'I went on TV to get help for wetting the bed and had intrusive thoughts about bathing in Prime drink - but finding love has helped me'

A man who has been wetting the bed since he was five years old has seen his life transformed after taking the brave step to get help. John Junior, 34, admits he was too embarrassed to see his own GP about his wetting problem, which also occurred when he was out in public.

But he was finally able to tackle the problem on the Channel 4 YouTube show The Most Awkward Thing To See A GP About. John sought help from Dr Sarah Hattam on the programme, hosted by Strictly Come Dancing star AJ Odudu. He says it was easier to speak with Dr Hattam because he didn't know her.

"It's a hard topic to talk about and men particularly don't want to talk about it," said John. "But I want to raise awareneness. I would be out and wet myself so I would stay in the house and in the pandemic I worked at home full-time which suited me. We don't actually know what caused it. The doctor said she would be worried if it had just started as an adult."

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On being out in public, he said: "I would go to the toilets to take my boxers off or go home. At school I used to get bullied horrifically.

"It was a knock-on effect because I'd self harm or binge eat. But since I saw the doctor in October it has been under control, and my girlfriend has helped me 100-per-cent."

Dr Hattam told him: "If this problem has being going on since you were young it's highly likely that there's any underlying cause for it. You might just have an overactive bladder. In other words, the bladder is sending faulty messages to the brain, telling your brain it's full when its not so you empty it."

John has been going to the gym and has also been using