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Timpanogos
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 Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:30 am Post subject: Anyone here have trouble taking showers? |
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All of my life I have trouble remembering taking showers and also having the trouble seeing the need to take a shower. For me its kind of unconfortable taking showers but I know I need to take them. So are there anyone can relate to what I'm dealing with?  
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TechnoMonk
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You need a routine. Forget trying to regard being super clean as important because it won't work, you need to find a reason for having a shower every morning that's logical and makes sense to you. For me, I use my morning shower to wake me up fully. Also, a shower takes just as long as a wash in the morning, plus brushing my teeth at the same time as I shower makes it even more efficient. Then add the fact that having a shower on a cold morning can really warm you up and you suddenly start to see showers as essential.
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Kelsi
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:51 am Post subject: |
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Yes, I've had to make it part of my 'getting ready for work morning routine'. I don't like showering because it makes me feel different. If I ever have a shower at night, I can't sleep for ages because it takes me a long time to get used to myself again. I only shower because I know I'll stink and offend other people if I don't. 
Weekends, when I don't have to go through my normal routine, are a bit of a problem  . |
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Spokane_Girl
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Can you take a bath instead?
I hated showering as a kid because I hated water going over my head and I had fear of water going in my ears. So I preferred baths but hated having my hair washed until my mother found a way of doing it.
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Anemone
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I used to have a lot of problems with this, because I was always reluctant to get wet, so I could never decide whether to go for it or not. Eventually I got a bunch of grooming/style books out of the library, and made a vow to have a shower every morning whether I needed it or not (it was deciding whether I needed one or not that was the killer). So now I just tune out the sensory issues and go for it. I also decided to wet/wash my hair every day whether I needed it or not, too.
I've noticed though that how I eat has more to do with how I smell than whether I shower or not . . . |
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nicky
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:34 pm Post subject: |
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i also have this problem... but i have more of a problem with it than just remembering... because i'm very OCD when i take a shower... and my shower routine takes about an hour to complete... so, finding time to shower is also an issue. unfortunately, i usually only end up showering once a week on Saturday mornings, before going to church. 
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Dragonfly_Dreams
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I don't shower every day because of this. I just can't. I dunno.. something about my skin and how it feels afterwards. I don't like being wet. I had trouble as a kid and always got grounded because I didn't shower when I was supposed to. I went to great lengths to avoid it.
As an adult I've noticed that even though I look clean and I smell fine... if people find out I don't shower daily, they think I'm weird.  If I DO happen to shower two days in a row, my skin totally dries out. |
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kip
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Yea, I hate showering. Though I was cursed with the family greasy hair, I still put them off as long as possible.
The only times I'm guarenteed to be in the shower is before work, and thats only if I don't snooze too long. And when I smell. Then I'm definitly in there!
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LePetitPrince
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 2:20 pm Post subject: |
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| I love showering , I shower everyday except in serious drought days , stop using your conditions as an excuse to be dirty. |
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UndercoverAlien
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i hardly shower and yet i dont smell, why? because my body is used to it but well i do take showers but like once in a
month when one of my familie members really force me to go to the shower =/ somethimes it could take me like 4 months |
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makuranososhi
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 2:27 pm Post subject: |
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| LePetitPrince wrote: | | I love showering , I shower everyday except in serious drought days , stop using your conditions as an excuse to be dirty. |
The OP never made any such excuse or statement, as far as I can see, and latter responses talk about they've overcome and dealt with issue... care to share where you find these excuses? Not showering on a daily basis does not make someone dirty, LPP.
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IdahoRose
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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| I have problems showering because showers make me feel claustrophobic. Also, I just don't place that much importance on them. Something that helps me shower is thinking of it as a way to relax rather than a way to get clean. |
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LePetitPrince
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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| ^yes , it does ....showering once per month or per couple of weeks is a lack of self-hygiene |
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Spokane_Girl
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I don't shower every day anymore because there is no need to. I did during the summer because I sweat. But now I don't need to anymore because it's not hot out. I am not using my condition as an excuse to not to. I am choosing to not do it everyday. I am still clean. If I smelled or sweat, then I would shower, even if I showered the day before.
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makuranososhi
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| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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| LePetitPrince wrote: | | ^yes , it does ....showering once per month or per couple of weeks is a lack of self-hygiene |
Yet, that isn't what is being discussed - most addressed showering between 3-5 times a week, and one at once a week. Nothing on the scale you're suggesting. Also, there is the option of a bath, which is not being addressed. Not keeping one's self clean is unhygenic and and can be quite unpleasant, but to stay clean there isn't a mandate of daily showering.
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