#not showering

[mattsmemes]

[that-1-frenchfry]

My Therapist Might have been Right When she said I have (High Functioning) Depression

I'm rotting

My skin is rotting

My hair is rotting

My eyes are rotting

My mouth is rotting

My clean laundry is rotting

My bathroom counter is rotting

My shower is rotting

My floor is rotting

My clothing is rotting

The house is rotting

The food in the fridge is rotting

The string between my dad and I is rotting

I'm too rotted for the living room

I'm too rotted to show my face

He's rotting in his tank

Because I'm too rotted to get him more food

Because I'm too rotted to get him more water

Because I'm too rotted to give him light

He sits rotting in the dark all day

She isn't rotted

She crashes against the door

Jumps up on the bed

Shoves her face into my rotted hands

My rotted mind barely responds

A child

Fresh, energetic, full of love

Full of curiosity

The sun touched me every day

The thing I loved most in the world was animals

I still do

Where did my love go?

Where did the rot hide it?

Why can't I feel anything for my animals?

Did my love also rot away?

[unsupervisedrat]

Short Review: Clean, the New Science of Skin

The book "Clean" was a disappointment. I went in expecting for arguments that showering is superfluous, or at least should be done without soap or other substances that deplete oils.

And it delivers this mainly by examining the health industry. There are chapters devoted to the history of soap, the current marketing of said soap, the difference (or lack thereof) between major brands and more "indie" takes. It speaks of purveyors of boutique bacterial sprays to replenish skin microbiome, and ponders the implication of their medicinal uses creeping into mainstream skincare marketing.

The book spends far less times on the far more interesting aspects. How did dermatologists find out that Staphylococcus Aureus is implicated in eczema? How do patients inoculated with saline/other bacterial blends react? Does this work on atopic dermatitis? Does it help with hay fever? Is there a difference in treating adults and treating children?

Are there studies on not showering? It'd be hard to blind, but if the effect sizes are large, then it'd be possible to gain some useful signals.

Are there disproportionate tradeoffs between those with the gene for oily apocrene secretions (non East Asians) vs those without (some East Asians)? How does this affect their skin microbiome, and whether they should shower?

The book reasons about its recommended course of action, less showering, less soap use, with an alarming lack of focus on the object level. It only does so in passing, to establish that we know something of how the skin works, and that soap is likely unnecessary except for our hands. And then spends five times as long looking at the insides of companies or industries.

[chaos-monkeyy]

i've never really understood how concepts like "you've only got one life, get out there and make the best of it!! live every day like it's your last!!" etc etc are motivational, cause that's... way too much pressure

i much prefer to go outside at night, look up at the sky and fail to comprehend the true vastness of time and the universe and just how very tiny and insignificant i am in it, and remember that no matter how badly i may think i've fucked anything up, ever... it really, really doesn't matter, actually

it's just... incredibly comforting

[anxietys-room]

For the shower anon. Try checking if you have aneamia or any other health problems that make standing up for a long time difficult. That being said it isn't disgusting to shower every couple of days in fact its actually quite healthy for your skin. Also check if you're scared of the following: water, loud noises, anything obstructing your eyes, or anything hitting your skin. Since all of these might be why

^^^^^

-Mod Kenan

[crankyforever]

been reflecting an realized that i'm backsliding into high school me. fuck

[bumpycap]

man

I stink