So we occaisionally get mail from jail. Prisoners don't get a lot of phone time, so this is their best recourse in dealing with us. I have gotten a call from jail and it was madness; screams, banging, and towards the end of the call as the apparent mayhem escalated, lots of voices shouting "LOCK DOWN, LOCK DOWN NOWWW, LOCK DOWN!" Intense stuff.
Anyway, I got my first piece of jail mail last week, a typed letter from a guy at a state pen. The addressor states that he filed two lawsuits in District Court of the state against the Department of Corrections and against certain employees at the pen where he is incarcerated. He states:
"The ADA claim was filed because of discrimination due to my disability. I am a paruretic. I have written proof of the procedures of discrimination against paruretics."
Not being familiar with Paruresis, "a bona fide social anxiety disorder," I pull up trusty old google which informs me that paruresis is "a type of phobia in which the sufferer is unable to urinate in the (real or imaginary) presence of others, such as in a public restroom."
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I have a mind to call my congressman, since when do inmates not have private bathrooms, this is a travesty.
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paruresis is real & i am possibly facing jail time. i am now on pre trial release and i report every wednesday for a possible ua. this should be an easy situation for someone who does not use drugs or drink. but not me. every tuesday i have developed a ritual so that a can get through wednesday.i urinate completely about 9pm then will not drink a thing until morning morning then i drink fluids (not water) until i feel i have to pee. the time buildup insures that i will not be dilute & the liquid is to help so that i will go. it is still very anxiety filled and paralyzing for me.paruresis is my grestest fear about about jail or probation. i would gladly give blood and this should be offered. i do not havemoney or insurance to document my condition and people would laugh anyway.
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