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I Just Wish He Would Take A Shower
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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 700135" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>I see where your Difficult Child has NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD), which is considered by some to be part of the autistic spectrum. I'm autistic and have Sensory Integration Disorder (SID).</p><p></p><p>I also don't like to shower. I prefer to bathe, but unfortunately, my knees are so bad that I can no longer get up and down in the tub, so have to shower.</p><p></p><p>Why don't I like to shower? Well, it's an enclosed box. I can't wear my glasses, so all I can see is dim, colored blurs. The water hitting my skin stings. The non-skid mat under my feet feels weird and squeaky and I'm scared of accidentally stepping off of it and falling. I can't balance on one leg to do my lower legs and feet one at a time, so I have to bend over to do them, which causes me BAD back pain. Then, I have to take down the showerhead and rinse off with that stinging water and hang the showerhead back up.</p><p></p><p>Then, there's getting out of the shower. Remember what I said about standing on one leg? Now I have to do that AND step over the side of the tub without falling.</p><p></p><p>The whole thing is just a very unpleasant experience. I shower twice a week. It's as often as I can force myself to do it. I wash my hair in the kitchen sink every couple of days, and I wash the "smelly bits" at least once per day and change underthings daily.</p><p></p><p>I have never been told I smell bad. My skin is healthy. My hair is falling out and no one can tell me why beyond it being "female pattern baldness". So far I have such thick hair that there's plenty left. My teeth are shot, but not due to lack of hygiene, rather due to my being born with defective enamel. I have an upper plate and am shortly going to have my remaining few bottom teeth pulled and a lower denture placed. This after a full restoration failed for the 3rd time about 2 years ago.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 700135, member: 1963"] I see where your Difficult Child has NonVerbal Learning Disorder (NVLD), which is considered by some to be part of the autistic spectrum. I'm autistic and have Sensory Integration Disorder (SID). I also don't like to shower. I prefer to bathe, but unfortunately, my knees are so bad that I can no longer get up and down in the tub, so have to shower. Why don't I like to shower? Well, it's an enclosed box. I can't wear my glasses, so all I can see is dim, colored blurs. The water hitting my skin stings. The non-skid mat under my feet feels weird and squeaky and I'm scared of accidentally stepping off of it and falling. I can't balance on one leg to do my lower legs and feet one at a time, so I have to bend over to do them, which causes me BAD back pain. Then, I have to take down the showerhead and rinse off with that stinging water and hang the showerhead back up. Then, there's getting out of the shower. Remember what I said about standing on one leg? Now I have to do that AND step over the side of the tub without falling. The whole thing is just a very unpleasant experience. I shower twice a week. It's as often as I can force myself to do it. I wash my hair in the kitchen sink every couple of days, and I wash the "smelly bits" at least once per day and change underthings daily. I have never been told I smell bad. My skin is healthy. My hair is falling out and no one can tell me why beyond it being "female pattern baldness". So far I have such thick hair that there's plenty left. My teeth are shot, but not due to lack of hygiene, rather due to my being born with defective enamel. I have an upper plate and am shortly going to have my remaining few bottom teeth pulled and a lower denture placed. This after a full restoration failed for the 3rd time about 2 years ago. [/QUOTE]
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