Re: Re: showering and personal hygiene issues

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Hey Abby - do you think this could be one of those Highly Sensitive Person

traits?

have you read that info yet? I hate the term " highly sensitive person " but I

am definitly one. My boyfriend and I joke about it all the time - " Turn the

TV volume down, I'm an HSP, stop rattling that bag of chips, I'm an HSP. " He

isn't one, but I scored like 99% on the test.

>

> Ouch. I can sympathize. I have skin issues too - extremely dry,

> sensitive skin. I break out in hives very easily and am allergic to a

> lot of different things. All of which I might add were ignored when I

> was a kid. I told my mother about all of this a few years ago and her

> response was " well, you didn't have any of that as a kid " . I did, she

> chose to ignore it. My hands used to be so dry as a kid I would lick

> them to get moisture on them. I can remember being at my friend's

> house after school, her mother saw me licking my fingers and rubbing

> them together. She asked me why I was doing tha., I showed her my

> hands and she put cream on them for me. She gave me a little tube of

> cream and told me to use it. Now I have a bottle of lotion in every

> room in the house and two in my desk at work....I'll never run out of

> it.

>

>

> > > > > > > > > > > > > >

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is anyone else's Nada flaky? I don't mean

> > > > occassionally

> > > > > > > > > > flaky,

> > > > > > > > > > > > > but like do they just " don't know what to do! "

> > > > with any

> > > > > > > small

> > > > > > > > > > > > > decision? Picking a restaurant, which milk to

> > > buy,

> > > > how to

> > > > > > > > > use

> > > > > > > > > > > the

> > > > > > > > > > > > > intarweb... moving a chair ( " oh we need a man

> to

> > > do

> > > > > > > that " ).

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > For example, my Nada can't make a simple

> > > > decision of

> > > > > > > where

> > > > > > > > > to

> > > > > > > > > > > go

> > > > > > > > > > > > > for lunch. She lives in a very nice college

> town

> > > > but

> > > > > > > when my

> > > > > > > > > > > > fiance

> > > > > > > > > > > > > and I came to visit last year I said to

> her " why

> > > > don't you

> > > > > > > > > pick

> > > > > > > > > > a

> > > > > > > > > > > > > restaurant over near ___ and we'll just go

> there

> > > > for

> > > > > > > lunch? "

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nada: " oh I don't know if any restaurants

> near

> > > > ___. I

> > > > > > > > > don't

> > > > > > > > > > > > know

> > > > > > > > > > > > > where we'd eat. " Keep in mind this area is

> ALL

> > > > > > > restaurants.

> > > > > > > > > > > This

> > > > > > > > > > > > > went on for days. She couldn't decide where

> we'd

> > > > go, etc.

> > > > > > > > > She

> > > > > > > > > > > > just

> > > > > > > > > > > > > kept saying she didn't know, " I don't know...

> > > hmmm

> > > > I

> > > > > > > really

> > > > > > > > > > don't

> > > > > > > > > > > > > know. " So finally when we went to visit her we

> > > > picked

> > > > > > > her up

> > > > > > > > > > > drove

> > > > > > > > > > > > > to the area in question and found a great

> little

> > > > bistro.

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nada: " oh this was so much fun! What a nice

> > > > > > > restaurant! My

> > > > > > > > > > > eggs

> > > > > > > > > > > > > are SO good! " (wash, rinse, repeat like 5

> times.)

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Seriously, I just wanted to smack her if she

> > > > didn't

> > > > > > > shut up

> > > > > > > > > > > about

> > > > > > > > > > > > > how great the restaurant was. She OVER

> > > compensates

> > > > for

> > > > > > > stuff

> > > > > > > > > > > like

> > > > > > > > > > > > > that and it drives me bonkers. She acts like

> she

> > > > never

> > > > > > > gets

> > > > > > > > > > > out.

> > > > > > > > > > > > > In hindsite, maybe she doesn't.

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyway, the flaky just annoys the crap out

> of

> > > me

> > > > and I

> > > > > > > > > > thought

> > > > > > > > > > > > I'd

> > > > > > > > > > > > > see if anyone else had the same experience.

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > She also just bought a computer in the last

> > > > year. Now

> > > > > > > she

> > > > > > > > > > > knows

> > > > > > > > > > > > > how to check websites and send emails but she

> > > > swears up &

> > > > > > > > > down

> > > > > > > > > > > that

> > > > > > > > > > > > > she's helpless and can't do it.

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Now I will lean on folks if I need to. I'm

> > > short

> > > > so I

> > > > > > > > > can't

> > > > > > > > > > > > reach

> > > > > > > > > > > > > the pepper on the top shelf, but if my fiance

> > > isn't

> > > > > > > around or

> > > > > > > > > > if

> > > > > > > > > > > > > he's busy (or chilling on the couch) I'm

> going to

> > > > get a

> > > > > > > > > chair.

> > > > > > > > > > > Do

> > > > > > > > > > > > > you get my drift?

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyone else have the same experience with

> > > > > > > > > their " helpless!! "

> > > > > > > > > > > nada?

> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Amy

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