I can't do that. I shower everyday. However with the ole' bald head it's easy to do and the wind never messes it up. Shave it every two days whether I want to or not. Low maintenance.

LOL if u were to see my tub u wouldn't want to take any showers at all!!!

I have to take a shower at least everyother day. Otherwise I feel gross, and I feel like I smell. Not that anyone would care, I am a stay at home mother.

I think I kind of understand what you mean...but I just can't get motivated to take a shower. It's like it's too much work or something. I;ll go to all the effort to cover up the fact that i didn;t shower that day tho, which just doesnt make since...i shouldve just showered lol. The longest I've ever gone is probably 4 days, when I was in a really deep depression and I wouldnt get out of bed.

Becky even though you are a stay at home mom doesn't mean that you can't feel good about yourself. That's a very important job. But you are also Becky. Don't lose who you are. I know this has nothing to do with the post, but what you said about being a mom hit home with me. I understand the feeling. Pamper yourself you deserve it. Taking care of yourself/appearance makes you feel better. Some days it's hard to get myself ready for work. I deal with the public, and unfortunately appareances count. But after I'm done getting ready, I feel better.

We all need to pamper ourselves. We deserve it!

But I don't carry many smells. Skin really doesnt need to be scrubbed daily it's overkill. I could see if I smelled really bad, but I don't. Not motivated to clean, my skin is so dry anyway.

It's not about smells all the time. It just makes me feel better and somewhat refreshed. But to each their own.

Well it doesnt make me feel better, I don't feel like doing it.

cool

There seems to be something about that daily bath or shower that helps get me moving.It helps lift my mood.

When I was working and had to go into an office every day, I would never leave the house without showering. If the hot water went out, it would ruin my entire morning because showering was the only way I could get a jump-start.
But now that I work at home, I don't shower as often, but still won't go out, other than to walk the dog or get the mail, unless I've showered. It gives me something to use as a barometer of how connected with the outside world I am (or am not). I know how important it always was to me, and if I start to slack off on that-- a pretty basic part of my life-- then I get worried.
This is just my observation, but I don't think it's always possible for a person to determine their own stinkiness. I ride on public transportation a lot and believe me, some people really smell BAD, and it's gross. I don't believe those people KNOW they smell as bad as they do, and still knowingly go out among people. They just can't smell it.
As far as the depression connection goes, having B.O. is a great way to keep away, and that seems like the opposite of what a depressed person needs... more isolation.

I left a word out of the last sentence of that last post. I meant to say...
As far as the depression connection goes, having B.O. is a great way to keep people away, and that seems like the opposite of what a depressed person needs... more isolation.

Just to add my own 2 cents...I only take a shower every other day. But only because my skin is so dry in the winter that if I showered every day I would be raw cracked and bleeding. In the summer, I usually take 2 showers a day...One in the morning to get me going and one at night to get rid of the "stickiness" so I can sleep. Either season, I go through TONS of moisturizer!!!

I think I understand both sides of this. I can tell if I am really depressed when I don't take care of myself. But when I do shower, blowdry my hair I feel like I am kicking into a higher gear. Jade

I gotta shower at least once a day...i work in housekeeping at the hospital and would find it very difficult not to shower up after coming in contact with all the sick patients and hazardous waste!!