Bed wetting?

i'm male and frequently wet the bed from about 5 - to about 11! i had horrible night-mares in which i urinated! i stopped at about the time i began to have nocturnal erections (it's hard to go with an erection) which woke me up.
my bed wetting began when the dreadful fear of my abusive/frightening dad took hold. it seems that i spent my entire early childhood SCARD TO DEATH OF MY PARENTS. the horrible tensions of our everyday life was relieved in sleep when i'd wet - often several times a night! the rubber sheets, spankings, diet restrictions, self-hate, discomfort, etc. was mind boggling.

there's much more to this but i'd like to suggest that, if your kid is wetting, you might consider the kid's emotional/psychological condition (especially FEARS) along with genetic/physical causes. i know that you, like my parents, don't want to ever admit that YOU ARE THE CAUSE of your kid's reactions/behavior but YOU ARE for the most part! so, do somethng about your parenting!

Answers:
Bed wetting can also be caused by childhood traumas. I know from experience. I wet the bed from age 5 until I was about 16 years old. As embarrassing as it was, I couldn't help it. I never knew why and I was so scared to date or anything for years after that. I am now married with two children of my own. It took therapy to figure out why I wet the bed, especially in my teenage years. Once I figured out the reasons why I did, I stopped, almost magically.
My mom died when I was 5 years old. It wasn't sudden, but try explaining death from cancer to a five year old. I apparantly used to have dreams about her, and her condition, and it caused me to be so scared that I wouldn't get out of bed, even to use the bathroom.

Ouch.
Um, go to the bathroom before you go to bed, and don't drink big glasses of water at night time.

Hey, didn't you JUST ask this question?

that's true that if a child is going through some psychologically frightening times in their family that they may wet the bed. sorry you were one of them. just be careful to not follow in your parent's footsteps and continue the cycle. good luck

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