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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.

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[–] Dayroom7485@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I see where you come from. The stink will be a challenge if you don’t shower daily. As a rule of thumb, if you can smell yourself, others do, too.

A washcloth may do the trick. It’s important to use hot water and soap. Wash once with soap, a second time with clear water.

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 day ago

If you can smell yourself, others have been smelling you for a while.

[–] punk@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Should I toss the washcloth into the laundry bin afterwards (of course, after hanging it to dry)? Thinking about cutting up some old or broken clothes for this.

[–] Dayroom7485@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I use washcloth mittens myself. These are popular here in Germany, cheap, practical and durable. I dry them next to my towel after I use them.

I wash a mitten after 2-3 uses, and wash it with my towels. I put it to my nose for a smell test before I use it. And if it doesn’t smell fresh anymore, I‘ll put it in the laundry.

[–] punk@thelemmy.club 1 points 21 hours ago

That sounds like the exfoliating gloves we have here in the States. I don't use anything other than my hands for the sake of hygiene (can't stand the idea of being washed with potential bacteria/oil/dead skin cells), but a simple rag that I chuck into a washing machine on a sanitizing cycle would probably be effective. Thanks for the idea!