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How I Learned To Crap At Home

Posted 02.10.2006 by KesAFloyd (88)
For many years, I didn't poop at home. I've heard stories about people who won't go at the office or at school, but from the ages of about eight to fifteen, all I had was school, the library, and any place except home. When I did poop, it was usually at intervals of four to seven days. I was born with irregular bowel patterns, but I'm sure they would have faded away a long time ago if not for the intense, panicky, irrational fear of toilets that impacted my life like an eating disorder between the ages of five and fifteen.

I remember coming home from dinner with my family when I was little. I'm not sure of the exact year, but I remember I had played in one of those pits full of balls that kids can jump in. I went to the bathroom, dumped a load, and flushed. Later my mom and I were brushing our teeth in the bathroom when she said, "Gee, it stinks in here. You need to flush after you poop." I insisted that I had flushed, and proceeded to lift the lid of the toilet to show her.

There, in the bottom of the bowl, lay the turd I had passed earlier.

I was dumbstruck and terrorized. At that moment, something in my mind clicked, and I knew I could never poop in that toilet again. I ran from the room and hid as my dad placidly plunged the toilet.

Fortunately there was another bathroom in my house, and I used that for several years before the turds I made began to get bigger and more likely to get stuck in the toilet (I was growing, too). I was afraid of toilets to the extent that I had nightmares about them overflowing, so using a plunger was out of the question. My only solution was to completely stop crapping in the home toilets.

I went at school, at my friends' houses (until my best friend's mom commented on the fact that I had clogged up their toilet), and restaurants. It became a standing joke in my family that I had to go to the bathroom after eating a restaurant meal (I told you it was like an eating disorder, right?). During the summer I made trips to the public library several times a week. Even when I got older and could deal with malfunctioning toilets to a small degree (like fiddling with the float to make it stop running), I was terrified of clogging up someone's toilet and having them notice.

It was a vicious cycle. I wanted to poop but had to wait until the right opportunity. As a result, my turds were huge and therefore would have clogged up my home toilets. See my logic?

At times I went for a week without going just because I had no opportunity. When my mom took me around on her errands I was in constant discomfort -- all I ever wanted was to sit down. I once went for a hike with my Girl Scout troop and sat down every few hundred feet or so. When we got back to the cabin, I ran for the bathroom. I remember being in middle school, lying awake one night, knowing that I really needed to poop, afraid that I would be too constipated the next morning. Once, when we were picking up my grandma at the airport, I ran into the airport bathroom, took the quickest shit of my career, and then dashed out to the car again before my mom had to circle around. I once pooped in the backyard, and once in my bedroom -- I carried the turd to the kitchen trash with my bare hands.

I was a freshman in high school when I got really constipated. I had been constipated before, so I don't know what was different this time. I finally told my mom that the problems I had had pooping as a little kid had never gone away. She gave me a bunch of tea and prunes. She said that the next morning I would get up and poop in the home toilet, and that she didn't care at all if I clogged it up.

I got up and pooped. It was a difficult crap because I was somewhat constipated, but it did the trick. Since then, I have used the home toilets, and have even learned to use a plunger. Still, for a few years after I learned how to poop at home, I was a little skittish around toilets.

At this point, though, my phobia has finally left me. I still don't have the most regular bowel patterns, but I never go as long between dumps as I did when I was in grade school. I am a devoted squat-shitter because it gives me more power and keeps me from getting hemorrhoids. And I try to keep my bowels healthy to make up for the abuse I gave them when I was younger.

C Everett Poop (587) -- 02.10.2006

So your mom noticed the smell of a turd at the bottom of the toilet, covered with water, but she was fine with the steaming log you put in the kitchen trash can?

The Dumpster (2510) -- 02.10.2006

KAF, two suggestions: (1) Colace. It is an OTC stool softener, which should make your solid logs easier to flush. (2) Ever heard of the concept of "pinching the loaf"? Squeeze your sphincter shut about halfway through, wipe, flush, repeat as necessary.

Also, if these don't work, you should see your doctor, because abnormally large, irregular BM's may also be a sign of some organic condition such as diverticulitis.

Everett is right, though--the part about the steaming log in the kitchen trash can seems a bit over the top. I hope you went ahead and took out the trash.

Cracktacular (228) -- 02.10.2006

Everett, that's the funniest post I've read in quite a while.

KAF, it seems like all you needed was someone to tell you that pooping was alright, even if it meant clogging up the toilet. That's sort of what this site is about. Pooping is ok... we all do it and there's no need to be shameful. And, on the occasion that we produce a masterpiece that stops up a commode, we have the technology to set it right.

I'm ok and you're ok. Therapy session over. Please make an appointment with the secretary.

SamDamnit (1191) -- 02.10.2006

Yep. She needed some one to tell her it was OK. She needed the person that first shamed her to tell her that. This was an interesting story about shame. I wonder what Freud would have made of it.

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CC (not verified) -- 02.10.2006

Here is advice from the old coach.You can't win if you play all your games on the road.The home bowl advantage is very important.

doniker (1517) -- 02.10.2006

Having a frightening and/or embarrassing thing happen while having your guard down can really fuck up someone's head.

