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Anxious Bathing

deleted_user
deleted_user
I bet some people can relate to this, I havent really talked about it before tho so I dunno.

Is anyone else here freaked out when they have to take a shower or something at another persons house? Whenever I stay with my friends, I can never bring myself to completely undress and get in the shower, I'm so crazily paranoid.

Even here, at my g-ma's house I feel so paranoid while taking a shower, it drives me mad.

Anyone feel the same?

Anyone have advice?
biddy1
biddy1
I do feel self-concious about this too, i dont even really like staying with anyone else. I always prefer, and am most comfortable in my own environment which is completely familiar and safe. Sounds weird i know but i have always sort of been this way.

The only thing i can say is if you do stay at other peoples houses then take some personal items from home to make you feel more relaxed and at ease with your surroundings, perhaps even some familiar smells, like bubblebath, scented candles or showergel, they are quite easy to fit in your overnight bag and might help a little.
xxx
deleted_user
deleted_user
Sometimes I freak out even in my own shower because I constatnly fear someone is going to break in the house when I least expect it and hurt me, kidnap me and such. I don't like showering eithter, its scary....
deleted_user
deleted_user
YEAH
I FEEL LIKE
I CANT BREATH
IT SUCKS
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yes, it bothers me to shower or undress anyplace but at home. I fear hidden cameras. Public restrooms are a problem too.
deleted_user
deleted_user
SLinky, its crazy you say that cuz I fear those too! Even at my own house, I'd check the vent each time before I got into the shower, and even in my room I change in such a way that if there's a camera I wont be seen. Its a little OCD, but I cant help it either ;)!
4tomorrow
4tomorrow
yes I feel the same way! I try my best not to use bathroom at other people's houses and in public. I even feel weird about that at my own house. I have to check the windows and make sure all the doors are locked. Then even when I'm alone I go in to a corner or in to a bathroom to change my clothes.
Marigolds
Marigolds
yes, I'm not good at staying with people. Feel nervous and specially don't like to use their bathrooms for anything.
vix82
vix82
yea, think it just part of feling 'on edge' an anxious, oh the list of anxiety symptoms on an on an on lol xx goes
deleted_user
deleted_user
Lol, I know. I'm still experiencing new symptoms. Its like, enuf already!

Anyone else when ur walking have to walk on the inside? I do, I cant stand being on the outside of the sidewalk!
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