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did anyone else remove mask since pandemic and realize people all stink? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by to c/autism@lemmy.world
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i think i stink too but I'm used to my own smell.

but it took me a long time to realize smelling others' (mostly strangers') breath and b.o. has been causing me background stress and using up my spoons, probably since birth.

especially if someone acts insensitive or straight up assholian, even breathing the same air as them feels demeaning and like defeat.

so I'm finding it hard to take my mask off permanently (or semi-perm) even though i have all the vaccines that medicine allows.

the problem is that i can barely breathe with n95 (or kn95) and it makes everything physically hard. but not wearing it makes everything mentally harder.....

should i talk to my therapist about it? med Dr? or both?

edit: forgot to mention, cologne/perfume, lotion, fabric softener, etc also bother me. certain shampoos seem ok, i don't know why. sandalwood (like east Asian incense) is ok too.

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[–] 7 points 5 days ago (1 child)

I still use a mask, as I am immunocompromised on and off. Also people stop telling me I have resting bitch face when I wear it. So it stays on.

But it's nearing the holidays, so lots of highly spiced things exist, and one of those is these spiced pinecones, and I can smell those through the mask. I was standing near them waiting for my twin and I asked how bad they actually were because my throat was getting hit with the scent and twin was like "a billion times worse without the mask" so. Hurgh

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