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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 689437" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>I think it is the same for my son, IB. He cultivates his image. He has body dysmorphic disorder believing he is ugly (gorgeous) and self-conscious about his balding (slight). So he wears a hoody, in what ever weather.</p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Why don't you wear a cap, Son? </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>You just don't get it Mom. </em></p><p></p><p>My son is clean, showering at least daily. But he wears clothes he gets from the homeless mission or from a psychiatric crisis clinic. He asks us if he smells because he says he lost his sense of smell when he had the brain injury.</p><p></p><p>I think they are playing a part. For what audience? That is my question. And for what? Do they believe there will be some intervention forthcoming? Is it a penance?</p><p></p><p>My son invests care in his hygiene. Why would he not care about his appearance--how he appears to others?</p><p></p><p>For the longest time after my mother died winter or summer I wore one knit shirt, washed every single day. I told myself I did so because it was comfortable. But I knew better--I could not adorn myself. I could not care for myself. I cared less how others thought of me. My grief I wore like a shroud.</p><p></p><p>Why would our children be so sad, and so unable or unwilling to throw it off? Honestly. That is the question and that is our collective grief.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 689437, member: 18958"] I think it is the same for my son, IB. He cultivates his image. He has body dysmorphic disorder believing he is ugly (gorgeous) and self-conscious about his balding (slight). So he wears a hoody, in what ever weather. [I] Why don't you wear a cap, Son? You just don't get it Mom. [/I] My son is clean, showering at least daily. But he wears clothes he gets from the homeless mission or from a psychiatric crisis clinic. He asks us if he smells because he says he lost his sense of smell when he had the brain injury. I think they are playing a part. For what audience? That is my question. And for what? Do they believe there will be some intervention forthcoming? Is it a penance? My son invests care in his hygiene. Why would he not care about his appearance--how he appears to others? For the longest time after my mother died winter or summer I wore one knit shirt, washed every single day. I told myself I did so because it was comfortable. But I knew better--I could not adorn myself. I could not care for myself. I cared less how others thought of me. My grief I wore like a shroud. Why would our children be so sad, and so unable or unwilling to throw it off? Honestly. That is the question and that is our collective grief. [/QUOTE]
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