I told this story on the forums years ago.

I had a friend who was sitting on the toilet taking a dump when he suddenly got bit by a big spider. He was about 8 years old at the time.

From that day on, well into his adult years, he examines the complete toilet before sitting down, lifts the seat & slams it down several times to "knock off and spiders".

When he whould use the bathroom at my house I sometimes heard the toilet seat being slammed down several times. He is so used to doing it he does even realize that it is not normal.

E.coli canoe (not verified) -- 02.10.2006

I was shamed at age five when I dumped a load in my pants while playing in the basement with my older brother. I was having so much fun I didn't even bother to head for the bathroom. Mom and Dad didn't understand that the car race my brother and I were having was more important than proper pooping. I had to wash my pants out in the toilet as a lesson to little boys who don't use toilets. I've been warped ever since. Hey, shaming a shitter is serious business!

Poop Shooter (597) -- 02.10.2006

Would this be a case of Toiletphobia? or Pooperphobia? .....possibly a case of Loophobia.

I'll have to do a google search for that one.

Have a Crappy Day!! Poop Shooter!

Anonymous Coward (not verified) -- 02.10.2006

I agree with the first poster,how the hell can your mom be okay with the kitchen trash turd?

The Dumpster (2510) -- 02.10.2006

Everett always cuts directly to the chase.

Loaded Logs (3) -- 02.11.2006

And lets not forget about the bare hands part. The least you could do would be to drop that steamer out on some paper.

paradise pooper (51) -- 02.12.2006

this story is really something. Did you have a lot of pain when releasing these monsters, or what? the times ive gone 3 or 4 days without a shit, not by my own choice, hurts like hell. you must have a high tolerance for pain...

SamDamnit (1191) -- 02.12.2006

Doniker, was it a "barking spider" that bit him?

SamDamnit!
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The Dumpster (2510) -- 02.12.2006

Doniker wouldn't know a barking spider if it bit him in the ass.

The Shit Volcano (3646) -- 02.12.2006

Doniker is a barking spider.

SamDamnit (1191) -- 02.12.2006

I googled "Barking Spiders" and foung this. (emphasis is mine)

"Selenocosmia crASSipes Koch 1874
Selenocosmia crASSipes has been the hot topic of debate over the last few years. Until about 1995 many of the large, CHOCOLATE BROWN Theraphosids found in the Cairns region were believed to be Selenocosmia crASSipes. It`s now known that the majority of these Theraphosids are Phlogiellus sp. Because spiders from the Cairns region are still supplied to petshops as S.crASSipes, this problem is perpetuated. I feel that this will happen until the various species of Phlogiellus in Australia are described. The type locality for this species is the Central Coastal Qld, and it`s around this region that S.crASSipes is centered."

SamDamnit!
President in Exile
of Poopreportia
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The Dumpster (2510) -- 02.12.2006

Sam, would you mind moving to Australia until that situation is resolved? You could still post on PR from down there, but the imminent domestic crisis would be resolved.

Some of your jackbooted goons came to my house today, but Little Dumpster and I hid in our secret place until they went away.

It was kinda scary to see them arrest all those who were not loyal to Sam and give them the mark of the beast. Appears that LD and I will be Left Behind!!!

Lame comment! -2 points
The Wise Janitor (4) -- 02.12.2006

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH OH MY GOD! THIS WAS SO FUNNY YOU DID IT IN YOUR BEDROOM! AHHAHAHAH AND YOUR BACKYARD!!!! HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAAHHA! YOU GOT ME ROLLIN!

Poop Shooter (597) -- 02.12.2006

Sam might get lonley in Ausralia. It's always a comforting feeling knowing he is close by here in the states!!

Have a Crappy Day!! Poop Shooter!

GottaGoGirl (2615) -- 02.16.2006

Yeah, KesA, why not just dump in your wastebasket then take it out back or something?

When DD was 5 or 6, we found out she was peeing in her wastebasket. She couldn't explain why. I wonder if we traumatized her in some way. But she stopped when we said, "Uh, that's gross. Go in the toilet."

Earlier in her potty career, we'd made her scrape the dooky out of her new Big Girl Panties, which made her stop soiling them, but I wonder if that's somehow connected to the peeing thing. Dunno.

The Dumpster (2510) -- 02.16.2006

GGG, maybe I missed something, but who are "DD" and the other characters you refer to by initials in your posts?

Poop Shooter (597) -- 02.16.2006

GGG, don't feel bad about the wastebasket thing. My kid did the same thing, only a corner of the room or behind the couch. Now he's on to empty pop bottles so he does not have to go out of his room and get busted for being awake at night time. UGH!


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Have a Crappy Day!! Poop Shooter!

KesAFloyd (88) -- 02.16.2006

To answer some questions, I really don't know how my turd-in-the-trash went unnoticed. I have absolutely no clue. To those who mentioned the pain... in truth, holding the turd for a week was a lot more painful than expelling it. There's a constant feeling of pressure that made me want to sit constantly. The feeling gave me strange, abstract, geometric dreams. I've wondered if my natural interest in wheelchairs (I'm currently studying to design them) became inflated due to my constant desire to have somewhere to sit--in the grocery store, on walks, etc.

