Folks that never shower or bathe, why?
2026-07-01 18:07 UTC
Replies (10)
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@Melobol@lemmy.ml 2026-07-01 18:21
You won’t find people on lemmy who will admit it. I do know a semi(?)-homeless person who stinks so much I buy air freshener just for when he comes by. He is a crystal addict, pothead and mentally ill. His mental development is about 14 year old. Very sweet guy. I believe he is living in a house, but who knows his stories doesn’t make sense. He doesn’t even have a name because ‘they have to gove it to him’. I don’t know if he has a place to shower, but I don’t think he has a mind to think of showering. He has several changes of clothes and once. I believe body odor is a defense mechanism also - you are less likely to get raped if you stink like … Everything. If a healthy not addicted person stinks - there are reasons and most of the time it is mental illness or homelessness. (Except for outliners back to nature and so on)
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@MrWrinkles@leminal.space 2026-07-01 18:30
I was in a community college program with a kid who stank like that. After a few months, I got to know him and I told him, “Dude, you stink.” He told me he lived in a trailer with a big family and could never get a shower before class. A lie maybe, but I can believe it. Some folks are just really poor and the water bill isn’t always paid up.
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@PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@anarchist.nexus 2026-07-01 19:44
I’m doing better now, but whenever my mental health goes in the toilet, regular showers are the first thing to go. Showers are not a matter of life and death, and there’s no law that says I have to shower, so it’s one of the least disruptive things for me to drop when energy is limited.
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@bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-01 20:09
Years? What the fuck
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@dlsloop@lemmy.zip 2026-07-01 18:24
I shower regularly now but a few years ago I had major depression and stopped showering for months. I could barely motivate myself to breathe. I’m not even kidding, I was so depressed I was struggling to breathe. People don’t realize just how much effort it takes to do basic things like eat, brush your teeth, or even get out of bed when you have no will to be alive. Even so, no one ever commented on it. Not even close family. I’ve always had super dry skin and I noticed that during this period my skin was actually somewhat normal. It’s possible no one said anything out of kindness but I doubt it tbh. Some people just sweat/smell less than others.
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@silly_goose@lemmy.today 2026-07-01 21:39
There was a famous man who didn’t bathe for 60 years. He died shortly after taking a bath.
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@rangber@lemmy.zip 2026-07-01 22:45
“a few”? What type of friend circle are you in?
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@Malyca@lemmy.zip 2026-07-01 22:01
ADHD and depression.
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@Zephyr@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-15 14:16
Rule of thumb is two days or two poops, that’s the time to shower.
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@tomi000@lemmy.world 2026-07-19 04:33
Months? I think thats pretty exrmtreme. I dont know anybody that holds off on showers that long. I am probably the laziest person I know when it comes to showering and I keep it to at least once a week and that happens very rarely and only when Im not meeting up with other people. But maybe you can just ask them? I know it seems uncomfortable to bring stuff like this up, but they probably have a reason or just dont know that its making others uncomfortable. Like I would be happy if people told me if my breath smells so that I can do something about it instead of them putting up with it and lowering their opinions of me.