you better understand restroom anxiety, reduce avoidance and safety behaviours, and gradually build confidence using step-by-step exposure.
Small steps can lead to greater confidence and freedom.
Access the Free Shy Bladder & Shy Bowel Program

Click here to go to the Mindovergut Optimal Health and Resilience program for gastrointestinal conditions.

Other websites and resilience program developed by Associate Professor Simon Knowles

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This free website and all its content, including the free 5-week resilience programs for bladder and bowel anxieties, is based on the kindness of participation.

Help us learn more about bladder and bowel anxieties.

Please click the button below to access the currently available research projects being undertaken by Associate Professor Simon Knowles.

Thank you for your interest in participating.

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