DIY & No 2's.. Anyone ever experienced this phenomenon?

[No Name]

For a long time now, I have this annoyance and would like to get to the bottom of it so I dont continue feeling like a dog on its walkies!

I also would like to know if I am alone or if anyone else experiences same phenomenon as me?

I make plans to do some DiY. order in materials, they either get delivered to my house or I click 'n' collect it. this can the as soon as the day before or several weeks in advance.

Then on the day of the actual DiY....

Actual Time of getting up out of bed is irrelevant.

The actual DiY job is irrelevant. could be painting, could be plumbing, could be electrics, coould be ladder related etc etc.

The size of the DiY job is also irrelevant.... could be as simple as splitting a pile of logs over 30 minutes or a several day of DiY work.

The Time of having breakfast or lunch or dinner... is irrelevant

Then the time of when I put DiY clothes on... is also irrelevant.

Again it does not matter what time I then go and start getting my tools together, usually from garage to the job location....

Then usually within 5 to 10 minutes of starting,. I feel an urgent sudden call of nature.... Its always a No 2 everytime.

it stops me from carrying on with the DiY job, I have to go and deal with Mother Nature so to speak there and then.

So I swear under my breath, go to the toilet and do the business.... and then I can finally resume the DiY job I started once I have my concentration back on what I need to acheive from the planned DiY job!

S.

[williamwright]

Subconscious anxiety.

Bill

[alan_m]

For me it seems _everytime_ I climb a ladder (or stepladder). Perhaps it's the act of raising my arms to climb.

[Roger Mills]

<Snip>

Well, you'll know what to do if you ever get constipated!

It used to happen to my wife every time she went into a public library. Now, it's in the middle of washing up (or, rather, drying - I do the washing) - every time, without fail.

[fred]

Its a Pavlovian response. You did it a few times and now that triggers that need. I once had a regular 200 mile business trip, once or twice a week. I became accustomed to using the same garage for petrol, sweets and a jimmy riddle. It got to the point as soon as I neared that garage I got an urgent need to urinate. Even after the garage eventually closed. (Esso found them filling their tanks with competitors fuel)

[whisky-dave]

Rudy Giuliani, did, well almost

[Brian Gaff (Sofa]

I don't think its at all rare, though before a DIY job, maybe. It suggests some underlying anxiety over something in the process on the day. I have had it before a holiday, say my first long flight, and it continued when on holiday due to the unfamiliarity of the place but diminished as I realised the people were no more scary than at home. You can get sensitised though and need a hit of the brain chemicals and the side effect is, the trotts. Adrenalin does this as do other things like endorphins. It is in effect some kind of addiction. Thrill seekers actors and others get it. If you are interested Beta blockers in a low dose calmed it for me but I'll never be rid of it as its a learned phenomenon. Brian

[No Name]

Thats interesting.....

But I am a person who has been into serious DiY since I was 13 (early 1980s)

I've done up two houses in that time which included:

2 new kitchens (including replacing all the ceiling PB and fitting 10 recessed spots and dealing with all the associated plumbing and electrical works

2 new bathrooms including replacing *all* the PB with aquapanel

2 new shower rooms including replacing *all* the PB with aquapanel

a whole new central heating system of two zones and 14 rads

Tiled the entire ground floor of 1st house, and tiled floor to ceiling both the bathroom and kitchen

Tiled all floors and walls of bathroom, two shower rooms, kitchen and utlity room.

more or less rewired both houses (outside lights, new ring mains, new lighting circuits, new cooker circuits, the current house had just 6 circuits and one double socket per room and nothing outside, to 16 circuits, at least 6 doubles in each room plus 8 outside lights & 8 PIR sensors

Fitted two grade 2 commercial grade intruder alarms.

Fitted two interlinked smoke detectors (5 in 1st house, 12 in 2nd house)

Fitted a 8 camera CCTV system with 10 modulator bank in 2nd house

created 4 new door openings (I've only just sold the acro props!)

Fitted two cat6 network systems (16 points in 1st and over 48 points in 2nd)

Fitted two SMATV systems, (freeview/Freesat/FM/DAB via a 5x16 multiswitch in 1st house, ditto again in 2nd house AND a 17x32 multiswitch with Wavefrontier T90 dish on Astra1, Hotbird, Telecom 5.0W and Hispasat, and that was a scaffold tower job!

S.

[Graham.]

Anxiety. After all, it could all go wrong and you might have to call an expensive man in to put it right.