For teenagers & young adults
My Dry Bed
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A private, self-paced online programme for teenagers and young adults. Practical advice, emotional support and behavioural change — so you can stop bedwetting for good.
Are you still wishing, waiting, hoping for your bedwetting to go away?
Do you long to feel confident and happy on sleepovers?
Is your bedwetting problem making you feel exhausted and miserable?
If you're struggling with a bedwetting problem, you might be feeling as if this is just happening to you and no-one else — but it's a fact that millions of teenagers all around the world continue to have this problem. So you're not alone.
No-one really likes to talk about it so it's often kept a secret, and that can make it so much harder to get proper advice and support. Whether it's impacting your confidence, social life or daily routines, it can feel isolating and frustrating to deal with.
You've tried hiding it, managing it and hoping it will go away — but nothing seems to work and it's holding you back. It's time to break free from bedwetting for good.
Alicia Eaton
Behaviour Change Therapist · Author
I've become passionate about helping teenagers in particular solve this problem — I recognise that this is so much more than just an inconvenient pile of wet bed sheets. This problem can change the course of a young person's life.
As a Behaviour Change Therapist and author of the bestselling 'Stop Bedwetting in 7 Days', recommended by NHS hospital clinics and doctors all around the world, I understand what you're going through. I've been working with people just like you in my Harley Street practice for over 20 years.
Bedwetting advice for teenagers & young adults
Enuresis is the medical term for bedwetting and there are two types — primary and secondary. Yours will be called 'primary' if you've had this problem since childhood and there seems to be no clinical reason for it — you just haven't outgrown the problem as you were expecting you would.
If your bedwetting has started recently and it's taken you by surprise, then this is called 'secondary' enuresis. There may be a reason why it's suddenly started happening — it could, for example, be caused by a urinary tract infection, which after a quick visit to the doctor can be easily cleared up. Once treated, you'll be back to having dry beds.
Teenage bedwetting - Why it happens and how it can be resolved.
‘My Dry Bed’ - the online behaviour change programme for teenagers and young adults
The My Dry Bed programme was originally developed to help teenagers overcome bedwetting and was previously available at MyDryBed.com. The programme is now part of the main Alicia Eaton website, where families can access the latest guidance and support.
When bedwetting continues into the teenage years, it often feels very different from the early childhood stage.
By this point, many young people have already tried alarms, medication, routines and a variety of practical strategies, yet the problem may still persist. This can be deeply frustrating for families and, for teenagers themselves, increasingly distressing. Feelings of embarrassment, anxiety and a gradual loss of confidence can begin to build.
Although physical development still plays an important role, the longer the bedwetting habit continues, the more the emotional side begins to play a part, making change harder than it needs to be. This is one reason why approaches that may work in the early years do not always bring the same results in adolescence.
Moreover, we all know that behaviours that are repeated time and again, turn into habits that become deeply ingrained on the subconscious mind. So the bedwetting habit turns into an automatic behaviour and this makes it harder to break, without some kind of psychological intervention.
The encouraging news is that bedwetting in teenagers and young adults, can still be resolved. When the emotional and behavioural aspects are addressed together, progress often becomes not only possible, but significantly easier.
As children grow, the experience changes
As children grow older, they become more self-aware. They compare themselves to their peers. They value privacy and naturally, want independence. What once felt like a developmental delay can start to feel like a personal flaw.
Teenagers may not talk about this openly - in fact, many won’t. But internally, they can begin to carry thoughts such as:
“I should have grown out of this by now.”
“Other people don’t have this problem.”
“There must be something wrong with me.”
Over time, these thoughts can create a significant emotional load. The problem is no longer just something that happens at night. It begins to influence confidence, social decisions and self-perception during the day.
Sleepovers start to be avoided; school trips feel daunting and boarding environments can become a source of constant background anxiety.
When a young person starts to feel defined by a difficulty, change naturally becomes harder. Not because they are unwilling but because they’re struggling with more than just a physical symptom.
Why Emotional State Matters
Anxiety is rarely the sole cause of bedwetting, but it can be a contributing or maintaining factor. Living with repeated night-time accidents can understandably create a sense of dread around bedtime. For some teenagers, this apprehension becomes part of the nightly routine.
When the body anticipates something stressful, it releases stress hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol. These chemicals are helpful in short bursts - they prepare us for action - but they also alter muscle tone, sleep depth and nervous system regulation. Over time, this heightened state can interfere with the subtle communication between brain and bladder that is needed during the night.
So while anxiety may not begin the problem, the emotional tension surrounding it can make progress more difficult.
When we reduce that tension and restore a calmer internal state, the body is often better able to relearn the patterns it needs.
Need more help?
While many families find that the online programme gives them the guidance they need, some situations benefit from more individual support. Every young person’s experience of bedwetting is slightly different, and sometimes it helps to talk through the problem in detail and create a plan that fits your teenager’s particular circumstances.
If you feel that one-to-one guidance would be helpful, it is possible to book a consultation with me either in person in London or online. During the session we can explore what may be keeping the problem going and identify practical steps to help your teenager move forward with greater confidence.
MyDryBed
The online programme to help stop bedwetting in teenagers and young adults
I developed ‘My Dry Bed’ - it’s a self-paced online programme created especially for bedwetting teenagers and young adults.
Based on my very successful ‘Stop Bedwetting in 7 Days’ programme for children, it includes the same type of visualisation and meditation exercises but goes one step further and includes a section offering emotional support too.
It’s important to be in the right frame of mind and to feel positive and confident about solving this problem, before thinking about training exercises to stop bedwetting for good.
Feeling happier, more relaxed and with improved sleep quality, it will then be easier to focus on getting the mind and body to start working in harmony. My unique visualisation exercises and meditations are designed to do just this.
Check out my online training programme to help teenagers and young adults stop bedwetting faster.