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View Poll Results: Do You Have Problems With Personal Hygeine? | |
Yes, I only wash when I absolutely have to.
|    | 6 | 10.34% | |
Yes I struggle, but I am getting better at pushing myself to wash regularly.
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Sometimes, depending on my mood or energy levels.
|    | 21 | 36.21% | |
No, I am always very hygenic.
|    | 19 | 32.76% | 
22-02-2008, 02:04 AM
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I have a big problem with this issue. My attitude is very simple. "Why bother, nobody else cares, so why should I"
I am not saying this is correct thinking, it is not. But this is what my brain tells me. Why bother, I'm alone, so who cares. Even m y world is a mess. Now it is Not dirty just messy. Stuff stays where it falls and why put it away, I'm gonna need it again!
I do have a lot of trouble in this area now that I think about it. I'm not a slob, but.
I saw an article referring to the condition of you mind and the condition of your surroundings. Seems that your surroundings reflect the condition of your mind
Think about it. Maybe I should start a thread about this |
22-02-2008, 05:43 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by upstream  Evie, if you showed up to a prestigious university during dead week, you'd probably find that you're more hygienic than the students you encounter. Also they might seem kinda like zombies, but that's another topic.
If I'm living at home and I don't have any plans to go out, I can get rather unmotivated about regular hygiene. What motivates me is the whole leaving the house and interacting with people thing. Then it's time to shower, etc. |
Ha! Indeed. I loved the way you wrote this ...it made me smile;) |
22-02-2008, 12:48 PM
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Yes, Evie - i struggle to both extremes. It is all connected to trauma and flashbacks for me and very hard to be "normal" in this area. |
24-02-2008, 04:33 AM
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I actually have the opposite issue. I shower too much, and because of that my skin is always dry. I think it has to do with wanting to wash all the "bad stuff" away and be "clean" both physically and metaphorically. I've also struggled a bit with minor OCD around this issue, but I'm getting better. |
25-02-2008, 01:06 AM
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I know what you mean - that is what I meant by extremes - some days I can't quit showering, etc. and other days I cannot force myself to become vulnerable by changing clothes. I hate how that sounds but it is me. =\ |
02-03-2008, 12:16 PM
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I actually rub my chin nowadays and if the hair is starting to grow too long there on the face I figure it must be time to get cleaned up. Of course, if I have urgent matters to deal with I will shower first. I also wear clean underwear and clothes and will wash the hands and face, even do a facile sponge bath if it gets rank, I do not want to smell, ya know. But it seems kind of futile to be overly sensitive about getting all washed up when I am already all washed up and gonna die right away anyway, OOOPs there's that damned C-PTSD again |
14-03-2008, 04:04 AM
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I am a cleany. If my house is not organized and clean then I get very panicky and depressed. My husband got very angry at me for vacuuming the floor at 2 a.m., but I could not sleep and could not stand a mess.
For the most part if my house is clean and my toes are pedicured; my world is calm. |
14-03-2008, 09:08 AM
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I am a neat freak and have been known to take 3 showers in one day without ever stepping out of the house. My husband thinks I'm OCD but I think it's just a form of the PTSD.
I love to vacuum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
14-03-2008, 09:30 AM
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Another neat freak and bath freak too.... I don't care how sick I am, I have to have a bath, and soak. The house has to be neat and clean too. I have to have order, in order to feel calm and collected....... |
14-03-2008, 10:35 AM
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other days I cannot force myself to become vulnerable by changing clothes
| Grace, this is exactly how I often feel! I am so relieved to know that others experience this, too. When I struggle to bathe, it's often because I want to shower but can't bear to get undressed. A lot of times I'll wash my face and do my hair, then try to rely on perfume. I feel like a freak, but it's all I can manage some days. | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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