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My name is Dr. Randy Hyde. I want to talk to you about the emotional or psychological
basis that sometimes, but rarely, occurs with enuresis. Sometimes a child can regress, or
go back to an earlier stage when they were fully in control or healthy. And, and by doing
this, they go back to where they're wetting the bed, they're talking baby talk, they're
acting younger. And this usually occurs when there's a trauma or a change, such as a little
baby brother or sister is born, there's a move, a best friend leaves, a divorce; things
like this where a child who is, who is developing goes back to an earlier stage. Another reason
is an older brother might want the same attention that a baby brother is getting. You know,
another, is fear. A child is stuck in bed because he knows there is monsters under the
bed, and as soon as he gets out of bed, they're going to grab him by the ankles, pull him
under the bed and eat him! Well, with that kind of imagination, the last thing he's going
to do is get up in the middle of the night and go potty. You know another reason, is
a child's simply unmotivated. They don't want to get up; they like the attention. I had
a son who, who loved the commercial with pull ups. And they talk about, 'be a big boy now.'
Well, the last thing he wanted to do was give up his pull-ups, because he wanted to be a
big boy now. There are all those different factors that enter in. But I want you to remember,
that the psychological or emotional factors are rare. Rarely do they enter in; it's usually
physiologically based. Randy, I find that amazing. I think the general perception is
that bed wetting is generally a psychological problem. You know, it is amazing, and yes,
that is still hanging on. But you know, it's just, it's just wrong. Research is huge, I
mean we have go so much research showing that it's physiologically based, generally. In
fact, other things are like that. You know, they used to blame mothers for autism. Well,
after the research came out, it's like, oh, it's not that they have cold mother, it's
you know, we just, we progress with research and our, our understanding. I think a lot
of mothers are going to feel really bad because so often, you just think the child is just
being lazy, and you, you know, you discipline them for that. But it sounds like, a lot of
children just can not physically help that. That's right, but the good news is, there
is good help available. So rather than feeling guilty as a parent, or blaming a child, now
you can help them.