Post by possiblehelp on Sept 16, 2016 21:56:34 GMT
The most destructive thing about this disorder is not the "smell"... it's the fact that we care so much about what people think. The torment comes from us freaking out about how other people view us, but why should we even care what they think? Why is their opinion soooooo important that we stop living our lives just to please their noses? You might say "Well people talk about me. They make fun of me. They call me names." Is that really worst thing in the world? I'll tell you this now... yes, it can feel bad when people call you names, but should you allow that to have so much power over you? The worst they can do is say "You stink" and laugh, but at the end of the day why do we give these people so much power over us? We've given these people the role of God in our lives. We have made these "other people" the top priority in our lives. If someone asked us "What's most important to you?" we'd say "What other people think of me". Never make "what other people think" the most important thing in your life... because when you do that... you become their slave. You are now a slave to the public's opinion. They are your masters and they control you. You only have one life to live... you won't get another chance so start asking yourself "Why does people thinking I stink hurt my feelings so much?" the answer would be "pride". We all have pride. We all have an ego... and it's hard to feed an ego when you have a disorder that makes you "stink". We all want to feel important... and this disorder can make you feel unimportant. We all have an idea of ourselves that makes us feel good about ourselves. Our ego tells us "you're the coolest", "You're the most beautiful/handsome" ect.or the ego tells us "You could be cooler" or "you could be more handsome/beautiful" and we try to live up to the ego's standards.... and how the hell can we live up to this standard when we have everybody saying we stink? This disorder is not necessarily the real issue. The real issue is our ego and when people think we stink... it bruises our ego. When you try to live up to the ego, you automatically become a slave to the world's opinion and you have now given the people in the public a high place in your life. Who the hell are they? You deserve happiness just like everybody else. The first way to overcoming this is figuring out what your values are. What is most important to you? Is it impressing other people and getting everyone to like you? Is it getting everyone to think highly of you? If it is... then you will always be a slave to this disorder. You will always be depressed and you will never discover true happiness. True happiness does not come from getting other people to like you or getting people to think that you don't stink. A lot of us think "If people never thought I stink... I would be happy with my life" but that's not true. Your self-worth doesn't come from other people liking you or not thinking that you stink. Your self-worth comes from inside. I don't give a damn how many people said you smell bad at the end of the day... their opinion does not determine who you are. You decide who you are. I think this disorder has made me a much better person. I no longer allow other people to determine my worth. I DECIDE MY WORTH. And anybody who thinks that I stink can kiss my stinky a**. LOL. If someone laughed at me and said I stink I would say "YES!! GO AHEAD AND SMELL MY STINKY FUNK BABY!! IS IT FUNKY ENOUGH?" or I just might ignpre them. I really don't give a f*ck anymore. Being stinky isn't the worst thing in the world because there are serial killers out there, pedophiles ect. So they can complain all they want... nobody is gonna stop me from living my life. Like I said before.... who the hell are they? Why the f*ck should we even give a damn about their opinion? Stop caring so much about what "people" think and start living your life because one day all of this will be over. Stop being a slave to the public. What are you so scared of? Why do allow them to make your heart beat fast, and cause you to sweat? Who the hell ate these people? What's more important, their nose or your life?? We have some friends who say we don't stink but yet we don't care that the one's closest to us think that we don't stink.... instead we care more about the public's opinion and the one's who matter to us the most just fall to the side. Instead... we'd rather put THE WORLD first. We'd rather put that woman who covered her nose, or that guy who frowned, or that a**hole who made a comment the number one position in our lives. We are now enslaved to the publics opinion. That's what happens when you let what people think of you become the top priority in your life. In a way... we've sold ourselves out to the public. We've given the public our WHOLE SELVES. We belong to them. They own us. Why are we so vain? Yes... we are vain. If we get rid of this vanity and conquer our ego... then we will no longer be slaves to this disorder. We live in a vain world. If we just look at social media or TV we will see how society places such a huge importance on the way people look,the things they own and how popular they are. But these things do not make us who we are and if we had all these things they still wouldn't make us happy. Everyone has become slaves to being liked by others and it has made us so selfish! The real battle of this disorder is not from "smelling bad" the real battle comes from inside the mind. Who the hell are these people? If they think you stink... then they just think you stink and there's nothing you can do about that but accept yourself because you have no control over this (accept for diet)... if they don't like you then.... who cares? Remove the chains and shackles and stop being a slave to what people think of you and be free!