This is embarrassing because i’m a woman but i struggle with showering daily. When i workout though i do for sure but sometimes if i’m not working out at the time and i am not going anywhere i struggle with it. I need to work on it.
Hey, it’s okay. I’m a woman too and I don’t bathe nearly as regularly as I should. I’m lucky that I don’t sweat a lot or get smelly, but I honestly just forget to shower until sometimes more than a week has passed. Usually I’m not THAT bad, but every now and then I’ll go that long, until I feel gross enough that I can’t forget.
in the 1900s they didnt wash, you dont have to wash yourself every day, i wash when i want
I don’t get on my son to shower more then once a week unless he needs it. I used to think his Clozapine caused his sweat to smell very sweet but recently I discovered it smells the same as the hot sauce he loves and puts on almost everything I shower twice a week. Even when I was working full time I only showered this much. I know that as caregivers we can sometimes push things like this however if I step back and look at the bigger picture then I realize that very few people actually shower daily.
In the 1900’s, the average life expectancy was 42.
You are not lazy, you are terribly ill, big difference right?!
Much of the time i turn on the water and just stand there, the hotness feels really good, and then i get out without washing.
I just feel so bad alot of the time and can’t want to do it you know, i want to do it, but when the hits just keep on coming it’s hard to want to for me.
I can definitely relate to not wanting to shower because of feeling bad. A bad day takes away any possibility I had of good hygiene that day, and most days are bad.
I shower maybe once a week, at most. It depends on how I’m feeling. Lately I haven’t been wanting to do anything.
This is something that I have a lot of trouble with as well. I will take 2 to 3 showers a week. I used to be a avid daily showerer. Now its just so hard. Dont know why I guess its the negative symptoms of sz.