If you're seriously concerned about someone's level of personal neglect, I'd consider giving adult social care a call, and maybe they can get someone to check up on them and see if they need a hand with anything.
I shower everyday, unless I am having a really hard time and feeling bad then I wash my face etc but just won't have the energy or motivation to have one.
I hate hate hate baths. The steam from them makes me fell super claustrophobic and they in general scare me now.
People who just don't feel the need to shower I'm okay with. If that's how they want to live then go for it. Its not my choice but I'm not going to abuse them for how they want to live. Its like someone abusing me for smoking when that's my choice.
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I would resent judgements about my cleanliness habits. I shower regularly etc but it is actually really hard to a) find the motivation and b) cope with being unclothed. When I am severely depressed I find it very hard to make myself shower.
I appreciate that bad smells are off-putting to people but going so far as to say someone with such a smell is disrespectful seems somewhat ridiculous to me. You don't know the hows and whys of that person's odour.
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I would resent judgements about my cleanliness habits. I shower regularly etc but it is actually really hard to a) find the motivation and b) cope with being unclothed. When I am severely depressed I find it very hard to make myself shower.
I appreciate that bad smells are off-putting to people but going so far as to say someone with such a smell is disrespectful seems somewhat ridiculous to me. You don't know the hows and whys of that person's odour.
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I usually have a bath every other day, the only times I really have a shower is if I'm stinking or whatever and I'm in a rush to get ready and out the house for something.
The only time I don't wash so much is when my depression is bad, I'll usually have like two baths a week at the most but it's cool cos I don't really leave the house when I feel that bad and just shut myself in my room and don't see anyone.
I have trouble with showering/washing because being naked in the bathroom is triggering for me. I feel very unsafe. Sometimes I wear a swimsuit--that helps but not enough. When I'm very depressed being triggered on top of that just seems like too much for me, so I don't wash enough. I try to keep clean but it's difficult. My hair often isn't as clean as I would like, but I usually keep the rest of my body relatively clean.
Washing can be difficult for lots of different people for lots of reasons. I'm glad most people on this thread seem to understand that.
I spent 2 weeks without showering.... i pretty much pent 2 weeks not getting out of bed... had food and drink provisions and just did not move... no motivation, depressed as hell... but god was i smelly lol!
I would resent judgements about my cleanliness habits. I shower regularly etc but it is actually really hard to a) find the motivation and b) cope with being unclothed. When I am severely depressed I find it very hard to make myself shower.
I appreciate that bad smells are off-putting to people but going so far as to say someone with such a smell is disrespectful seems somewhat ridiculous to me. You don't know the hows and whys of that person's odour.
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If someone does not want to shower, that is their choice. However if it gets to the point where they are going into public and disturbing others with their smell, something should be done about it. Someone people do not like to use toilets either, but when they decide to urinate on the street, people get upset.
It is the same thing.
A bit late but i'm putting this out there as I only just feel comfortable saying it..
Due to a medical problem I have, I sometimes start to smell really quickly..
Just yesterday I had a bath and within a few hours I started to smell to the point where I could smell it and my dad could, It was really quite embarrassing and made me feel really uncomfortable to the point I pulled myself away from my dad (does that make sense?) but at least my dad understands.
So yeah, just before you start saying things about people, think there might be a reason for it.
