How to Hold It In When You Have to Pee & There's No Bathroom

Warning
Don't hold in your urine if you have a bladder infection; it will make the condition worse by allowing the bacteria to flourish.

Step 1: Fantasize about sex
Fantasize about sex. Experts say thinking about sex preoccupies your brain, reducing your discomfort.

Step 2: Scratch or rub your calf
Scratch or rub the back of your calf. Australian researchers found that doing this vigorously may interrupt the message from your bladder to your brain that you need to go.

Step 3: Squeeze your butt
Reduce the urge by squeezing your butt as tightly as you can, holding it for several seconds, and then repeating five times.

Tip
Doing butt squeezes will firm your bottom, too.

Step 4: Cross your legs
Cross your legs and bend forward slightly, especially if you feel a cough, sneeze, or laugh coming on. Researchers found that this prevented leakage in 73 percent of women.

Step 5: Be smarter next time
Reduce the chances of finding yourself in this position again by using the bathroom before you know one will be unavailable for a long stretch. It was good advice when you were four years old, and it's good advice now!

Did You Know?
Hugh Jackman accidentally peed on stage during a performance.

[pendingcosmos]

every time i wake up with full blader but was too sleepy to walk to the bathroom I just went back to sleep

[maggiel]

I had to pee really bad and the bathroom was occupied so I searched this up and the ad popped up and I got really mad until I read the description. Thank you Howcast!

[biggybiggyify]

I was holding my piss when watching this.

[heatherdagger]

I feel off my horse and it accidently kicked me when I feel off (from galloping) so when I pee it burns really bad im trying to hold it in until my mom gets back with cramberry juice from like a hour from now

[riyar]

I read on WebmD website that you shouldn't cross legs while sitting or put pressure on abdomen by bending forward. This put pressure on the diaphragmatic muscles.

[avajohnson]

Don't tell me a damn intro when I have to pee really bad.

[GIJYT]

Imagine doing all this while in a public place like the street, or on a bus for example. Are these videos meant to be informative or humorous? 

[tatoshkingdom]

Just for fun, I tried holding it in for a while, I lasted almost an hour.

[pennypay]

Every time I develop a really full bladder during sleep, I dream that I'm peeing, but that it's painful and I can only pass a small amount. Dreaming of having a UTI is no fun. And I wake up in time, but have to get out of my comfortable bed to perform a chore. Best to follow that five-years-old advice, whether before a car trip or before hitting the sack.

[andreapatane]

I'm not doing any of these weird tricks for holding my urine, because UTIs occur. Bladder infections suck!

[lucreziasharnayilah]

Ultimately YOU HAVE TO Don't let anyone tell you it isn't a NEED ~ It IS!

[kaileylanoie]

UMM KIDS CANT THINK ABOUT THAT STUFF THINK ABOUT KIDS DUDE

[tajishima]

If you do have to take a pee and nobody's around, then take a pee behind a tree or even in a dark place where nobody can see you.

[Kawaiisquishies]

I don't go to restroom a lot at school so I'm use to holding it in a lot

[wrestlerstudmuffin]

@duarockgirl why you have a problem holding it during exams? lot of mt dew before exams? or trouble holding it? i drink 2 of the 24 oz bottles of mt dew before exams for the caffeine boost so i can focus better and i hold it just fine. try sleeping with full bladder. i do. gets bladder used to being real full so it stays relaxed when full in stead of tensing up. you have trouble holding it other times or just for exams??

[bashfule]

Oh when I was in class 2 years ago I was running around in the classroom waiting for the line of students waiting for the teacher to correct their work and when finally when I got to the teacher I didn’t even get to talk he just said yes you can go 😅

[andreapatane]

This happens a lot! I have the habit all the time. My grandmother has lost her bladder control.

[cheekychupakabra]

well according to my research you dont need to think abt sex, 1-you can just think abt tomorrows work/school plans etc. 2-theres no need to scratch calf by bending, it causes bladder to pressurize causing urgency.3- squeezing but will send the message to brain to pressurize no point doing it.4- again bending will cause more urge. so best is to think about something else and relax and calm yourself. when felt urge squeeze and then leave it like that and dont think about it till you pee. it works!!

[des_disaster]

last year I not only was 9 months pregnant but I also had a pretty bad bladder infection (I was on medication for it) and I couldn't hold it for more than a minute and I ended up peeing in the middle of a gas station

[seduizer]

No wonder the wolverine wears yellow in the comics. ( Worst Pun Ever )