How Long Can You Actually Go Without Showering

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  • Опубліковано 29 лис 2021
  • Showering. It's something most of us do every day, skipping once isn't going to kill you, but at what point would not taking a shower actually kill you? Check out today's new video that puts your hygiene practices on blast and reveals the terribly disgusting things that will happen to you if you start skipping that shower!
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 921

  • @ShortHax
    @ShortHax 2 роки тому +1252

    Me before shower: ”I don’t wanna shower”
    Me in shower: ”I live here now”

  • @relampagoxd1500
    @relampagoxd1500 2 роки тому +735

    This channel is so good, really cures my boredom when I most need it.

    • @softlightlaboratory
      @softlightlaboratory 2 роки тому +5

      Also lies to you, I haven't shower in a year because of Covid 19 plus with the exercises and being fat, so nope

    • @daved452
      @daved452 2 роки тому +2

      @@softlightlaboratory lol congrats

    • @whaleroast2372
      @whaleroast2372 2 роки тому +8

      @@softlightlaboratory your personal experience doesn't invalidate the points made in the video. there could be numerous other factors that have caused you to remain fine

    • @yungcris5211
      @yungcris5211 2 роки тому +13

      @@softlightlaboratory bruh, I can smell your commen t

    • @depressedkermit5337
      @depressedkermit5337 2 роки тому +3

      If only this channel could cure my depression..

  • @hayleydanvers1614
    @hayleydanvers1614 2 роки тому +426

    I'm a disabled veteran who never leaves my home with a shower upstairs. I am able to only truly bathe once a month, sometimes even longer. I hate not being able to clean myself. That said, most of this is worst case scenario. My only issue really is just the build up of dead skin. This is definitely geared for abled people. Please shower if you can when you can. But this is far from the experience for many disabled people.

    • @morgannaomi1231
      @morgannaomi1231 2 роки тому +60

      Between being disabled and having really terrible mental health, I try for 2x/week, but usually average once every week or two. But if I'm in a really bad depressive episode or having really bad nerve pain, I've gone as long as 2 months, and I hate it. I miss having showers be a relaxing thing lol

    • @LAM1895
      @LAM1895 2 роки тому +13

      Can’t you wash yourself with a wet towel or have someone help you?

    • @skinwalker3953
      @skinwalker3953 2 роки тому +25

      Forgive us if this may be too close a query, however we are curious why there has been no effort from any support system to adapt your home for you to use all of it freely? Surely someone knows someone that could help some form of set up to help you get up and down levels easily? Not just for the showering portion, but simply out of functionality and convince for you, too. We do hope your situation can improve !!
      Thank you for your commitment and sacrifices.

    • @Michael-dy7zp
      @Michael-dy7zp 2 роки тому +42

      @@morgannaomi1231 I also have severe depression and I shower 1 a week and when you're having a really bad episode of depression you just don't care about your hygiene.

    • @Veronica-kw2vj
      @Veronica-kw2vj 2 роки тому +11

      Try using black African soap, it's made with charcoal and oils. My skin was constantly peeling/discolored from medications and now it's healthy.

  • @jeffjones4654
    @jeffjones4654 2 роки тому +97

    If for whatever reason you can't shower, a washrag, soap, and warm water from the bathroom sink is a good (not perfect) substitute.

  • @dopeymark
    @dopeymark 2 роки тому +40

    Having had very severe depression in the past, my self-care was put on hold for weeks at a time at points. Thankfully, none of that stuff ever happened to me except for the fact that no one could be around me because I smelled so bad.

    • @sarahmoon-sapp1195
      @sarahmoon-sapp1195 2 роки тому +6

      You are not alone! My self care goes out the window, because sometimes I'm my last priority. I'll take sink baths, but I have gone without shampooing (and sometimes even brushing) my hair for months. I've had to chop off my hair three separate times, due to debilitating depression. Mental illness is no joke whatsoever.

    • @nekoboygames7786
      @nekoboygames7786 2 роки тому +6

      As someone with depression, this is something I know too well. I want to shower but my depression has built a huge invisible wall between me and the shower and its just too much effort to try to get over that wall. I wish ppl would understand that Im not making excuses. Im mentally unable to do it.

    • @sarahmoon-sapp1195
      @sarahmoon-sapp1195 2 роки тому +1

      @@nekoboygames7786 I absolutely understand. You are absolutely not alone. I can care for others but my self-care is trash. I haven't cared for myself in four months plus. I'm looked at as less than. Mental illness is a real situation. But it comes across as less than normal.

  • @thegermansturmmann1797
    @thegermansturmmann1797 2 роки тому +191

    There’s a guy that hasn’t showers in 68 years he’s the world record holder

    • @tuks1131
      @tuks1131 2 роки тому +16

      Yeah some iranian guy i think

    • @stephaniearevalo9057
      @stephaniearevalo9057 2 роки тому +10

      Ewww

    • @wonseob07
      @wonseob07 2 роки тому +22

      I hope he showers next year

    • @wiseferret4745
      @wiseferret4745 2 роки тому +13

      @@tuks1131
      This checks out.
      His name is Amou Haji.

