Have this tendency to apathy? Haven’t showered for a week, only brush my teeth once a week, hardly ever clean the house, feel so dead, depression comes and goes but never goes away completely. Is it negative symptoms or depression or both? Or is it normal?
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Maybe negatives, or depression, or both.
I don’t shower often anymore.
I used to shower everyday
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I don’t shower as often as I should, but I do have a nightime routine where I wash my face and put on creams and also brush my teeth. So at least I’ve got that going for me. I think mine is caused by severe, long-term depression. I’ve been really bad since January or so, not leaving bed, not doing anything.
I get depressed and have apathy too. I just mostly get depressed about my apearence. I have scars I wish I didnt have and I am 70 pounds overweight. I also had to have a hysterectomy and that depresses me. Surprisingly I do manage to shower everyday though and brush my teeth twice a day. I have this fear that if I dont I’ll get a rash and skin problems.
I have a major issue with brushing my teeth . It’s not because of any sensory issues concerning it. On a thread like this I can acknowledge I’m bad at it . However in the moment my mind draws a complete blank about doing it .
Whether that’s a cognitive issue , or not, I don’t know . It is a long-standing thing though. Dental hygiene is mentioned in notes from the early 80s , and in the recent letter also sent to my GP my dental hygiene is described as poor.
As for cleaning the house- I have someone who comes in twice a week to do that. At my ladt place without such help things were not good that way. That was certainly do with executive functioning, and knowing how to proceed with tasks . Getting overwhelmed as to how to proceed definitely leads to avoidance/lack of motivation for me.
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