What Is The Hidden Root Cause of Bladder Control Loss?
Quick Overview: In this post, I cover the hidden root cause that creates bladder control loss, including overactive bladder, urinary incontinence, and urinary retention. And I connect how suppressed emotions affect overall bladder health at the source. Keep reading to learn this hidden root cause of bladder control loss that no one is talking about.
Before We Dive In
Who am I? I'm Anne, and I guide somatic healing in partnership with your body & inner wisdom. While I help with all kinds health challenges, I specialize in bladder challenges because I went through it myself.
During my struggle with frequent urination, I blamed my bladder for the pain I was feeling. Yes, having to constantly pee had a significant impact on my well-being, but as a I reflect, I've realized that the true source of the pain went deeper, arising from the conditional love I placed on certain aspects of myself. It didn’t feel good, and in response, I tried to fight my bladder believing that would solve my problem. When I started addressing my inner insecurities, I also managed to break the belief that my bladder was the enemy. When I tended to my emotional pains and welcomed all parts of myself to the table, it was a turning point. For the first time in years, I felt an empty bladder and freedom from frequenting the bathroom.
I have honed what I’ve learned on my journey and now guide others to do the same. If this interests you, welcome! I’m here for you.
Did you know that your bladder holds more than just urine?
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If you're thinking, "whaaaaat?!," stick with me. When I learned this for myself a couple of years ago, it changed everything for me around my frequent urination and bladder pressure.
As all bodily fluids are linked to the emotional body in the mind-body connection, that’s the focus in this article – the impact emotions may be having on your bladder control.
Emotions Are Stored In The Bladder
Your bladder is a container, a storage facility, so let’s imagine it as a cup. And we know urine (liquid) goes into your bladder.
If you’re anything like me, you may have forgotten high school physics and learning a ground rule – everything is energy. (That definitely went in one ear and out the other until I was introduced to energy healing 15 years later.)
Applying that rule here means that urine is also energy. Looking at things energetically also leads us to see that the bladder as a container holds other energies too.
It holds emotional energies* – emotions that you may not be aware of, or emotions that you may not want to, or know how to, fully feel because they are uncomfortable or difficult. For some this could be anger, shame, or fear. For others, this could be love, acceptance, and contentment.
*I’ll note that it can also hold painful unwanted mental patterns and harmful beliefs that we carry about ourselves, but for the purposes of this article, I’m going to focus on suppressed and repressed emotions.
So what happens to these uncomfortable and difficult emotions? They get suppressed or repressed, their energy often getting stored in the bladder, especially for women.
Going back to our metaphor, these emotions are represented with stones. Imagine putting several stones into the empty cup - leaving less room for liquid (urine).
This can cause the cup (bladder) to fill up quicker and need to be emptied more often. A familiar pattern for those, like me, experiencing overactive bladder (OAB).
When the cup (bladder) is full, you probably think you empty the liquid (urine) and then you fill it again, maybe only a little bit, and then you empty it, et cetera.
Urinating may empty (most of) the liquid energy, but it’s not emptying the emotional energies. So those stones from the suppressed and repressed emotions are still in the cup, leaving less room for liquid and perpetuating the need to empty in order to make room for more liquid.
Leaks… Bladder pressure… Urgency… oh my!
Stones (emotions) could eventually fill so much of the cup that it leaves very little space for liquid (urine).
But before you leave feeling doomed, or like you somehow have to get rid of the stones or emotions, hear me out. Energy is all about flow, being in motion, and balance.
The goal here is to courageously face, safely feel, and intuitively glean the wisdom these emotions are here to show you.
Once I started personally doing this, I started experiencing major shifts in my overactive bladder and bladder pressure. I realized I was going for longer walks without needing to get back to the house to use the bathroom and I could hike in the woods without the embarrassment of having to drop trough. Car rides are less stressful too now that I don’t feel the pressure to make a pit stop every 30-45 minutes. And when I do go to the bathroom, I finally feel satisfyingly empty. (Deep exhale, “ahhhhhh”.)
I deeply understand the pain and frustration that bladder challenges face us with. I have been through the endless cycles of trying new methods and products, seeing improvement...and then it stops. The hope that once was...spirals down into discouragement and feeling disheartened.
And I’m here to tell you that there is a different way. One where you no longer have to fight your bladder anymore, and can finally experience relief and freedom. If you want that, I would love to help you. ↓
What’s Next?
I’d love to connect with you and help you gain the inner clarity you need to move forward with your bladder. Let’s chat. →
Know that you are not alone in this journey. I am committed to helping you achieve the healing and growth you seek if you so desire.
Always rooting for you. ~Anne
