 [ Symptoms ] what can happen if you hold your pee  i have a bad habit of holding the urge to urinate for long periods of time need to know what kind of problems this could have on my body [ Disease ] first holding your urine tends to become quite uncomfortable second if you are female this can lead to urine stagnation and a urinary tract infection this is a bad habit pee when your body sends you the signal to do so assuming you are in the proper place