Over-hydration and the difficulties of multiple pee breaks came to me today suddenly. I was in the process of drinking a 2 gallon jug of water. Little did I know, I would be stuck in a professional ethics class for four hours with one bathroom break. Suffice to say I soon found myself drowning in water and trying desperately to hold it in while going over the ethical pitfalls of psychotherapy supervision.
Well it did not end well, final tally - 1/2 gallon jug of water consumed, 4 bathroom jaunts, 1 allocated class break.
Why would I hink drinking this much water would be a good idea during sedentary activities? What am I 5? Do I have to do the pee pee dance before I realise this? To exceed the body's ability to excrete water, a young adult with normal kidney function would have to drink more than 6 gallons of water a day on a regular basis. So I should just shut up and pee when I need to. Down with social convention, up with paying attention to your body and being prepared for the consequences of drinking too much water.
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