    • @ctakitimu
      @ctakitimu 2 роки тому +10

      I recently did 1000 days of not showering

  • @lalab1071
    @lalab1071 2 роки тому +83

    I sweat a lot. It's excessive due to a medical problem. I have to shower daily. Sometimes twice in Summer. I don't like feeling sticky. Especially before bed. Everyone's body has different needs when it comes to showering. There are people who would be just fine with skipping showers for a number of days.

    • @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj
      @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj 2 роки тому +5

      Yes it depends on the people. Some can go for days with no shower and are fine. But some need to shower daily.

    • @ChineduOpara
      @ChineduOpara 2 роки тому

      Are you South indian?

    • @JB.27
      @JB.27 2 роки тому

      I only shower once a month or so & now I understand why my groin pusses up

  • @HELyasss
    @HELyasss 2 роки тому +48

    While showering frequently/regularly is important, a lot of people who suffer from depression, sensory overload, etc. will hesitate to shower for a number of reasons. It might seem unbelievable to most people, but there are people out there who do go through this to some degree or another. And, sometimes, people just don't have access/the ability to bathe properly and/or regularly.

    • @gyrthez246
      @gyrthez246 2 роки тому +8

      Agreed.
      I have an anxiety disorder, it's not that I don't want to shower, it's not that I don't like showering, I just don't want to get into the shower, get soaked and then have a panic attack in the shower. Sometimes I'm fine with it and it takes no thought at all, other times I'm sitting there contemplating for at least 20 minutes.

    • @kristinradams7109
      @kristinradams7109 2 роки тому +10

      @@gyrthez246 I totally understand. I have always battled severe depression and anxiety. Showering is something I have to really force myself to do. People around me have no idea how serious this struggle is. Cheers :)

    • @HELyasss
      @HELyasss 2 роки тому +6

      @@gyrthez246 I get easily over stimulated and sometimes being in the shower triggers that (especially if the water isn't draining properly in the tub). I have depression and I can easily go a week without bathing or changing my clothes (and that's with me being medicated).

    • @xdOreoMilk
      @xdOreoMilk 2 роки тому

      Don’t care

    • @debborabednar6970
      @debborabednar6970 2 роки тому +5

      @@xdOreoMilk then why bother watching this informative vid and reading the comments? If I don’t care… I click off in a blink of an eye. Moving along now. Ps please have a shower. I can smell you from here. 🧼 🧽 🛁

  • @pknuttarlott4934
    @pknuttarlott4934 2 роки тому +75

    I'm 43 I spent around 20 years homeless. On multiple occasions I would go 3 to 6 months without bathing and never had any of the issues you mentioned.

    • @sentryogmixmaster
      @sentryogmixmaster 2 роки тому +7

      soooooo gross

    • @ryansullivan9192
      @ryansullivan9192 2 роки тому +65

      @@sentryogmixmaster shut up. why are people so disrespectful.

    • @sentryogmixmaster
      @sentryogmixmaster 2 роки тому +1

      @@ryansullivan9192 haha you like people that smell like wastebins!

    • @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj
      @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj 2 роки тому +24

      @@sentryogmixmaster There are some who shower but still stink too.

    • @leibniz444
      @leibniz444 2 роки тому +34

      @@sentryogmixmaster ? He was homeless??

  • @gogettajayden5958
    @gogettajayden5958 2 роки тому +50

    This channel has gotten me through so many bored and tiring days😂💙

  • @RikterSRH
    @RikterSRH 2 роки тому +26

    Every card shop needs this playing on repeat.

    • @mandymoore5774
      @mandymoore5774 2 роки тому +3

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 that’s hilarious!

    • @kjpbeauty
      @kjpbeauty 2 роки тому +2

      The one I went to sprayed fabreeze every time they closed

    • @kjpbeauty
      @kjpbeauty 2 роки тому

      The one I went to sprayed fabreeze every time they closed

  • @leaningtotheright7182
    @leaningtotheright7182 2 роки тому +26

    After a nasty spell of covid I was too ill to shower for several weeks. The amount of whiteheads and pimples I had was sickening.

    • @KWifler
      @KWifler 2 роки тому +3

      Powdering up with baking soda would have made it much more tolerable. It often makes my pimples fall off painlessly when I use baking soda. Also absorbs the oils.

    • @JB.27
      @JB.27 2 роки тому

      I only shower once a month or so & now I understand why my groin pusses up

  • @Phoenix.14
    @Phoenix.14 2 роки тому +28

    The longest I went was about a month thanks to my mental health tanking, thankfully I'm always home and not particularly active. I just felt gross so I managed to take a long shower

  • @rainmanslim4611
    @rainmanslim4611 2 роки тому +11

    Personally I bathe daily, but there are some times when I go a day or 2 without simply due to laziness. By day 2 I stink and I start to itch. By day 3 I itch all over and feel all grimy due to sweat and whatever that sweat has stuck to my body to the point that I can't sleep.

