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Do I Smell?
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I have been plagued by worries over the last five years or so that i smell. I don't know why i think i smell, i wash at least once a day and always use deodorant, i don't sweat allot,and have never been told that i smell.
yet every time i am in a closed public place, eg a bus or a shopping line i start thinking that i smell. also i even start thinking that that i can hear them talking about this terrible affliction.
i have asked all my family members if i smell, and they just think i'm crazy(and so do i) but as soon as i get on a bus i can't help it, the thoughts return to my smell.
as you can probably tell by my writing i don't think i smell at this moment in time, but that will not stop me thinking it tonight at the pub.
please give any advice you can.
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Comments (4)
Jim_Pfoss (19247)
2009-05-03 22:37:19
Surprisingly enough, I got 1.5 million returns when I Googled the phrase "paranoid that i smell."
I didn't check them all (sorry), but I didn't see anything very helpful.
It seems unlikely that you actually do smell. If your family is anything like mine, it's guaranteed they would tell you.
How are your sinuses? Perhaps you just have a chronic infection (sinusitis), and that's what you are sensing.
Of course, that wouldn't explain why you think you hear people talking about you. You know, rationally, that's not happening, right? A professional's opinion may be useful for you.
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VxOsx (22823)
2009-05-09 14:00:36
Most likely paranoia. I sometimes think I can hear people saying things about me, depending on what I'm feeling particularly self conscious about at that moment.
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carib_kid (25063)
2009-07-04 22:57:19
its funny because im always talkin about somebody. but trust me if you smell, you SMELL and someone will tell you. you probably smelled funky once out in public and since then have this obession with thinking the same thing is happening all over again. just always assume you smell good.
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Malfoy (29225)
2009-10-03 16:32:15
It's just a bit of paranoia. Think about what's logical rather than what you feel emotionally, and act upon that. At first it may seem difficult, but you'll soon get used to it and feel normal.
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