I have anxiety about going to the bathroom in my college dorm. One time I really wanted to poop so I grabbed locked myself in a shower-tub combo cubicle, and pooped in the bathtub drain. I then showered, but my poop must have clogged the drain so the tub filled up with water. I stood in poopy water for what felt like hours stabbing at the drain with the non bristly end of my toothbrush, but it just wouldn’t clear. In the end I waited until I couldn’t hear anyone else in the bathroom and switched cubicles, and showered again, scrubbing vigorously and hating myself more every second. It was a weekend so the tub stayed filled with my poopy water and out of order until the cleaners arrived on Monday. Had to buy a new toothbrush. Wish I could get my dignity back. I wonder if anyone knows it was me/ who they blamed. F*** you anxiety.

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