I had RP 15 months ago at age 70. Even though I was pretty much immediately continent after the catheter came out, I definitely had some anxiety which I believe was due to me not being fully confident in my ability to sleep through the night without having an accident (even though I only once had a very minor accident one night early on). As @surftohealth88 so well described it above, for me the anxiety slowly resolved over time as I grew more and more confident with my "new normal". But I definitely remember thinking that my mind was intentionally waking me up to urinate so I didn't have an accident, even if the physical urge wasn't yet very strong. Now at 15 months, that's all in the past and while I generally will wake up needing to go once a night (on average), it's only because I do actually physically have the need. The anxiety is gone. I don't know if it really helped, but I kept a disposable absorbent pad under the bottom sheet on the bed a few months longer than I physically needed as it seemed to help me get past the anxiety. After all, if Linus can have his security blanket I decided I could have my security pad 🙂 Best wishes.