Posted by rskontos on December 16, 2007, at 12:32:27
In reply to Re: Umm, stuff that I'm ashamed of. » TF, posted by Racer on December 15, 2007, at 10:41:09
TF I have been reading your thread and the corresponding posters responses and you have gotten some great ones. Very thoughtful insightful and some humorous.
I have done research on this too. Because the smell disorder was interesting as well. I assume the doctors checked you for this smell disorder and concluded you did not have this right?
So in the face of not having a smell disorder they concluded it was psychological in nature is this correct?
And you still believing that you smell they concluded you have the fixed belief.
I have a VERY sensitive sense of smell. But for me it seems to be more of an artificial or man made. Perfumes will make me gag. I don't mind a man's natural smell. But I hate certain deodorants. They smell too manufacturered. I will be triggered by certain smells but love the smell of gasoline. I love the smell of fire or leaves burning. So to label things "Smell" it is a preference of each individual I believe.
So after reading all your posts and the replies I think IMHO that you are more afraid of maybe rejection of others than actually smelling. I could be wrong. But you know how you can take a fragrance and 10 people and out of those 10 people you won't find a major in that they all like the fragance or hate it. It is just preference of what is a good smell and what is bad. I love the smell of bleach it smells clean to me but to some it is overpowering. And pinesol some think is smells clean some think it is bad. So to label your particular body smell is bad well I think if we all got together some of us on babble would find you to smell good naturally and some not. European countries don't wash like us Americans we wash the natural sense of people away. Not everyone likes to do that. Some people prefer a natural body scent to a perfumed one.
I rest my case with I think you are just being very hard on yourself as alot of us on babble are because we fear people in general. I am scared to death of them and would prefer to hide. So while I understand please just go easy and relax alittle.
And let us know if you take Bodhi up on his experiment as I too laughed at that one. Take care and try to be a little kinder to yourself.
rsk
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