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I have depression, and find it hard to find the motivation to do things. However sometimes I will go 10+ days without showering? The most I have ever gone is about 3 weeks. IIN?
No, please join a forum with free chat counselors, either that or learn to lick your body like a cat. You can do it in bed. Within six months you will be flexible enough to auto-fellatio. Also being serious, there's no shame in medication.
It's normal to go longer without showering when you have depression. It's not normal, in general, to go that long without showering.
I've been in that place, and I find that I feel much better about myself once I finally force myself to shower.
I have dealt with depression myself for about the last 30 years. The number of times I thought"It would be so much easier if I just go shot myself somewhere in the woods". " That has taken me a long time to realize that there are things that help real good. I have been a cross-dressing male since age 13, the last year I was in the Navy (US), one of my bosses figured he would make me his next sexual assault victim. I went to others in charge, their reply to me and another victim "Well he's being transferred in a week". I gave 7 years to my country and that's part of my reward for being there. No fucking justice ? For years this has haunted and troubled me to the point I had trouble holding jobs, I can even count the amount of money I have spent for drugs. I used the drugs to numb the emotional pain, and later on I tried doing enough that I wouldn't wake up.
Depression is a cancer in itself, it will eat you from inside. You have got to get to Dr. You will be surprised at how soon you can be feeling better. Really, jump out of bed, if your a guy, get a shower and shave, of female shave your legs. I found days I had to force myself out of bed to the shower, I would clean up, shave, and that alone made big difference.
Don't let the depression win. You are in control of your body, not a hiccup in the seritonin flow.(it's been awhile, I'm pretty sure that's part of the depression, the slow flow of the feel good juice produced in the brain). It's an easy fix if your willing to see Dr. But don't wait. Really, there is life after depression.
The depression sounds like a symptom of a bigger problem, like social anxiety. Shut-ins typically go without showering for long periods, so normal for them but not the rest of us.
Do you work? I find it hard to believe that a person waking up to go to work won't have the "motivation" to take a shower beforehand. In fact finding a job may be just the motivation you need.
That has happened to me before, and from a bit of phobia...
You should take a shower at least once a week and find joy in a nice warm bath. Have an escape from reality and relaxation. TBH when I had an extreme phobia when I was 8 I went a month, now I know that a jellyfish won't come out of the pipe and sting me. So I shower every other day. Showering at last every other to a week should be ok as long as your caring for you and your body.
It depends as to what degree your depression is.
If it is a clinical state of severe major depression , then you dont feel like getting out of bed , dressing , showering , eating , going anywhere , going to work.
The aches and pains are so bad , it hurts and makes you cringe and you get the chills.
You just want to stay in your pajamas and
lay on the couch 24 / 7 under the blankets.
Lack of self care is a symptom of depression and will make it worse, because you won't want to be around people and they won't want to be around you.
What are you doing about the depression?