The Dumpster (2510) -- 02.16.2006

Why? Why??? O, WHY?????????

GottaGoGirl (2615) -- 02.18.2006

Uh...sorry. "DD" stands for Dear Daughter. DS=son, DH=husband, etc... Although it can also mean "damn" if you're referring to someone you're pissed at. :)

buttzilla (not verified) -- 03.04.2006

I used to have a similar problem, though I had no problem going at home and my da was happy to plunge it. I couldn't go at friend's or relative's houses at all. Even now I don't use the bathrm in my dorm.

Sir Shits a lot (3) -- 03.22.2006

I've never had that problem but one time i slept over at my cousins house me my cousins jim and amanda and it smelled really bad we thought it was a skunk b/c he lived in the woods but his sister said i think i forget to wipe my butt me and jim laughed for an hour while she got yelled at by her mom.

Anonymous Coward (not verified) -- 04.19.2006

You should have become a cheerleader, they don't even produce any poop.

the log of hazzard (184) -- 06.30.2006

Well, thank you for writing my life story. Yes, I too had the same phobia as you. Although I still hate pooping at home, I have also learned to cope.

We seem so related...

the log of hazzard (184) -- 06.30.2006

I would also like to point out that I know what it feels like to hold a shit for a week. The pain is so unbearable you just can't make it through without sitting down in a comfortable seat.

pooper (not verified) -- 08.24.2006

This is so funny. I have the same problem. i just got used to not going for 4-7 days at a time but i have to sit a lot. i never thought i was different than anyone else

AnimalHouse (1) -- 03.07.2007

well, I'd just been browsing this site, but this one got me.
I've never been afraid to poop in a specific toilet, but for as long as I can remember I've had this irrational fear of toilets overflowing. I'm blind, so I don't know if it's just the whole water coming up and not being able to get a visual that it's happening, or if there's something when I was really little I don't remember. But I used to flush and then literally fly out of bathrooms, terrified of that sound of dripping water. It wasn't until a couple of years ago that I finally got brave enough to learn to plunge a toilet, and I still get tense and sweaty when I have to do it. I can do it now, where before I would freeze and just couldn't, but it literally exhausts me. Our situations are different, but it's good to see I'm not totally alone at least.

Part of the problem I think is that I really don't have a good grasp of how toilets work, like I have no clue how to immediately stop the flow of water, or if it's even possible. This fear was definitely not helped when, one time, the toilet overflowed and somehow the area between the tank and bowl didn't reseal, so the water kept coming and coming and coming. I had to wade into three inches of toilet water and reach into the tank, fumbling around and finally held the stopper down until the force of the water sealed it. Half my bedroom carpet was soaked, ugh!

dd (not verified) -- 04.13.2007

holy shit. literally
ive had this EXACT same problem since i was 7 and im 17 now. you described the whole thing perfectly, countless nights of lying awake, waiting for the "pressure pains" to go away after 5 days of not shitting. i was tramatized early on by my dad cuz once i overflowed the toilet and it leaked down into the living room. i still to this day do not shit at home, but im away from home so often that i dont have to hold it more than a day or 2

Pammy (not verified) -- 04.14.2007

I learned to crap at home because of all the mistakes and mishaps I had away from home. Once I was at a Gary Puckett (yes,I know that dates me!) concert and during intermission I waited almost a half hour for a stall, sat down and took a full crap, but leaned back and flushed from the seat. The stool was stopped up and I didn't notice the water level coming up until it was too late and the icky water drenched my panties, jeans and sandals. I learned never to flush when you're still sitting and in a vulnerable situation.
Later that year at school I sat down for my usual morning crap and pee. After a few seconds I felt a kind of wet burning sensation in my pubic area and I stood up to find that a prankster had put an invisible wrapper over the bowl and that I was essentially peeing on myself. To make matters worse, as I was using toilet paper (thank god they didn't mess with that!) to clean myself off, I noticed a black substance from where my hand had brushed my thigh. It was some kind of mixture of charcoal and ink that I couldn't get off until I got home and took a thoroughly-cleaning bath. The third incident was late that summer at our state fair. I was on the stool pooping when the tornado sirens went off and dozens of women--some with little children--ran for our ladies room to get shelter. It's scarey to be sitting, pants down, with loads of people brushing up against the door, knocking to see if anyone's in there, and not even being able to stand up and leave when you're done. I believe I was essentially trapped in the stall and on the stool for 25 minutes until the all-clear was given on the public address system. It was so nerve-wracking that I couldn't fully complete my bowel movement!
I've told my husband and he just sees it as a series of 1971 happenstances that can't really be controlled. My 16 year old daughter, though, agrees with me. The best craps and peeing is done at home where you have more control!

Homebody Heidi (not verified) -- 05.11.2008

I can sure see why Pammy would prefer to do her bathroom "business" at home after the several escapades she describes. I am surprised, however, that she was not able to complete her shit during the state fair tornado. That would have scared the shit right out of me, whether I was seated or not. Come to think of it, hearing a stupid Gary Puckett song would have the same elimination impact!

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