  • @danielhouser8845
    @danielhouser8845 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you for all the videos and information you give in details it's very helpful

  • @glossysky.e
    @glossysky.e 2 роки тому +2

    I loved this vid! I had almost succumbed to MRSA which I believe is a severe type of staph infection, almost got sepsis and still live my life very wary of what I put ON and IN my body. Best believe I was showering every day prior though, so that probably wasn’t the reason for my suffering, but loved y’all breakdown abt this!

  • @chrishorton5660
    @chrishorton5660 2 роки тому +27

    During the start of covid I lost my home to foreclosure but the bank allowed me to stay in the home, though they didn't allow me to turn the water back on I lived like that for over a year and a half and I didn't catch anything even while I recovered from a surgery so as long as you're smart about things you can go pretty long without it

  • @EBFilmsMan
    @EBFilmsMan 2 роки тому +11

    This really makes me wonder how our ancient ancestors survived at all.

    • @ryanclifton7033
      @ryanclifton7033 2 роки тому +2

      Well there life span was much shorter then ours

    • @yonglow995
      @yonglow995 2 роки тому +3

      I think a lot of them did shower in lakes or rivers or at least cleaned themselves with cloth and stuff.

    • @Jesse78
      @Jesse78 2 роки тому +1

      Disease did spread a lot more back then

  • @barrybluntsbg7350
    @barrybluntsbg7350 2 роки тому +1

    I’ve actually learned a lot from watching you guys some useless information some useful I just like springing the info I learn here on people I know irl 🤞🏾

  • @AnymMusic
    @AnymMusic 2 роки тому +23

    My personal rule of thumb is showering once or twice a week and then wash the smelliest areas like groin, pits, etc. Just with a wash cloth. Saves a lot of water too and my hair thanks me for not stripping away the oils constantly

    • @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj
      @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj 2 роки тому +4

      I am doing that lately and my skin and hair are more moisturized. Showering daily makes my skin and hair very dry.

    • @bradleykrueger8054
      @bradleykrueger8054 2 роки тому

      U greasy

  • @mk20130470
    @mk20130470 2 роки тому +4

    This is totally exaggerated. My grandma grew up taking YEARLY baths along with everyone in her French village and she's healthy as a super healthy ox

    • @androgynylunacy
      @androgynylunacy 2 місяці тому

      Well the video did say you could go years without showering depending on your location, who you're around and how much you leave your house. Hmm

  • @allemander
    @allemander 2 роки тому +8

    I can personally confirm that a great deal of information in this video is highly exaggerated and borders on being completely false.

    • @darklight6921
      @darklight6921 2 роки тому +4

      people in the 13th century. whats a shower?

    • @ashley464
      @ashley464 2 роки тому

      you smell bad

  • @5HY_9UY_81
    @5HY_9UY_81 2 роки тому

    Love this channel. Interesting material

  • @2.0t6
    @2.0t6 2 роки тому

    I love the information in this video!

  • @mark_thurwanger
    @mark_thurwanger 2 роки тому +15

    Personally I shower twice a day: Clean before going to work and clean before going to bed.

    • @sentryogmixmaster
      @sentryogmixmaster 2 роки тому +6

      probably could skip the bedtime one...just wash your sheets when you do laundry every week.

  • @jiraiyasinfocard
    @jiraiyasinfocard 2 роки тому +14

    I remember watching The challenge guy do this, I look forward to more his challenges and his supporting girlfriend

  • @a_coh
    @a_coh 2 роки тому +34

    I shower 1-2 times a day. Feels great.

    • @bigmike9128
      @bigmike9128 2 роки тому +3

      Me too

    • @1bitjay
      @1bitjay 2 роки тому +5

      I'm at 2-3. My OCD is horrible.

    • @amberg4399
      @amberg4399 2 роки тому +1

      After reading these comments I felt like I showered too much. I have to shower 1-2 times a day, or at least at night after a day of work

    • @JB.27
      @JB.27 2 роки тому +1

      I only shower once a month or so

  • @robrown7656
    @robrown7656 2 роки тому +7

    I spent 3 months in the hospital and they were giving me sponge baths. I still remember how gross I felt. You can’t clean every nook and cranny with a sponge bath..this was back in 2019 and I’ve been taking 3 showers a day ever since 😩

  • @GrassManKey
    @GrassManKey 2 роки тому +17

    I live in a van I've gone a month during covid without. Thank God planet fitness is open again

    • @sentryogmixmaster
      @sentryogmixmaster 2 роки тому

      it's called a water faucet or hose. you can find them around.

    • @toughtittypdiddy4634
      @toughtittypdiddy4634 2 роки тому +1

      If you live in America, get your fuel from the larger truck stops like ta/petroleum, pilot/flying j, loves. Make sure you get a rewards card. Over time you build up points for free showers. Some service areas have free showers..

