# Hygiene streak unlocked
**URL:** https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/hygiene-streak-unlocked/6232
**Category:** