So true. It is an intimate process. For me--being severely overweight and in an average-to-small shower where I bump into all the different bath washes, etc.--I really hate it; I hate having to feel my body. It is quite an intimate process, more than I'd like. It doesn't help too that our bathroom is tiny, so as soon as I get out, there's little room to even turn around.

That plays conjunction with the showering equals caring. I just got back from a long trip, and I cannot find my bathing stuff anywhere; I know it's here cause I got something outa the bag couple days ago. I could use my bf's stuff, but my allergies have crept up awful lately, and I'm so dizzy I'm afraid I would fall in the shower (we need to get one of those sticky pads for the tub floor). Since I'm not up to going anywhere, I don't care too much if I've had the same clothes on a couple days. When I start to stink, or my hair itches (yay dandruff), that's kind of my limit; then I make myself get in. But feeling physically bad, then compounding it with the regular stress has made me go, "Sleep, **** it."

I'm with ya, Degas, and everyone else who's expressed similar issues.