    • @Oxycotton
      @Oxycotton 2 роки тому

      @@sentryogmixmaster picking on one person not enough for you? You gonna scroll the comments and call every person that's down on their luck a lazy pos? You clearly have no idea what struggles being homeless brings. I'm not allowed to walk up to a random persons house and start using their hose for a shower. I'm not allowed to walk into Walmart and use their sink as a shower. I'm not allowed to do several things that you tell people to do

    • @sentryogmixmaster
      @sentryogmixmaster 2 роки тому

      @@Oxycotton are you allowed to fill out an application at Wendy's?

    • @Oxycotton
      @Oxycotton 2 роки тому +1

      @@sentryogmixmaster I fail to see where you're going with this. Yes I can apply to Wendy's. I have a job. I work 35+ hours a week. I still live out of my car because life isn't always easy

  • @eljakamoo
    @eljakamoo 2 роки тому +3

    This is literally anyone at a video game/anime convention

  • @SaveYTChannel
    @SaveYTChannel 2 роки тому +33

    i have depression and ADHD (which is tied to sensory overloads, which i have frequently) and it makes it very hard for me to take proper care of my body. i've only recently started showering multiple times a week as i used to only shower once a week. anyway, there was once a time where i went longer than a month during summertime without a single shower. in that time period, i got a urinary tract infection and a worm infection due to the lack of showering. it ended up getting so bad that my mom took the doorknob out of the bathroom and put it in the other way and she locked me in the bathroom until i took a shower. nowadays i take much better care of myself although i still struggle a lot with other stuff like brushing my teeth regularly which i especially need to fix because i can't go to a dentist because of usa healthcare.
    if you're taking good care of yourself, keep at it. once you stop taking care of your hygiene, it's hard to start taking care of yourself again.

    • @KWifler
      @KWifler 2 роки тому

      Wow, I'm in that situation, but I haven't gotten an infection since I started using baking soda. Congrats on having better mental health. I don't have any caring people around me like your mom. They actually said that I'd "get serious when I'm on my own" like they planned to abandon me.

    • @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj
      @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj 2 роки тому

      You are lucky you still have your mom around. My beloved mother passed away but I was always independent and took care of her and others to the point that I neglected myself. The longest I went without showering was a month and it was a pain. It was because I was stressed taking care of her and others that I neglected myself. I hope to live in my own one day and take care of myself only. Taking care of others is a pain, especially when they don’t appreciate it.

    • @Raxs0G
      @Raxs0G 2 роки тому +2

      Your gross brudda

    • @mylesozzy2845
      @mylesozzy2845 2 роки тому +3

      As somebody who else has adhd and depression I thank you for sharing this with me

    • @spencerf.6294
      @spencerf.6294 2 роки тому

      You can always take a bath instead

  • @sadalien9049
    @sadalien9049 2 роки тому +21

    As someone with depression and a physical disability, I have experienced a few of these, but the longest I've ever gone without a shower is 2 and a half weeks.

  • @12yearssober
    @12yearssober 2 роки тому +17

    Guy I used to work with went years without showering or even washing his clothes.

  • @kkooli
    @kkooli 2 роки тому +6

    Yo this video is definitely exposing people’s hygiene habits lol. I wash up daily.

  • @MissMentats
    @MissMentats 2 роки тому

    This is all new information to me, I really enjoyed this video

  • @youboialex5043
    @youboialex5043 2 роки тому +2

    This channel is amazing it teaches us about interesting things

  • @scoottyp32
    @scoottyp32 2 роки тому +3

    Since I do sports I shower twice a day, but if you do no physical activity a morning shower would be ideal due to sweating over night

  • @yourmother6045
    @yourmother6045 2 роки тому +8

    I don't want to get in the shower and I don't want to get out either. 😔

    • @BZ1610
      @BZ1610 2 роки тому +2

      WHAT IS YOUR PICTURE??

  • @nikkisixx6042
    @nikkisixx6042 2 роки тому +1

    The cartoon character is so simple and basic, and the narrator tells facts so cheerfully now put this together and you got a UA-cam channel HIT!!

  • @wesleydaub8002
    @wesleydaub8002 2 роки тому +2

    I was homeless living out of my car for three months and I had red painful rashes on my skin that looked and felt like sunburn. The first time I could pay for a hotel and some new clothes and a bottle of tequila I laid down on the back wall of the shower and just let the hot water spray me with my nasty clothes on while drinking the tequila for pain killer and gingivitis control( I wasn't brushing my teeth regularly either). I stripped off my nasty clothes and then re washed with soap 45 minutes later.

  • @ShaGojo
    @ShaGojo 2 роки тому +7

    Couldn't handle more than a month way back.
    Not that I wanted to but sometimes life happens

  • @Kefefuerjede
    @Kefefuerjede 2 роки тому +65

    Coming from the Caribbean... everyone here bathes at least 2x each day and we are disgusted by anything less
    Foreigners who migrate here usually struggle with this and one can usually tell because we sweat a lot here just on a daily basis. It's led to stereotypes that all Europeans smell bad 😂
    Someone close to them would usually tell them in time though before the smell gets too out of hand

    • @jrmckim
      @jrmckim 2 роки тому +10

      It honestly depends on the countrys climate. When its cold you hardly sweat and bathing 2x a day is a waste of time, energy and resources.
      If you've lived in a cold climate then you know what Im talking about..

    • @xoddsocksx4766
      @xoddsocksx4766 2 роки тому +4

      Yeap most Europeans only shower once a day which is fine in winter but summer you need at least 2 a day. I hate the smell in the summer months body odour everywhere

    • @oscarpatxot659
      @oscarpatxot659 2 роки тому +4

      As a Dominican I can verify this is 100% it. 2 showers a day is standard.

    • @Chillysprite
      @Chillysprite 2 роки тому +2

      Same for me I'm from Togo West Africa but I'm a U.S. citizen my parents here and there joke on how Americans don't take enough showers.

    • @Sol-su2mi
      @Sol-su2mi 2 роки тому

      I'm from the UK and have a shower twice a day lol

  • @juicewrld-unreleased7578
    @juicewrld-unreleased7578 2 роки тому

    These guys always got the most information each video.

  • @yiffytimes
    @yiffytimes 2 роки тому +1

    Before modern times people rarely bathed. One of the reasons behind King John is so hated and this is no joke was because he would dare to bathe 4 times a year and insisted that his clothes were washed.

  • @wingedadrian
    @wingedadrian 2 роки тому +3

    I have severe depression and showering is one of the things I never have energy to do. I know I'm disgusting and gross and need to, but every time I think about it or go try, I just..... Can't. I hate it.

    • @StoicJJ
      @StoicJJ 2 роки тому +1

      aw man, i really hope you get better. please try to focus on your mental health before anything

    • @sarahmoon-sapp1195
      @sarahmoon-sapp1195 2 роки тому +1

      I'm right there with you, boo. It's hard to make yourself a priority. I consider it a win, that I keep brushing my hair, although I haven't probably washed in months.

    • @ej1025
      @ej1025 2 роки тому

      I get this sometimes too, brushing my teeth is another one.
      I have OCD as well, yet I just never have the energy to do these things unless it gets so bad.

    • @L00rdAjduk
      @L00rdAjduk 2 роки тому

      profile picture checks out

  • @kannakamui2334
    @kannakamui2334 2 роки тому +4

    Funny how this was uploaded the day I decide to skip showering for a night which I rarely do.

  • @moeman5122
    @moeman5122 2 роки тому

    The music is just, the highlight of this video. So GROOVY

  • @merenwen_k
    @merenwen_k 2 роки тому

    Shoutout to the cheerful music while talking about skin infections, diseases and deaths 🤣🤣

  • @racerj2.03
    @racerj2.03 2 роки тому +7

    I wonce knew a family that tested the limits of not showering on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. Thank God I have never met anyone else who hated showering as much as they did. Just Saying.

    • @debborabednar6970
      @debborabednar6970 2 роки тому

      Hahahaha thank you for your comment. You made me laugh out loud! 😂

    • @andrewyerian214
      @andrewyerian214 2 роки тому

      I see nothing wrong with showering. Just don’t do it so often and you will be fine.

  • @thatguyty.69
    @thatguyty.69 2 роки тому +4

    how do people even go into society with not showering for long amounts of time like someone is going to say something about it

    • @ctakitimu
      @ctakitimu 2 роки тому

      They don't notice as it's not that bad. I did 1000 days and no one at work said anything, and we have plenty of "Karens"

    • @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj
      @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj 2 роки тому

      Many don’t notice unless you smell very bad.

  • @AHunnaRacing
    @AHunnaRacing 2 роки тому +2

    The spider webs in the shower took me out.

  • @corisinnott9417
    @corisinnott9417 2 роки тому

    Great video thanks for the tip! I am going to make it a point to shower 🚿 a little more often. 😊

  • @jaxr2958
    @jaxr2958 2 роки тому +45

    I guess we must have evolved (de-evolved) dramatically since the invention of the shower. Which we haven't. The gist of this is, you can reduce your chance of getting sick by bathing a few times a year.

    • @jfbeam
      @jfbeam 2 роки тому +12

      Indeed. Man survived for many thousands of years before bathing was a common thing. (of course, we also lived out in the weather, and generally, didn't live all that long.)

    • @tati-anaroseee4316
      @tati-anaroseee4316 2 роки тому +10

      If you love somewhere cold and don't do very much or sweat you can get away with long period of time before showering 😂

    • @CrazyWhiteMonk
      @CrazyWhiteMonk 2 роки тому +2

      While yes, showering is the most way effective in getting rid of filth in a timely manner. The concept of bathing and washing has been a thing as late as the 10th century (picture knights wearing pig skin boots because metal boots wasn’t a thing yet.) it was a nearly daily routine in any village to have its people wash and clean themselves at the nearest river before then washing clothes. And in other cases to the nearest bath tents where tub sized barrels where filled daily with water for cleaning use. (And if you were wealthy. These tubs would be filled with rose petals to give you a nice smell after.)

