So... This'll be a weird post but I've had so much success I can't keep this anxiety management technique to myself in the event that someone else might have equal success with it.

I'm diagnosed with general anxiety disorder and due to costs I can't see anyone for it, nor am I prescribed anything but I use weed sparingly. Now, the way I discovered this was by mistake... I was in a suburban maze on foot with a full bladder and nowhere to relieve myself. While I was walking I noticed that my usual suspicious and self-defeating outlook had all but disappeared. While my mind wasn't exactly focused on the tension of holding in pee, the pressure served as a kind of calming background noise that took a little mental weight off me. Anyway, I got home and decided that I would see if I could replicate my findings at work the next day. 

After waking up I peed, but from then till about 15:30 I did not. By that time I had a very full bladder and had to make a decision as to whether I should let it all out. I decided against it and kept about as much there as was tolerable, but enough that I would still think under normal circumstances that 'yes, I need to pee.' So what happened during the day that informed this decision? Well, surprisingly I was able to replicate that peace of mind I had the day before. Nothing magical, no, but the effect was noticeable. I found myself less disturbed at work by anxious thoughts and I was able to distance myself from them with a kind of calm attitude that was very unusual for me.

The rest of the day went just as smoothly and I did a "full release" before going to bed. That day was just over three weeks ago. Bar two or three times when I accidentally let go completely, I continued the experiment with pretty astonishing results. While of course there were escalations in anxiety here and there, my base level anxiety seemed to be reduced all-over. How can this be explained? My idea is that because the two things at play (urination and the anxiety response) are both highly primitive mechanisms of animal bodies, part of the nervous system is occupied with whatever happens when I retain urine, resulting in a reduction of overall anxiety.

What do you think of this strange practice? Would you be willing to try it?