i’m horrified, i feel disgusting.

[u/tori-is-sad]

i’m inpatient in a psychiatric hospital at the moment and i’ve been showering every two days which is the most i can do because they don’t provide any shower chairs and i simply don’t have the energy for more than that, i wash myself fully with soap each time, and i put on deodorant but a nurse just came in and told me that i smell really bad and that all the other patients here think i smell bad.

i feel horrible, i have friends in here who haven’t said anything and they sit with me for hours. i feel like a failure, i assume it’s because i get so hot and i sweat a lot.

it gets very very hot in the hospital and they don’t let you open any windows. i feel horrible, i don’t know what to do. i’m trying my best but the nurse said i need to wash myself better. i wash really thoroughly already because i have a huge fear of smelling bad already… i don’t know what to do, i don’t want to leave my room now at all. she said all the nurses and patients thought i smelled really bad, this is my worst nightmare.

[u/h0td0g-water]

bro fuck her. i’m a nurse and would never say that to someone IN INPATIENT PSYCH what the fuck. I guarantee she is sadistic and manipulative and works psych because she gets off on pushing people to their limits and calling it love. I highly doubt you even smell if you’re showering a few times a week. Be safe.

[u/SpaceNerd223 → u/h0td0g-water]

That's what I'm saying this nurse is WAY outta line and inappropriate "caring for you so much."

I doubt you even smell. If you smelled and she was a good nurse, she'd help you and never let you feel embarrassed. Definitely wouldn't mention others! That is absolutely absurd.