Luann
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This is a personal reflection, made possible by the internet and the nice people of this forum......
My personality has been changed over the years by my perception of my own hygiene, mostly breath odor. I've had un-fresh breath since a young age, probably from bacteria in stomach or throat. But, it wasn't obvious how much this affected me until I thought about it recently. Having a sense of fear about talking to people, hanging out with people, being nearby....it messes with you. My mom recently commented, "you wear a lot of dark clothes".....
Probably some weird habits, contrarian views, movement tics, maybe bad posture too, was sort of developed by my instinct to keep people away from me. On purpose sequestering myself, avoiding social stuff, not having fun.
That's so messed up, right????!!
My personality has been changed over the years by my perception of my own hygiene, mostly breath odor. I've had un-fresh breath since a young age, probably from bacteria in stomach or throat. But, it wasn't obvious how much this affected me until I thought about it recently. Having a sense of fear about talking to people, hanging out with people, being nearby....it messes with you. My mom recently commented, "you wear a lot of dark clothes".....
Probably some weird habits, contrarian views, movement tics, maybe bad posture too, was sort of developed by my instinct to keep people away from me. On purpose sequestering myself, avoiding social stuff, not having fun.
That's so messed up, right????!!