Poor hygiene but don't care and see no reason to change

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I have pretty poor hygeine with the exception of brushing my teeth regularly (daily). Flossing is more difficult...

I have always found that if for some reason I go a few days without a shower, I don't tend to feel any different, unless it's really hot weather and my hair's gone greasy and I feel sticky. But even if I feel the same - once I've had a shower I can definitely tell the difference!
I do still have to push myself to do it though, frustratingly. I think a mix of the fact that I find no matter how quick I try to be, by the time I've dried and everything, about half an hour has gone - so for some reason I'm nowhere near as quick as most people seem to be. My other issue is that I really hate the sensation of being wet and especially of having water hitting me. I'm OK if I'm submersed in the water - like in a bath or swimming pool. But then when I get out I NEED to get dry as fast as possible. I remember when I first met my fiancee - she commented that if we were out and it started raining I looked like I was being murdered, I looked so unhappy lol! So of course, knowing that sensation is coming never really enthuses me to the idea much...

Until I was about 13, I only took a bath once a week (at the most).

Nowadays, I take a shower virtually every day. If I don't take a shower, my hair starts getting greasy and my eyes start stinging because of my sweat.

I find it rather disgusting when people walk around stinking to high heaven.

^^^QFT. when I don't have to be anywhere around people, I have been known to reek. but I will NOT stink when I'm around others, that is just the plain golden rule. I've been around unwashed types that made me wanna hurl and I would not inflict that olfactory punishment on others.

I do hate cleaning my teeth. But I force myself to do it every day because I don't want to end up as someone with bad breath.

I change my underwear every day, so I have countless pairs of socks and pants in my drawers. That way loads could be in the wash and I still have plenty of pairs.

I usually have a bath every night. I enjoy soaking in a bubble bath. It calms my nerves.

One of my special interests is soap - bars, liquid and detergent powders. I still get happy rubbing a bar of soap and it gets bubbly. The rest of my autistic family aren't crazy about soap like I do, but they are sensitive to smells like I am, so everyone is very keen about being clean. We seem to go through enormous amount of soap, shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste and dental floss (I'm the worst because I love flossing). I do laundry everyday so we're always clean and sweet smelling. I did push the kids a bit when establishing the routine, then they stick to those routines like their lives depend on them.

*BTW I don't think there's anything wrong about bathing once a week. Brushing teeth is more important.

Medicare allows one shower per adult in care homes per week. When I was young and growing up in the 1950s, it was very common for people to have a 'weekly bath' . Women went to the hairdresser once a week and did not shampoo between times to keep from ruining the 'set'. So much of the " whoop de doo" about bathing is a cultural issue.
If you are not stinky and breeding bacteria and yeast and sores, etc, from long- standing not bathing, there is nothing unhealthy about going a while between cleanings!

I stink after not taking a shower for a day.

glad i'm not the only stinky

i'm right-brain dominant, my left brain has not gotten to control anybody.

eck.

I virtually never shower anymore. I just swab my groin with rubbing alcohol and spray my armpits with it. Sometimes I add some aftershave to the alcohol I have in a spray bottle. I don't think I've ever had much of a body odor problem. I don't prespire much. I wear a cap to hide my hair which looks as one might expect.

Yes the alcohol stings my nether regions, but I have pretty good pain tolerance.

Sorry if TMI but you didn't have to read my post.