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Grand Magnate
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Dec 12, 2011 at 11:39 PM
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This is silly small success, but honestly this was not easy for me. I wanted to sleep all day. I only went from my pajamas to my robe, but at least I did take a shower!
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Dec 12, 2011 at 11:51 PM
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Not silly, not small! I had to BRIBE myself Saturday to take one, by dyeing my hair! (Took one Monday, for T!)
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Dec 12, 2011 at 11:57 PM
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I don't really understand why everyone hates taking showers so much-my shower is the highlight of my day! I could spend hours in there, daydreaming, with the warm water trickling down my back... haha. I could understand how it might be difficult to summon the energy to shower if you were depressed, but if you have the energy to buy hair dye, get excited about dying your hair, etc., then I'm guessing that you're not depressed?
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Elder Harridan x-hankster
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Dec 13, 2011 at 02:20 PM
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Do I need more medication, or what? ECT maybe? Pale cool blonde. |
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Dec 13, 2011 at 03:09 PM
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 Typical impulsive behavior for me.Although I would forget what I was doing and start three other projects in the middle of doing that first thing. I do usually finish what I start, thanks to many years of self-inflicted brute force training and excessive anxiety about my dilettantishness. But when I get carried away with impulsivity, I don't think anything through. Edit: With respect to impulsivity, I mean the hair dye thing, not the showering thing. I can "just do" a lot of stuff on autopilot. |
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Elder Harridan x-hankster
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Dec 13, 2011 at 03:32 PM
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Dec 13, 2011 at 04:31 PM
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 Though when I'm depressed, I'm kind of the opposite of impulsive and I overthink everything and therefore do almost nothing. So. I guess you can have it both ways. 
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Nov 17, 2012 at 07:02 AM
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Secretum, i don't think anyone hates showers (who could really enjoy feeling dirty and disgusting)
it's just it's hard for some of us to get motivated to do it- not only because of the depression and stuff, but also a lot of people when they don't have to go anywhere or see anyone think.. oh, sod it. lol it''s really not easy for us |
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Nov 19, 2012 at 10:18 PM
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ITA! I love this thread title because the motivation to do so on some days is just not there.
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Jun 11, 2013 at 11:39 AM
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Jan 17, 2015 at 09:12 PM
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Anyway, to OP Good on you, It's a victory and it's progress. |
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Jan 20, 2015 at 09:15 AM
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It seems to me just one of the things we can get away with.
I just cant be bothered. If I know im going to be close to other people then I will take a shower. But I can go for weeks without taking one. I have not cleaned my teeth more than a dozen times in the last ten years so my dentist sent me to hospital to have a full dental clearance. No more teeth so I don't have to clean them. I don't change my cloths very often and I often sleep in them over and over again. All this sounds really gross. but I just find it so hard to motivate myself. fingers! |
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Elder Harridan x-hankster
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Dec 13, 2011 at 12:19 AM
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I bought the hair dye at least a month ago. The complete conversation was posted in another thread, but T said today it's like my mother's voice always contradicting me and anything I want to do, telling me to be quiet so she can sleep for work, get out of the bathroom so she can get ready for work, on and on. It's always getting knocked down.
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Dec 13, 2011 at 12:20 AM
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Haha - good point. I hate showers and love them. Hate them because it takes time i don't have and I don't like the hassle of drying off in my freezing apartment. Love standing under hot water though. My hot water only last about 6 minutes because i put it on scalding hot (my bf can get 12 minutes)
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Grand Magnate
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Dec 13, 2011 at 02:10 AM
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Lol, I hate them and love them (showers) too! I love water any form i can get it, baths and hot tubs are the best. I know it's good for me physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually. But sometimes, i just cant even wrap my head around everything i have to do, and everything seems so overwhelming. We'll take our victories where we can get them
 Hankster - what color did you go with?? sounds fun 
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Dec 13, 2011 at 06:55 AM
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I tend to enjoy showers when I am in them. I do think that hot running water is the best invention ever... well tied with electricity. When I am distressed or depressed, I don't tend to want to shower though. It seems like too much.
__________________ It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction! ---"Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society". Abraham Lincoln Online. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. September 30, 1859. |
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Dec 13, 2011 at 07:17 AM
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Some days getting out of bed is a major achievement... I remember those days... glad they are gone.
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Dec 13, 2011 at 01:55 PM
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When depressed, taking a shower is a huge accomplishment!! Good for you!! I brushed my teeth yesterday and took a bath today...I am so proud of myself and I am even thinking of making a to do list to stay on track with my hygiene. I can't believe I even wrote that...I remember 10 years ago when I used to wash my hair and blow dry it every day, brush my teeth every day and even wear make up everyday... I miss the old me. Trying not to dwell on the state I am in. I'm trying to do what I can instead of resorting to stay in bed all day. It is a struggle though.
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