Arachnophobia and the Damp Panties

It's October and my son is obsessed with holiday decorating. We have a Halloween light show set to music currently set up in our front yard and this is just a tiny little warm up for his Christmas spectacular that will be coming soon to the lucky people of our neighborhood....Sorry y'all.

Part of his decor includes a couple of small spiders. Spiders are my number 1 fear in the entire world. I hate them, I can sense them near me, I can't look at them. It's a legitimate phobia and my children think that it's hilarious to hold up a fake tarantula near me and watch my terror. Super fun.

Here's the thing-  lots of women would not only be freaked out by the arachnic near their shoulder but also be freaked out by the fact that screaming and jumping would cause leaking. The case of the damp panties. No one wants to walk around Spirit Halloween in damp panties y'all. No one. And guess what, WE DON'T HAVE TO.

Did you get that? IT'S NEVER NORMAL TO PEE ON YOURSELF.

Even if there's a disgusting hairy fake spider near you and you'd rather curl up and die than have it touching your body. Even then. Not okay to pee.

What causes us to leak urine? 
1. Well, it could be weak pelvic floor muscles. Often, the muscles in our pelvic floor don't do a great job of keeping pressure on the urethra and keeping our pee inside of us. Our urethras are shorter than mens' so there's not as much distance between our bladders and the outside of our bodies unfortunately. The downward pressure of the shriek, cough, jump, sneeze can overcome the muscles and allow pee to squirt out.

2. Sometimes, the muscles are strong but get tired easily. Do you notice that you leak more at the end of the day? Your muscles may have good power, but get fatigued and just can't help you as much at the end of a busy day. This can cause leaking as well!

3. There is also the case of the tight muscles. A big number of us women are actually weak because our muscles are tight. Our muscles are too tense to work well for us, so when we try and use them they just can't get that good power behind them. Plus, when we cough, sneeze, run from a tarantula, the muscles are so tight that they can't let go to help take the load. Think of it like a trampoline. When you land on the trampoline, it gives a little before bouncing you back into the air. This is similar to how it works when you jump or laugh, the pelvic floor has to give a little before activating and lifting back up. If it can't, then you are jumping up and down on a firm floor and you are going to leak.




So, the next time your darling children, neighbor's children, grandchildren, students come at you with a horrifying beast such as a fake arachnid (or snake, frog, ghoul and ghost, whatever makes you recoil in fear), take a minute to think about your panties. Are they damp? If so, you know there's a little something that can use some attention in your pelvic floor!! Kegels may or may NOT be the answer for you and there IS a right way to Kegel, so get the help you need so that next Halloween even the nastiest eight legged creature won't scare the pee out of you!

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