Is it normal to not be able to use the bathroom when others are around?

I can use the toilet if I know I am alone or that nobody else can hear me, or in a public restroom if there are a lot of people and noises, but I CANNOT physically go if I know that someone else is listening or can hear me, like in a quiet room. It's even more difficult if the people around are people that I know. I don't know why it's such a problem, but it is.

Is It Normal?
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  • Oh I soooo could've written this myself! I am in my 30s and haven't grown out of it, so don't plan on that for yourself. I can't go in public EVER. And if I do find an empty restroom, I'm so afraid that ppl are going to walk in that I seize up. I have no problem peeing in public tho, its weird.

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  • I am only shy to an extent I can pee no prob but poopin? Its easier if someone goes with me lol

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  • i hate it soo much happens to me to took me like 10frickin mins to pee at celtics gamre lol

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  • I get like that too, and I hate it!

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  • Yeah, Im extremely pee-shy. If there are people talking in the background, or even a car passing by, its impossible for me to let out a drop.

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  • I can pee anywhere, I don't care, but number two is strictly home business. Only once did I poo in a public bathroom. I was pregnant so I didn't care that time. Hahaha funny to talk about potty business

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  • Shit, I just had a conversation about this at work today. There's a bank machine right near our bathroom and if I can hear someone using it I can't go. If I can hear them pushing buttons, then they can probably hear me. I can't even go if there are ppl in that area of my store. I know it's silly, but I have "stage fright"

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  • Haha sometimes at school I hold my pee in so that no ones hears me cu I used to be embarrassed about it but it's a phase that I promise u will grow out of!

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  • Im the same way.

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  • Lol I had the same problem when I was younger. I realized that it doesn't matter if they can hear my buisness cause we all need to go at the bathroom and it could be a little funny but in the end who cares.

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