2006-10-20 14:37:53 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
Psychological. They don't think it's important. They probably won't, until someone of the opposite sex they're trying to impress tells them they smell bad enough to knock a buzzard off a gut wagon.
2006-10-20 14:42:53 · answer #1 · answered by David W 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, many mental disorders can lead to this kind of behavior. Now, if the person seems somewhat normal, they could just have OCD. They could be obsessed with wearing the same clothes. A lady at my job wears the same pants everyday. I think she has multiple pairs of the pants, but she also wears a select few shirts. The strangest thing though is that she eats the same lunch everyday!! For the last four years she has been eating boiled hamburger and broccoli! It smells terrible! She has never eaten a single crumb of anything else, even when they had free lunch.
No with the bath, some people might have a fear of water, or not want to wash their bodies. It can and does happen.
2006-10-20 23:21:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's caused by a lack of parenting, parental neglect at some point. I have a cousin who is in high school. She's a good kid, smart too, but she hates to shower and always wears the same clothes days in a row. She's carried head lice for as long as I can remember. Her mother, is pretty clean, as is their house, but the mom is on drugs and has men in and out, and has never really cared what her daughter does. I've tried to teach her hygiene, but it's like talking to a brick wall.
2006-10-20 22:32:51 · answer #3 · answered by tinydancer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, there are some conditions where people are afraid of showering for some reason (like afraid the water will be blood, or acid, or that there are hidden cameras in the shower or some such).
But I don't think that's what you're talking about...
2006-10-20 21:46:40 · answer #4 · answered by kundalinicat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)tend to do this. They are by nature perfectionists, and it takes them a LONG time to do anything that they consider important. So they put off those kinds of things until they can devote sufficient time to do them perfectly.
And they end up not doing those things at all.
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2006-10-20 21:46:52 · answer #5 · answered by mia2kl2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a low self esteem is often the answer sadly arising from a possible traumatic past. i don't know how drs catorgorise this as there are so many reasons that could be given.
2006-10-21 18:28:15 · answer #6 · answered by zita 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is called dementia, and it is because they do not remember, but keeping clean is only one of the symptoms
2006-10-20 21:48:03 · answer #7 · answered by rkilburn410 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, this could be a symptom of any of several mental illnesses/anxiety disorders.
2006-10-21 02:17:46 · answer #8 · answered by Oghma Gem 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this kind of relates but i have ocd
and i will not wear a shirt again if i've been sick in it or had a bad experience while wearing it. even if it were my only choice
2006-10-20 22:49:11 · answer #9 · answered by flowerchild 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is laziness.
Look at whoever it is you're talking about and tell me they are'nt lazy. Bet ya can't.
2006-10-20 21:53:45 · answer #10 · answered by Kevin N 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