Rethinking Paruresis is your starting point, entirely on your own at home. No public restroom, no group and no need to tell anyone.
This is not yet about training in restrooms. First, you look at what happens around the block: thoughts, judgments, pressure of expectation, avoidance, safety behaviors and the constant attention on whether you're functioning. You learn to understand paruresis as a learned false alarm, not as a defect or a weakness of character.
A reflection workbook to think along with and fill in, not just a book to read. Over 67 pages, you work step by step on your own patterns: your personal paru cycle, your fears, thoughts and behaviors. Bit by bit, this builds your own foundation for the next steps.
What to expect:
your personal paru cycle and what keeps it going
recognizing what you actually fear and which thoughts are behind it
avoidance and safety behaviors: spotting them in yourself
questioning paru thoughts and developing more helpful responses
rethinking progress: showing up and keeping at it instead of just “Did it work?”
reflection and writing fields in every chapter, fillable digitally or printable
Who is the book for?
For you, if you've realized that paruresis is an issue in your life and want to start, but aren't ready to train in public restrooms yet.
From people who know paruresis firsthand. Written by Bernd Fuchs, who has lived with paruresis himself and founded the Paruresis Training Academy. With professional input from Johannes Lanzinger, MSc, clinical and health psychologist, and reviewed by members of the paruresis community.
What it is not: not psychotherapy, not a diagnosis and no promise of a cure. It is structured self-help support and does not replace medical or psychotherapeutic treatment.
Paruresis neu denken - Das Reflexionsbuch für den Einstieg (German edition)
PDF, 67 pages, A4. Fill in digitally or print out. Available for download immediately after purchase. Language: German.