I haven’t showered in a week...

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Is anyone else struggling to see the point when we aren’t going anywhere? Tried going for a walk but I still just put comfies on. Am I grim?

It's a slippery slope. Look after yourself OP x

Do you not fins you always feel a bit better after a shower?

That's minging. Your housemates must be able to smell you.

Meh when I was a kid Sunday night was bath night for the family. Mind you most I would go now is a couple of days

Yes that’s grim.

You should keep yourself clean, fresh and well looked after for yourself and your own mental and physical good health, not just for the benefit of other people.

Self care is extremely important.

Are you depressed?

Your mental health will plummet OP. Honestly- best way to keep yourself mentally well is to looking after yourself physically- step one of which is to wash daily. It’s all linked into your mental health.

Please don’t let yourself sink into that black hole.

It’s a long time to not wash. Are you feeling ok? Try and have one. I bet you will feel so
Much better afterwards.

Are you friendly with your housemates? Could you buddy up and encourage each other to go through the motions of a normal day?

Or you could scare yourself with the thought of the poor medics that will have to get close to you, should you become very ill! Shower for the NHS, you know it makes sense!

Have a daily shower as early as possible in your day.

Some of these comments, have some compassion. When you don't have a reason to get ready or a routine it's easy to slip into habits like these. I know when I don't have to do anything I lose motivation but OP it does really affect your mental health.

I assure you, if you havent showered in a week you do absolutely stink, whether you can smell yourself or not.

Although you haven’t had a shower, have you washed face, pits and bits?

You will smell. You must take care of yourself. I reminded the kids earlier about brushing teeth. Really don’t want one having toothache ATM.
We can’t carry on as normal but some things we need to do. Eat, stay clean, stay hydrated and keep occupied and healthy.

Sorry that is absolutely minging. If I’m going out or not, nothing beats starting/ending the day shower fresh! YABU!

For me, I find it really important to try to keep in a routine - I get up and shower and put on at least vaguely work-ish clothes if it's a week day. Otherwise it all loses shape completely. Although I did wear a red skirt with mustard tights on Friday because they are really comfy, a combo I would not have worn outside the house ...

Establishing a routine and sticking to it is so important in this situation. I've just done 2 weeks at home with two DCs in isolation and on the days when I felt I couldn't be bothered to either get up early or wash/get dressed I ended up feeling a lot worse. Setting a routine will help to give you a sense of purpose, maintain your self esteem and some semblance of control.

Not showering in a week is grim. Despite what you think, you will smell. Are you depressed OP? The only time I behave this way is when suffering a bout of depression - sometimes it's so low level I'm not really consciously aware of it. Is that a possibility for you?

Yeah you need to wash

I became a bit like this last week, I went 3_days without a shower. I got back in to a routine after th. It can be hard to motivate yourself but try and keep in a routine because eventually (hopefully) things will go back to normal and it'll be easier if you keep a basic routine.

You are not grim. Probably just feeling a bit despondent with everything going on. I'm sure you would feel a tiny bit more positive if you have a nice shower and wash your hair etc. I know how hard it is to get motivated as I have been there too.

You need to shower daily OP, that's absolute minimal self care. Of you're finding it hard to do that then you need to speak to your doctor.

YABU to use the word comfies. I have no idea why but it goes through me like nails on a chalkboard.

Is this a wind up?

Yes that's pretty gross. I was ill with a virus this week and had one day where I wasn't well enough to get dressed and I felt really smelly by bedtime. Desperate to get clean the day after.

I'm the same. I need to get a grip, But I feel exhausted.