    • @_argurios8253
      @_argurios8253 2 роки тому

      @@jfbeam who's to say people didn't bath in ancient times? actually it's very likely they used rivers, lakes etc. when possible instead of being unspeakably filthy all the time

  • @corruptedpoison1
    @corruptedpoison1 2 роки тому +12

    All you have to do is ask someone at an anime convention...

  • @imatreeguy1143
    @imatreeguy1143 2 роки тому +1

    I have one of the most physical jobs there is. I shower 2 times a day. My wife is a every other day type and it grosses me out so bad.

  • @HR-wd6cw
    @HR-wd6cw 2 роки тому +2

    IDK. After even one day without a shower (so if I showered every other day, even if I don't leave the house) I start to feel sort of grimy from not showing. Maybe it's a psychological thing but I find I have to shower every day at the very least. And even if I don't sweat or whatever (so like the winter, I know some people who don't shower every day because they're like "I don't sweat during the winter so I can go a day without a shower). It could also be because I've been around people who smelled like they needed a shower and so I'm like "I never want to smell like that" so I just make it routine to shower every day, and twice daily if I get really sweaty during the day (like in the summer).
    For the dandriff part I've also heard that washing your hair too much can also lead to this, particularly if you have hard water or something like that. I've been told by some doctors that you really only need to wash your hair maybe every other day, and more often if you're sweating, but under normal circumstances, every other day is suitable and recommended. I sort of half-believe this but I think there is some merit to the suggestion, as too much washing your hair could also lead to a dry scalp too.

  • @angelone1839
    @angelone1839 2 роки тому +6

    Just got done seeing the story of the Turpin family. Wonder if some of this happened to them.

    • @MadamPocketz
      @MadamPocketz 2 роки тому +2

      Right. She did say that they hadn't got to take a bath in almost a year. Dam that story is so sad! I think that's how i got the recommendation too.

    • @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj
      @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj 2 роки тому

      Yes I just saw their story too. It was so sad and glad they escaped but heart they are still struggling to make it. Such a tragedy.

  • @user4fvRm2mf
    @user4fvRm2mf Рік тому +4

    Had my first shower today in over a year, feel quite refreshed after it. I actually once went without a shower for 3 years. From 2015 until September 2018.

  • @regans2163
    @regans2163 2 роки тому +1

    A urinary tract infection can lead to death if left untreated. It can lead to a bladder infection and then it can spread up the ureters to the kidneys. In some cases, it can lead to septicemia which is life threatening. UTIs are a common cause of death among hospitals. I treat patients with UTIs and practicing good hygiene is extremely important.

  • @razak4494
    @razak4494 2 роки тому +1

    Wow sounds like I need to keep clean. Even if its winter and you gotta take a bath in a freezing cold creek or river its gotta be done. Thanks for the heads up.

  • @goatieforever1013
    @goatieforever1013 2 роки тому +4

    Currently watching this with my parents

  • @JamieReynolds89
    @JamieReynolds89 2 роки тому +5

    Unless I'm sweating or smell from various reasons such as sweating from exercise or the weather, I tend to think twice a week is enough to wash, but I can bath/shower 2 times a day sometimes, or sometimes just twice a week lol

    • @tribii1
      @tribii1 2 роки тому +1

      I live by the same philosophy. Unless I'm doing something that requires bathing before or afterwords (like a social thing, or finished working out, etc.), taking a shower everyday seems like excessive waste of water.

    • @ChooseYourYTHandle
      @ChooseYourYTHandle 2 роки тому +5

      Ew

    • @JamieReynolds89
      @JamieReynolds89 2 роки тому

      @@ChooseYourYTHandle lol! cheeky

  • @jamescoderre4940
    @jamescoderre4940 2 роки тому +1

    Love the groovy music in the background

  • @marciebigley1820
    @marciebigley1820 2 роки тому +1

    When ppl get depressed... showers become not as important anymore. When I went through a horrible period on my life I only showerd about 2x a week. It was super pathetic and when I did bathe I was in there around 8 hours on average! Frickin Crazy time in my life. I think there has to be other people who understand what I'm speaking about. Just letting yourself get pathetic and vulnerable.

    • @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj
      @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj 2 роки тому

      Showering twice a week is not bad. I think that is pretty clean as others have gone for way longer with no shower.

  • @pinnedcomment8614
    @pinnedcomment8614 2 роки тому +20

    Fun Fact: Sliced bread was first manufactured by machine and sold in the 1920s by the Chillicothe Baking Company in Missouri. It was the greatest thing since…unsliced bread?? Any other ideas?

  • @heyumnew1401
    @heyumnew1401 2 роки тому +3

    In the end of the 30s and start of the 40s there was a boxer, Tony Galento, that would refrain from showering weeks before the fights, one of his opponents described his smell of expired liquor and rotten tuna, he was one of the weirdest boxers to ever live, i really recommend checking his wikipedia

    • @princeekeson12
      @princeekeson12 2 роки тому

      I read about him a while ago. Interesting fight strategy.🤢

    • @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj
      @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj 2 роки тому

      Maybe he wanted to scare his opponents with his bad smell.

