I just dont know anymore. My whole history with mental illness, i showered every day, now i am lucky if i can get in the shower twice a week. Sometimes i have good weeks, and i am in the shower every other day, i am good pain wise, and mentally i feel good. And then, it is like pulling teeth getting myself into the shower. Nobody ever has to tell me to shower, but i am very aware of it since my whole life i showered every day, sometimes twice a day. I change my clothes everyday, why not just take it one step further and get in the shower? Honestly, it does cause me pain to shower, and that was what started the avoiding getting in the shower, but now it has gotten easier. I think i am just lazy now. I am a very clean person, i make my own bed, where i live they do it for you, i do my own dusting, i put away all my own clothes, they would do it if i asked, . I took my drawers and closet apart the other day and got rid of all the clothes that i no longer need or want, so it is not like i am 100 % lazy. I do not just lay in bed and on the computer all day, i am active throughout the day, then why do i feel like the negative symptoms have gotten to me?
Are you taking any new medicines?
Showers seem to be a big issue with several people on this site. Maybe you could get with them and get and give support. It sounds so much better to say we are subject to the negative symptoms of sz rather than we are lazy. Either way, it is only us that can do the things that improve our lives.
The tactile problem that I have made showering very hard… So I took baths and washed my hair under the faucet. Also… sometimes not being able to hear in the shower made me very anxious… again… baths worked out better.
Good luck and I hope you feel better soon.
Oh man I shower every day but it takes me HOURS to get in most of the time it’s ridiculous. I don’t understand why it’s so difficult. Showers, man.
I don’t know how it is for you… but I used to feel very vulnerable in the shower. I felt like I was letting down my guard. Plus the sound was hard for me to take and the feel of the water tearing at my skin…
I like water… I like swimming… I like baths… I like gentle rains… but faucets and indoor showers sound loud and tinny… it’s hard to relax like others say they can. I hate the sound of indoor faucets. It really gets on my nerves after a while.
I guess I have a complicated relationship with the shower. I used to hate it because I felt vulnerable as well, it really set off my paranoia, I’d always feel like there was something in there with me or about to kill me. I’d shower with my back against the wall! Haha.
But lately I haven’t had shower paranoia so much. It’s more just the time commitment I think. Which is stupid because spending 4-5 hours not getting in the shower is a way bigger waste of time than just hopping in for 20 minutes and hopping out. And I like the water…bah. I don’t know. None of its rational anyways.
I have excessive sleep and heavy arms and legs. Getting the simplist of tasks done has been a challenge lately. When it’s bad I just sit on the couch with the tv off and just look at the wall . 2 years ago I was not like this. I didn’t really even have negative symptoms 2 years ago
Right now I have massive pile of paperwork and online invoices to go through to bring to my accountant. They keep messaging me to bring it in so today I told them I will bring it all in tomorrow morning. So now I HAVE to do it.
Sometimes for certain tasks putting pressure on myself forces me to get it done
I take a lot of meds and on top of psych meds, i take pain meds and blood thinners too. I suffer from severe insomnia, i sleep every other night, and on the nights i do sleep, i get up for 2-3 hours and wander around or go on the computer. The other night i fell asleep on my computer and the only thing that woke me up is that i dropped my mouse. Pain keeps me awake, or wakes me up, and then i cannot get back to sleep. Tomorrow i have an appointment with my pain doctor, and it is at 11:30, i am scheduled for 10:30 pickup. This means I cannot take my zyprexa because if i do fall asleep, I will not be able to function and get in the shower and get ready in time .
If the not showering is new, I thought you might be taking some new med that might be causing that. A lot of people here get that with the shower + it might be med-related.
I can go three weeks without showering or shaving. I wear the same clothes for a week or more switching somtimes. I dont brush my teeth but about once ever two weeks or longer. I can cut my hair but not my neck. I let my bedroom go for 3 months without cleaning it. I have worse negative symptoms since I am in my mid 40s now. My posative symptoms are not as bad as they used to be or my anxiety. I still am tormented daily and this has me not wanting to do anything but my hobbies.
I figure I’ll just wait until I have the impetus to do what I’m supposed to do. Some things I have to do, I never do. Taken to lying around lately, eating too much food. No problem with showers, personal appearance, keeping tidy.