Alright, so, this is going to sound crazy, but I don’t like showering. It has nothing to do with the feeling of being clean (I love cleanliness and order), but just simply because I find it uncomfortable to shower. I have a whole bunch of fancy shampoos, nice-smelling body washes, etc to help encourage me to shower, but it still just feels freaking uncomfortable and annoying. And it’s so embarrassing to talk about it because of the stereotypes about people and showering. I end up showering on about an every-other-day or every-two-days basis, and I’d really like reducing that down to every day. I don’t like smelling, or desperately trying to avoid people because I’m insecure I stink. I just want to be motivated to shower without having to constantly force myself to do it for the sake of everyone else or picking up the pieces.

By the way, my psychiatrist strongly suspects I’m autistic. I’m being formally evaluated w/ the psychologists and stuff in late July. So that might be a reason why I have such an odd dilemma like this.

  • thisbenzingring@lemmy.today
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    15 days ago

    I just use bar soap. French brands feel the best. Try to keep it under 5 minutes. Wash your ass first and last. In between trying to make sure to get some soap over the rest of my body. Get my arm pits a couple times and then my face. Rinse and usually was my ass one more time and when the soap is off I’m done. Sometimes I like the water flowing on me but usually I just get in and out. You only need to wash your hair once in a while unless you got scalp problems or use a lot of hair style products. Just rinse it and let it dry on its own. Let it be free.

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      15 days ago

      Alright, thank you. I have bar soap, but I don’t use it unless I haven’t showered in a while because it’s a bit stripping (and I ran out of body lotion :c), but it’s definitely easier to use than liquid soap. My hair is unfortunately medium-length and oily/sheds a lot, so it needs to be washed more often than not. I might combine this idea with another one’s comment about making it spa time. Essentially, I’d get rid of the basic steps quickly and utilitarian-istically and then spend the rest of my time relaxing.