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June 2002

Highlights
For those of you who have made considerable progress in their recovery from paruresis, what were some of your turning points that allowed you to do so?

1. Question of the Quarter

For those of you who have made considerable progress in their recovery from paruresis, what were some of your turning points that allowed you to do so. (see my response below).

2. New "News"

(a) A question was posed last week on the general IPA Board by VP Carl Robbins on June 9th: "The incidence of incontinence increases post-partum as well as during menopause; in both conditions, the inhibitory mechanisms or urination tend to weaken. Have women noticed an improvement in dealing with AP after childbirth or during menopause?"

Please answer, if you can.

(b) Steve Soifer, IPA Preident, reports that
* the IPA website has attracted 240,000 visitors since mid-2001 and had one million hits over the past year.
* There are over 460 friends of IPA (those who have made contributions or attended workshops). In addition, there are several hundred people on the IPA interest lists (many of whom have personally corresponded with him).

3. Additions/changes to the roster

My response to for those of you who have made considerable progress in their recovery from paruresis, what were some of your turning points that allowed you to do so:

1. Finding the IPA Board and connecting with some female participants
2. Taking Prozac (ostensibly for depression), which had the positive side effect of taking the edge off of many of my obsessive thoughts about not being able to pee. It allowed me to develop a more relaxed attitude, what I call "ho-hum" -- it's fine if I pee, fine if I don't. A cognitive shift, in other words, occurred
3. Taking my first IPA workshop in LA almost 2 years ago
4. Reading Dr. Steve Soifer's book on overcoming paruresis, augmented by Drs. Liebgold's & Chris McCullough's books
5. Lots of practice; building on my successes and not harping on my failures
6. No longer avoiding restrooms but rather viewing them as challenges

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