I was diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome last year. It was only then that I actually admitted to my bofriend that I had a problem with the toilet. Luckily he's very understanding, and does his best to help me. I can say to him "I'm just going to see if I can go to the loo" and he makes sure he turns the tv up a little bit or makes himself scarce and avoids coming near the bathroom.
The worst time I have is when we go on holiday. He gets quite frustrated because I can't go to the toilet, then I get stomach ache. One time he even went outside and waited in the car for me whilst I tried to go to the toilet!

For me work is a serious issue, at the moment I live an hour away from my place of work. It drives me up the wall. I can't go at work, the toilet is bang opposite the bosses office, and the filing cabinets even closer in the room next door. If I don't go to the toilet in the morning before I leave for work at 7 o'clock, I know that I will have to wait 11 hours til I get home at 6 o'clock in the evening before I can go.

But even when I feel desperate to go to the toilet and I convince myself to try and just go. My brain seems to just shut off and refuse to let that area of my body work!! It refuses to tell the muscles to do what they gotta do!! How can my brain be so defiant?!! Does anyone else experience this?