Continence is self-control on temperance, sex acts, and bodily excreta. It is how you can manage your autonomic nervous system, (the non-conscious part of the central nervous system), which has two subtypes, the cranio-sacral para-sympathetic, and the thoraco-lumbar sympathetic system. The para-sympathetic system is responsible for the basic vegetative processes in the body. The sympathetic system is responsible for the reactions and response actions. It is the system of "holding back, fight or flight." Urinary and fecal continence depends on inherent factors and on acquired behavior. The...