Anonymous #1 said:
Anonymous #4 said: What you are experiencing is a symptom of major depression or some form of bipolar disorder (usually). I personally have experienced this. It's not so much that I feel an aversion towards water (like one sees in cases of Rabies infection), it's more that my whole psyche has become a psychological manifestation of the word "meh".
The only advice I can give is to seek out psychiatric treatment and medication; if that doesn't work, the only other things that seem to help are love, family, fullfillment ... and if those things are unreachable or untenable or impossible ... it's all up to you.
Good luck.
Thank you for those words. "my whole psyche has become a psychological manifestation of the word 'meh'" - so true! My room is as filthy as I am or worse, as is my car - I need a new job and more but none of those things I am moving on. It has gotten to the point where it affects my sex drive and I have only shown interest in taking one woman to bed in the last 3 or 4 years... I have been very depressed for a long time but I don't know how I feel about going on medication for it. I guess it might be a good idea at least to get me able to take care of myself and help myself 
Anonymous #7 said: I never use deodorant. I really like my smell.
Anonymous #8 said: I do the same I also only shower once a week.
Right on, you two! Yeah before all this started getting so extreme I had stopped using deoderant and started showering between 2x a week and once every 2 weeks. I think daily showers is more than people really need unless they exercise daily.
How old are you? Do you have a history of opiate use/abuse/addiction? Opiates can mess with the HPA-axis (hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal) and can screw up your production of testosterone.
Testosterone replacement therapy is an option. Even if you haven't had issues with opiates, age can often be a factor, and low testosterone definitely can result in very low motivation.
Also, when your testosterone levels are low (or even near zero), you produce WAY less sebum and far less sweat. Since you secret far less, it takes a lot longer to become noticeably unkempt (which would explain why your co-workers haven't seemed to notice). I think this might be the most likely possible answer.
Wish I'd mentioned this at first.
|