Would you share the technique? I'm asking for a friend.
^ I'd like to hear about Lex's technique, too ... Um ... for Cupid's friend, or course.
The thing is - I haven't heard about it working for anybody but me. At least, not the specific technique I use.
When I go to the bathroom at home, I tend not to think specifically about what I'm doing right then. I've got about 10% of my brainpower devoted to peeing, and the other 90% is planning my day, or thinking about what I've done recently, or just letting my mind wander. But in a "pee-shy" situation, it seems most of my brainpower is devoted to noticing my surroundings, thinking about peeing and leaving, wondering if I WILL be "pee-shy", stuff like that. So my technique, in the abstract, is to force my brain back towards thinking of other stuff, which will make the situation more like that at home, and thus make peeing a lot easier.
I'll tell you my technique, but again, it's MINE. You'll probably have to find your own.
On the way to the bathroom, I look around for something with writing on it. And I focus in on the longest word I can find. Then, as I approach the urinal, I start. I spell the word backwards, then I try to come up with a semi-logical sentence in which every word starts with the letters of the backward-spelled word.
This past weekend, I went to the bathroom during a sporting event. And I passed a poster that had the team's schedule on it. So I took the word SCHEDULE with me. As I got to the urinal, I thought to myself, "OK, schedule. That's s-c-h-e-d-u-l-e. Backwards, that's e-l-u-d-e-h-c-s. 'Everybody loved Ukrel despite essentially having crappy style.'" By the time I finished the sentence, I had flushed and was on my way to wash my hands.
Again, the point of the exercise is to force my brain somewhere else. Playing word games with myself apparently does the trick for me.
Lex