  • @patback4086
    @patback4086 2 роки тому

    How did I just now realize I wasn’t subscribed.. I’ve been watching this Channel for like 3 years

  • @The_SilentGamer
    @The_SilentGamer 2 роки тому +1

    I think it depends on the climate and daily activities. In the Philippines, Filipinos shower everyday because of the tropical climate which the average person gets sweaty always..

  • @Carlless
    @Carlless 2 роки тому +3

    Props to the guy who didn’t shower for years and still hasn’t

  • @Kakkarot211
    @Kakkarot211 2 роки тому +3

    I remember back in basic training we had to basically throw a guy in the shower who decided to go a week without a shower

  • @12nerdynerd12
    @12nerdynerd12 2 роки тому

    I have adhd an I have a hard time remembering to shower. Thank you for scaring me cause I’ll remember this and shower more often

  • @fatrat137
    @fatrat137 2 роки тому

    I definitely had a showering issue this is good to know, I've been going a month to a month and a half for time

  • @williamheintz
    @williamheintz 2 роки тому +13

    I went over a year without showering and none of this happened to me as long as I changed my underwear every so often and used deodorant daily. It actually made me stop having an odor. The worst things that happened was my skin got kinda dry and if I would get sweaty and rub my arms or legs grime would flake off. Kind of gross but not the worst thing I’ve been through.

  • @Koleyl
    @Koleyl 2 роки тому +4

    So in life you can't be a total slob or a total clean freak you just have to find a way to balance both form of life.

  • @spicytrashpanda
    @spicytrashpanda 2 роки тому +2

    My record is about a month and a half. Not by choice, I was in Iraq and essentially cut off. Seriously gross, would never deal with it again

  • @anthonymunene6398
    @anthonymunene6398 2 роки тому

    Nice vid

  • @KattMurr
    @KattMurr 2 роки тому +3

    Some mentally disabled or ill and elderly are probably more likely to not bathe or shower...

  • @darklight6921
    @darklight6921 2 роки тому +21

    i went an entire year without bathing. the human body is very durable.

    • @JamieReynolds89
      @JamieReynolds89 2 роки тому +25

      @@Die-Angst Yet you're here replying?

    • @DEXIFYIWNL
      @DEXIFYIWNL 2 роки тому +2

      Why did u stop bathing?

    • @acecogburn7006
      @acecogburn7006 2 роки тому +2

      Personally I've gone 11 months but I use wet wipes because I'm a fall hazard and my tub too small

    • @jonathanlemon544
      @jonathanlemon544 2 роки тому +1

      @@acecogburn7006 sounds like you need to put the spoon and fork down

    • @deskapade
      @deskapade 2 роки тому +1

      Showering or bathing? Not bathing for a year is understandable. Not showering though...

  • @lssnipes7920
    @lssnipes7920 2 роки тому +1

    I got a kid I work with that walks in the work with the same clothes as the past few days with the same dirt and dust on his skin and smells like absolute rotten like eggs, it’s to the point where the boss sprays him down with cologne every 2 hours and his smell over powers it

  • @user.0704
    @user.0704 2 роки тому +2

    This is definitely worst case. I went 2 months without a shower once due to depression and I only smelled abit and had dandruff.

  • @davidf35
    @davidf35 2 роки тому +13

    That background music is pretty annoying.

    • @quasarsavage
      @quasarsavage 2 роки тому +2

      Yup lol like hear the lyrics not the music come on infographics

  • @peacock1426
    @peacock1426 2 роки тому +3

    I believe the real harm come from not bad hygiene but from the toxic environment. I mean look animals in the nature don't bath, don't brush their teeth, but aren't they perfectly well?

    • @savage101.
      @savage101. 2 роки тому +3

      Animals do bathe and/or groom themselves though

    • @gouthamkrishna2879
      @gouthamkrishna2879 2 роки тому

      There is difference. Animals don't go to school, job etc. Does that mean we shouldn't too.

    • @peacock1426
      @peacock1426 2 роки тому

      @@savage101. Not all of them do it or can do it properly like we do. But none of them brush their teeth.

  • @testecalle3378
    @testecalle3378 2 роки тому

    This is something good to send to someone with depression

  • @nikolailang4157
    @nikolailang4157 2 роки тому +1

    I work at a hospital and I shower daily. I know a patient that never would shower,they claimed the water hurt them. The patient ended up dying from spehsis.

  • @otakusheikah670
    @otakusheikah670 2 роки тому +3

    not gonna lie when I was in middle school I never took a shower. I would only wet a rag down and wipe my pits and call it good, maybe on a good day I'd throw on deodorant (luckily I never was an incredibly stinky kid i think)

  • @STLCarGuy
    @STLCarGuy 2 роки тому +17

    Am I the only one who remembers that guy who hasn’t showed in 70 years, he’s still alive and still hasn’t showed yet

    • @themountains1701
      @themountains1701 2 роки тому

      I know guys who don't show for atleast a year and they are more powerful and healthy than even some atheletes.

