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Why is it so normalised that people have to shower every day? Are people running a marathon or something? It can even harm your skin to shower so often. Unless you do physical exercise or have a condition showering everyday might harm more than it solves. Source
This is a very individual thing. I start smelling really fast, especially during the summer, and i also sweat a lot (which i take advantage of at home by having a good ventilator, which is my constant companion if temperatures start rising above 27°C) - ideally i should shower twice a day so i can feel clean. Medically, everything is fine with me - Blood samples are fine, my circulatory system is fine and i don't eat fast food more than once every 2 weeks or so, the rest is home cooking.
Since I know that this is bad for my skin, i skip it when i don't meet people, but for me daily is really the minimum to dont feel icky.
I think this is a result of marketing and capitalism, it’s so important everyone things they’re dirty and gross so we can sell them more soaps and perfumes and products to alleviate the stress the people selling said products put in their heads.
In my case, it's that I feel insecure about my hair. The shower is crucial to undo bedhead before I leave the house.
I just don't feel clean unless it's once a day kind of thing. Yeah, I don't know why it's so normalized either, but I kind of participate anyway because I don't like the pampering it takes to ensure I don't stink and the constant insecurity over my smell. It's summer and humid here, so I can't escape sweating, even with cotton/linen clothes and sunscreen to the max.
I make sure to use body lotion and body oil so that my skin isn't so dry after cleaning.
Does your deodorant not work? Have you talked to your doctor about prescription deodorant? Are you actually stinky or are you just worrying about it because obsessive thoughts about insecurity is a very autistic thing
The deodorant I'm using is weaker than the other brand I've tried, but it works well enough for daily use. I could stink, or could not stink. I don't know. That's what bothers me most—I genuinely can't tell if I stink or not. I just use external cues like oily hair and certain "feelings."
I may or may not be autistic. We don't know, so I could just be anxious and have it not be an autism thing.