I Hate Showering

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I just got out of the shower, it’s been 3 days since my last shower and I was pretty ripe. I just hate the whole process of bathing! It takes so much mental energy to just strip down and wash, I don’t know why. I’d wear the same clothes for weeks if I thought others wouldn’t notice, and I’ve only been bathing every few days since I cut my hair short (doesn’t take as much time to dry). Even when I was in the hospital I wouldn’t take showers until one of the staff asked me to take one.

Does anyone else feel that bathing is a huge chore? I’ve been this way since I hit puberty, and I hated that, too!

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I listen to music in the shower, it motivates me but I still shower twice a week, used to shower once every two weeks

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I don’t shower ever, unless it’s mentioned in my therapy, or husband asks me to.

I don’t think about it and when i do, i think of the process and it does overwhelm me.

Increasingly, my spouse is asking me, can i change everyday, he will help me and we can change together. And I don’t want to.

I feel increasingly, i need to challenge these self care issues but they are not causing the daily suffering i experience and just add to more complexity to my daily routine.

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i used to shower every 3 days but now shower daily. its relaxing but 80% of my time in shower is spent sitting on the floor under running water in deep thought relaxing. takes like 5 mins to get clean but 30ish mins for the water to get cold enough that i no longer want to stay in

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Routine really does help.

Make a list of things to do and make sure you do them. The more you do them the easier it gets.

I live in a semi tropical climate. You soon become uncomfortable so showering daily is good. Make it a habit and it’s not so bad.

Like I don’t have problems showering but it goes to all self care. These days I wash my hair once a week at least and shave every couple of days.

You can change these things and know it’s hard but just try and do it…and do it regularly.

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I hate drying off after taking a shower, I get tired in my muscles wiping myself down, it’s because I’m so over weight. I’ve gained almost all of the 65 lbs back that I lost last year.

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I just hate doing anything. At least it feels nice after a shower though.

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I enjoy it once sometimes twice a week and like to sing or hum tones. I had a phase of belting out Flower of Scotland the Scottish national anthem in the shower for a while dunno why I’m Cornish.

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It’s hard to shower in the winter, because I have the temperature lower to save on the heating bill, and I hate having no clothes on. Cold! :frowning:

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I love it lol! I shower everyday sometimes more if I am physically active or its hot.
If you buy some fruity shower gel it might help?
My uncle and his partner have a really fancy multi head shower where it comes out horizontally as well as vertically. That was a great experience and I don’t know why all showers aren’t like that :sweat_smile:

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I hate it. I can’t remember the last time I showered, or changed clothes. It is embarrassing. :bug::bug::bug:

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I hate everything about showering except for after it’s all done, then I feel great

But I don’t like to smell so I just force myself somehow

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I don’t hate it, just find that it makes me anxious. If I think that I should shower, I have to jump on that right away or I start to get anxious because I overthink it. As for smelling bad, I put on deodorant and powder and stuff daily, so no big problems there.

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I understand how you feel, @WhiteRaven but once I’m actually in the shower I love the way the water feels, especially on my back.

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I hate showering too. I need to shower now in fact and I’m avoiding it. I really need to though. Ugh. Oh well. :shower: :soap: :bubbles:

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I used to shower every other day. I washed my blankets like once a year. I wore the same jeans for months. I worked outside a lot so on those days i showered after work.
Now i live with a woman and I shower everyday :sweat_smile:. So that’s my motivation to be clean and smell good for my wife :blush:

I think you have to find a reason why to do anything related to self care or task related. And the reason must be important enough for you to try and commit to doing it.

For me routines only stick if i keep forcing myself to do the ‘routine’ as soon as I stop its done. Lol

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Showers can be a pain even though I shower almost daily. I finally took one around 8:00pm tonight. I like to be clean when I go out a do something.

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no i dont have problem with bathing i hate to be dirty

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