    • @jrag1000
      @jrag1000 2 роки тому +2

      Yeah, and there are rare sightings of him, I can't recall his name, oh yeah Bigfoot! That's it!

    • @ElNegus9985
      @ElNegus9985 3 місяці тому

      Aged like milk, he died

  • @kamalionify
    @kamalionify 2 роки тому +1

    I used to have a patient that developped a psychological issue that made him totally refuse any wash whatsoever. Other than that issue, he had no dementia or anything. We couldnt bathe him as he had his legal rights to refuse it. Even if he wouldnt be legally able to consent by himself, he was too strong and mentally here to be washed. We never understood what brought him to be afraid of showering or even basic daily cleansing. Hes still alive today, hes really old. He didnt shower for .... years probably. He doesnt seem to have any of those signs in the video, thank god!! Except a foul smell of course....

    • @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj
      @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj 2 роки тому

      My later father was like that for the final years of his life. He refused to shower and became literate scared of water saying that it was cold. By the time he passed away, he most likely did not shower for years.

  • @bape.ape_5852
    @bape.ape_5852 2 роки тому +1

    Props to the narrator for having to go through this just to inform us..

  • @unlimitedbladeworks2067
    @unlimitedbladeworks2067 2 роки тому +6

    Smell is temporary Bad health is eternal

  • @anavideos2445
    @anavideos2445 2 роки тому +13

    In Brazil, we usually take AT LEAST one bath per day. You feel freshier, cleaner and happier with more showers!

    • @balabanasireti
      @balabanasireti 2 роки тому +2

      No, that actually isn't good for your skin. I understand why people need a shower everyday, when they're living in hot places though.

  • @angelgalindo5740
    @angelgalindo5740 2 роки тому

    ooof that song is GROOVY!

  • @heathergarner6285
    @heathergarner6285 2 роки тому

    This occors to those in nursing homes, rehab centers and other such places where staff is limited and theres alot of patients that need bathing and are not taken care of…..

  • @ferguson8143
    @ferguson8143 2 роки тому +3

    I remember when i was a kid my older brother stopped showering unbeknownst to my parents and he ended up with scabies and after that he was all for the shower lol

  • @softlightlaboratory
    @softlightlaboratory 2 роки тому +4

    This is a lie I haven't shower in a year before because of Covid 19 I stayed inside and haven't 🚿

    • @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj
      @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj 2 роки тому

      Can you shared what happened to you?

    • @softlightlaboratory
      @softlightlaboratory 2 роки тому

      @@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj I just started to smell, itch a little more because my hair was so dry, ever time I got wet from something I would whip it off my clothes then dry it off by fanning it, and I could clean my toilet because my last 🪠 broke so you know "Dirt" started to grow on it and again I just dried off what ever got me wet.

    • @softlightlaboratory
      @softlightlaboratory 2 роки тому

      @@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj took a shower when it got to hot one day so yeah nothing really happens you just smell even when you walk you can smell yourself sometimes and that really stinks 🦨😩

    • @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj
      @TrinhNguyen-sh4fj 2 роки тому +1

      @@softlightlaboratory Thanks for sharing and I kind of know how it is since my late dad did not shower for like a year too. He was just lazy and depressed as he got very sick. He was just smelly and lots of dry skin flakes fell off his body. His skin did get messed up too. But it was also due to his bad health not just due to not showering.

    • @softlightlaboratory
      @softlightlaboratory 2 роки тому

      @@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj so it is genetics

  • @trailtrials4368
    @trailtrials4368 2 роки тому +1

    This sound track goes hard asf

  • @andrewyerian214
    @andrewyerian214 2 роки тому +1

    Maybe it’s because I was taught to be hygienic, but it does seem strange and bothersome that people would want to reject showers and baths. I don’t agree with doing either every day of the week or twice a day, but you really should consider washing your skin at least once a week. Your skin will dry out and you will look and smell like that Iranian guy who hasn’t bathed in several years.

  • @ctakitimu
    @ctakitimu 2 роки тому +8

    OK, so I completed my mission earlier this year and went 1000 days without showering. I can tell you that my natural biome ended up removing most body odor. No one commented at work and people were happy to work alongside me (They didn't know). I would periodically use hot water and scrub away on pits and bits. I also exfoliated my feet as they need to be looked after. But yeah, you don't die. Was really nice to have a long hot shower at the end of the 1000 days though

  • @rc59191
    @rc59191 2 роки тому +5

    Shower once a month for a stronger immune system.

  • @juan.2001
    @juan.2001 2 роки тому +1

    What music was playing in the background it was awesome

  • @user-do5fb5wd9f
    @user-do5fb5wd9f 2 роки тому

    love the vid and content but it was hard to listen thru bc of the fkn guitar CONCERT in tbe background