Post by love930 on Jan 15, 2012 19:07:48 GMT
Hi everyone I used to go on the other website everyday complaining about my body odor. I would get a reaction from every single person I would walk by. They would either complain about the smell, hold their nose, put their finger under their nose or just give me a strange look. People would also roll down the windows when I was in the car and move seats when I was on the bus. I would hear people complain about burning, fish, poo you name it. This made me think it was TMAU. I tried various pills and deodorants. This ruined my high school years and my first semester of college. I became insane and thought that every comment was about me. I was even thinking I heard people saying things about me when they weren't. Anyways I thought that this has ruined enough years without me talking about it to anyone so I did. I had questions prepared to find out where it was coming from so that I would be able to know more about it, which might help me solve it. I started with my bestfriend. I told her she wouldnt hurt my feelings and that I needed her to be honest. Have I ever smelled bad? The answer was no are you crazy? Feeling a little bit better I went on to ask more people. 10 people later I realized it had to be in my head. 5 years wasted and an anxiety build up for what? nothing. I'm happy to hear that no one thinks that I smell, but I still get all of the reactions. So a possibility could be that I do create smells just no one knows it's from me or that I am breathing out something that gives everyone a reaction like they have an allergy. I looked up a sinus cleanser, which I am going to try and see if I still get any reactions afterwards. But seriously it could just be in your head it was in mine. Talk to someone about it. Next time someone I don't know holds their nose I'm going to ask them sorry sir but do I smell? I don't care anymore the worst he can say is yes and then I'll know that I do. I'm also going to finally talk to my doctor about my anxiety. It has gotten so bad that I became an excessive sweater. I will talk to my doctor and try the nasal cleaning and be back with the news (: So all of these things did happen, but I was making them seem bigger than they were. I thought that all of these actions I got was because of me. Some advice is to stop looking at the reactions and tell yourself it isn't you. It could be just in your head like it was for me. I know that on the other website people would say that it could be in your head and thats not what I wanted to hear because I truly believed I smelled. My answer would be then why do I get all of these reactions? Anyways I'll be back tomorrow. Good luck to you all. Please reply if you have anything to say.