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Post by Arun Nagrath on Apr 4, 2012 20:09:49 GMT
Hi guys, Well some of you mentioned you wanted a board for Mental Health issues. So tell me your experiences.
Do doctors, dentists and psychiatrists drive you mad? You know... it's all in your head!! (cough, cough).
Yea sure! Is that why he's coughing, the appointment only lasted 2 minutes and you're now referred to a psychiatrist!
What a joke! What do you think?
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Post by imaneedhelp on Apr 5, 2012 19:58:25 GMT
My odor definitely makes me depressed and paranoid. It's a struggle everyday to get up and face the world, but I do it anyway. I fluctuate between being severly depressed and wanting nothing to do with society, and then there are the other times when i'm like screw it. I dare anyone to say or even look at me the wrong way. Having this problem has made me realize a lot of things about myself. I realized that i was in denial for a long time which caused me to not seek help. I've been trying to hide and mask any odor from others for a long time. It's been kind of liberating now that so many people know. They know to steer clear and I can walk around feeling more comfortable mentally. I realized that i lack self discipline, patience, and courage. It's a lonely existence, and it's caused me to take comfort in myself and to be an individual no matter what. Sadly, i've also come to realize how much I rely on acknowledgement, validation, and acceptance from others. I think that's what I want to break myself of more than anything. I'm working towards not needing those things from outsiders to be happy and to accept myself. Right now I'm on a pretty positive kick. Im blessed to have a job, a roof over my head, food in my stomach and clothes on my back. I'm working on being a positive person and seeing where that gets me.
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Post by bean on Apr 23, 2012 8:35:10 GMT
I never knew how hard it could be to convince doctors you have an odour. I always have read threads about how doctors are never believing them and say its all in your head. But I really thought my doctor would be different....sadly not though.
I went to the doctor today and she just would not believe me at all. I told her how people have made comments to me or when they sit next to me they make faces and pull away. But she just responded with "well then there must be something wrong with them" and "you just think they are saying those comments to you."
Like, wtf?! I'm not an idiot, I can tell when someone is making an insulting comment to me. I have never been so frustrated in my life! Telling the truth and them telling you its a lie ....gah! It makes you start to think maybe you actually are a bit mad, but then you remember all your bad experiences and it just can't be true.
Now shes making me do all these random heart tests because my heart beat has a bit of "jazz" in it and even though that's normal, according to her it could be making me think I smell. -_____- I almost face palmed.
Then of course i'll be started on the anti depressants, which Im not going to take because it will probably make me smell worse.
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Post by searching on Apr 29, 2012 3:52:49 GMT
i am 18 years old and attending uni. i do psych so you can see how hard that made it when it come to convincing family and doctors that i have tmau. i have always being an obsessive cleaner however that has become very difficult as i am studying and working. i recently discovered that i have tmau and i am showering every chance i get. my parents still fail to smell me but my baby sister got my back and she tells me when it's bad. i have also changed my diet. lately i feel very down because i can't keep up anymore. i keep wondering why i even bother. trying so very hard to stay positive but it's becoming very difficult.
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Post by chstrackbeast on Apr 29, 2012 16:27:24 GMT
Hey 'searching'! I feel your pain. Just dont give up.
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Post by Bb on May 7, 2012 6:16:45 GMT
i am 18 years old and attending uni. i do psych so you can see how hard that made it when it come to convincing family and doctors that i have tmau. i have always being an obsessive cleaner however that has become very difficult as i am studying and working. i recently discovered that i have tmau and i am showering every chance i get. my parents still fail to smell me but my baby sister got my back and she tells me when it's bad. i have also changed my diet. lately i feel very down because i can't keep up anymore. i keep wondering why i even bother. trying so very hard to stay positive but it's becoming very difficult. Stay strong! Don't give up going to university, stick to it and you will feel so proud of yourself. I know how hard it is to convince your parents and family of the smell, they just want to stay in denial about it and think to themselves "that could never happen to my child." You must keep "bothering" so that you can have the best life possible, the one you deserve to have.
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Post by malory on May 7, 2012 18:12:50 GMT
Dearest Searching, everyone on this forum will help you through university. We stand together in this. I know exactly what you are feeling. Please e-mail me on karen.james@meboresearch.org I would really like to talk to you about all this.
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Post by joanball on May 7, 2013 14:18:21 GMT
Hi,I have suffered with t.m.a.u for many years trying to keep down jobs and look after a family.had to give up my job in 2009 after a severe mental breakdown being bullied at work and by my own family who I no longer speak to.life is very difficult and I very rarely leave the house.Have tried diet and antibiotic treatment cant take nullo because of all the meds I'm on and life is really unmanageable at times.Don't go out much doctors don't seem to understand and it really does feel that life is not worth living with this condition. I feel I have lost everything because of this condition and the effect it has had on my confidence and mental health is very painful indead. It truly is a life changing condition and not in a good way.It make me miserable and sad and I feel like I'm in mourning for I life I should of had and will never get back all I'm left with is memory of when times were good and a life time of pain and misery
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Post by sickandtired on Sept 21, 2013 15:40:38 GMT
I realized I had an odor problem probably in middle school, but I had a few friends and I got by. College was horrible but I only went for 6 months and had a few friends there too. It was when I was somewhere in my 20s that I realized how many people knew.. people in the stores, restaurants, flea markets (that I use to love going to)... I mean I'd just thought it was the people I saw regularly (worked with, or family members) that knew about it, or that I'd have to worry about insulting me. When I realized how much of a reputation I had I think I felt something inside break. I'm definitely not the same person I use to be.
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Post by luckyhope84 on Nov 13, 2013 17:24:29 GMT
For me it was all in my head. I had been thinking I smelled for 7 yrs. I thought every little thing people did was in reference to my odor. Then one day I decided to take the focus of my attention off my odor and I realized then I didn't smell. It was all coming from me. It was in my head. I suffered so much I was homebound. I never went out. Or barely. Now I go out all the time. And I realize people treat me how they always have.
So don't think having a body odor is the only answer. You very well may not have a body odor but its all in your head. I would say think about how much you think of it. If its always on your mind then maybe you need to reevaluate. Delusions are real. And I know because I had one. I went to the wrong place looking for help. I thought you all were the only ones that would understand but that's not true. I really believe in believing your doctors. They tell the truth. But I had heard so much about not believing the doctors I didn't know where to turn. Now I know how you think greatly affects what you see and remember.
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