I am fine and regular unless my thyroid levels are low, which I think they are at the moment as other things point to this being the case.
I learned to 'hold on to it' from a very early age as I was hoiked out of the toilet if my father wanted to use it. On the other hand, once he had left for work I was made to 'sit there until you've been'. Some times I didn't 'go' for up to 5 days at a time. The less I went the more I got told off and the more I got told off the less I went.