It started small, but it kept getting bigger.
At first, it was just a few moments here and there. A sneeze. A laugh. A sudden movement. I told myself it wasn’t a big deal.
But over time, I realised I was changing small parts of my life around it. I would tense up before coughing. I would think twice before workouts. I would wear certain clothes just to feel safer.
The hardest part wasn’t even the leaks themselves. It was the constant background thought of “what if it happens again?”