Sometimes when I am in class, people say “it smells like s**t!” It mostly happens on the days where I don’t take a shower and I can never smell it though. It has made me very paranoid about how I smell and I try to take showers every day now. On Monday I had a shower and I didn’t hear anyone mention anything but yesterday I didn’t take a shower and I could hear people saying that it smells like poop. I heard about some disorder where people are paranoid about people thinking they smell bad even when they don’t. Is it me or am I just paranoid? If it’s me, how can I control it?
Sometimes people can smell poop in my school. I always think it’s me?
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Btw I put on deodorant/ antiperspirant every day
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I also looked up olfactory reference syndrome and I seem to have a lot of the symptoms
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I asked my mum if I smell and she said no. When I’m in a car with my family they don’t cover their noses or anything, my dad covers his mouth sometimes but he breathes really heavy and stuff (don’t know if that has anything to do with it), also in the living room they don’t. but in school today people thought it smelled bad but there was a boy eating salami but I couldn’t smell anything so I’m paranoid that it’s me. Would it have been the salami? People weren’t talking but they were sniffing a lot when I walked to class.
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The whole thing is probably just you. But do you use deodorant? Usually it's because of bacterial build up beneath the arms (armpits) that cause body odour. And that odour is hard to smell by the person who has it.
Another thing is when was the last time the sheets on your bed were washed? It also could be your bed that smells, not you, and you've just gotten used to it.
In reality, it could be many things. It's hard to say since I don't know much about you, and I don't know exactly what it smells like.
There hasn’t been s**t stains in my underwear but yesterday I didn’t take a shower and people could smell it. When I took showers I never really heard people talking about it.
Try smelling your breath.
Try smelling your breath.
If that's not it then maybe ask a doctor if there is a lotion or something that you can use.
If that's not it then maybe ask a doctor if there is a lotion or something that you can use.
It could possibly be my breath as I forget to wash my tongue most of the time, but people notice a smell even when I’m not talking
Take a spoon and scrape your tongue, as far back as you can go with out gagging. Then sniff the spoon. That will tell you what your breath smells like.
OK I will try that. Thanks
I don’t think it’s my breath
Let's get real, shall we? Sweat does not smell like poop. No resemblance. If your body stinks, it is not because you didn't shower, and deodorant has no particular effect. It is because you are not eating right. (Take a zinc pill. Some say it helps, some don't.) If your body stinks, you can smell it same as others. Tell your janitor that people are smelling poop in your classroom. It's ok to ask the janitor if you smell bad, just to be sure it's not you.
What kinds of foods should I eat more?
Charlsfarls14 I can't answer that. You will have to study some books about nutrition and figure out yourself what you need.
Charlsfarls14 I can't answer that. You will have to study some books about nutrition and figure out yourself what you need.
Okay. Thanks for the help
I’m not sure if it’s me. I asked my mum if I smell and she said I don’t and she would tell me if I did. Also on Friday I had a shower and no one said anything about a smell. People sat beside me and didn’t say anything, cover noses, sniffle etc, a girl in my class always said something loudly about it and she walked past me and didn’t say anything to anyone about an odour and people I walked past didn’t do any of that either. I’m starting to think I’m paranoid, I overthink when people do things such as laughing with the person beside me in class.
I’m not sure if it’s me. I asked my mum if I smell and she said I don’t and she would tell me if I did. Also on Friday I had a shower and no one said anything about a smell. People sat beside me and didn’t say anything, cover noses, sniffle etc, a girl in my class always said something loudly about it and she walked past me and didn’t say anything to anyone about an odour and people I walked past didn’t do any of that either. I’m starting to think I’m paranoid, I overthink when people do things such as laughing with the person beside me in class.
If you are a guy when guys hit puberty they stink. There are chemistry changes and and they sweat diffetently and they need at least one shower or two a day. You e ercise or sweat during the day you need a shower before bed
You need clean clothes so you don't wear clothes with dried sweat on them.
Shampoo your hair each time you shower.
People are not able to smell their own body odor.
I shower every day and clean myself with a washcloth. My doctor said I don’t smell, I went to him because of my paranoia about it and other stuff. My parents also say I don’t.
aight then idk what else to tell you
Yes, I put on deodorant before I go to school. My bed sheets were changed recently but sometimes I can sweat in my sleep depending on how hot it is