Discussion What is the longest period of time you've gone without showering?

[tannhausers]

1 day, I guess

I REALLY hate being dirty. If I haven't showered, I can feel the dirt, sweat, and everything else, and it really bugs me.
Update: I just remembered that I didn't wash for about five days while I was in the hospital—and that's even though I did wash genitalia area every day (at least I tried to wash up as best I could). And it was HORRIBLE; I felt disgusting because of it, plus I was weighed down by the whole hospital atmosphere and the discomfort of not being at home and sharing a ward with other people.

 

[whitetaildeer]

3 days. I was catatonic, albeit briefly, from a psychotic episode. One of the most terrifying moments of my life.

 

[DrowningWithin]

Lwk like a whole summer, I would wash my hair in the sink because I couldn't take care of myself.

Even now it's hard to shower because it's so much effort. I shower like literally once every 1-2 weeks.

My hair is fried so it hardly gets oily. It comes as a shock since online I portray myself as some sort of "pretty girl", which I clearly don't act like one.

 

[SilentSiren]

Longest I have gone is about 2 months. That was during one of my more acute depressive episodes and losing my favorite person just made it worse. I didn't have the energy or will to even get out of bed, let alone shower. At my baseline, I shower 2-3 times a week.

 

[usernameless]

I don't care to keep track of these things but probably like 2 weeks.

 

[AnxiousLife]

Maybe a month. Now I shower every 2 weeks probably, my depression and ocd (fear of contamination, thoughts of something may happen while i'm showering and similar thoughts) make it challenging to take care of myself

 

[enne]

i think it was about two months or more.. i'm still in a fog about it all. my main issue now is idfk where my clothes went. no clean clothes? why bathe? house is dirty. everything is dirty. washer/dryer constantly broken. all broken all dirty.
filthy.

 

[Dejected 55]

I'm going on a little more than 2 weeks now... nowhere near my record, though.

 

[extremelyugly]

I can't not shower. I think I have trauma from one time I used to smell apparently 9 years ago. It was hell when I went to college because of it, and I showered everyday, so maybe it was either me sweating (because of extreme anxiety), or my clothes. Disgusting anyways, but the point is: maximum was only 48 hours.

 

[nosense-user]

2 days

 

[Dejected 55]

Days since last shower... reset to 0 this evening as I did a bunch of yard work and needed to shower.