Why do we schizophrenics a lot of us struggle with hygiene such as showering regularly? My hair is super gross right now. I’ll try for a shower tomorrow but it’ll be a struggle. It really buggers my mind up constantly.
Anyone else have struggles with showering regularly?
I have a bearclaw shower on top of being schizophrenic 
I hate showering, too. I’m doing good if i take 2 a week. The whole process of taking clothes off and washing and putting clothes back on is just tiresome. That’s why i shave my head, so people don’t see my greasy hair and know that my hygiene sucks. I don’t let myself get to where i start smelling, tho…i used to and once, in another hospital, they literally carried me into a tub room and put me into a bath. It was embarrassing. I won’t let it get that bad ever again. But, yeah, my hygiene sucks.
I struggle getting in the shower. It’s really frustrating, I can battle myself for hours before I finally jump in the shower.
I don’t struggle with it because I have SZ. I struggle with it because I am a busy person with more things to do in a day than I have time for. I dislike having to allocate that time to hygiene.
Ive never had a problem with hygiene mainly because i sweat easily so im used to the habit of doing it. I also dont like the greasy sticky feeling lol
I like being clean, so I shower daily. It’s the cooking food part that wears me out and wish I didn’t have to do. Not that I cook in the shower! - lol
I shower regularly. Helps relax and makes me feel better. Yeah idk if sz just give up shower. Sooner later do it anyway
I hate it too. 
I don’t know what makes showering so hard for me. I’m going to try to start showering every day because I know I get bad BO if I skip showering and this guy in my ACT program kept making comments implying I stunk and that’s embarrassing.
i actually love showering, i got out the shower a few minutes ago, i like being clean but i do skip some days, also i have to use clinical strength head and shoulders shampoo almost daily or my scalp gets mad flaky, so that is motivation
i consider the actual cleaning part as the task, and use somewhat cold water, then i reward myself by cranking up the temperature to maximum at the end and its like a sauna
I love showering, it is my daily routine. The feeling of being soaked in the stream of hot water is so wonderful.
When I first developed schizophrenia I had a water like phobia, including showers - something about it was ickier than being icky. I worked on getting through it and seeing it as a must instead of seeing it as something to enjoy. Which is odd, it used to be something I did enjoy, I found it therapeutic so much so I’d spend near an hour just letting the water spray.
My hygiene is something I look after a lot now. But like I say, when the illness first struck - something about it was very uncomfortable, exposing and chore like.
Just try every day you will feel better it’s like a shock therapy and it gets rids of depression that comes with sz
I shower after swimming 3 times a week and might manage another two at home
Have paid the price for letting myself go out of condition and took a while to get sorted out
I used to love showering, but now it just reminds me how fat I am. I’m not really obese, I’m 210 lbs 5’11", but that’s still 60 lbs heavier than I used to be before the disorder and medicine.
Really need to have a shower today.
I’ve just had a shower. It was nice. I feel like a new man.
Longest I went was 2 months. I try to shower a few times a week these days. Less showers = more ill
I showered every day until about two years ago. I don’t hate showering but it’s a minor hassle so on my days off and weekends, if I don’t have an appointment or need to go into a store or something I’ll skip a shower. The longest I’ve gone without a shower was a couple of months ago when I didn’t shower for five days. By day 5 I was so grubby and smelly I couldn’t stand it anymore and gladly took a shower.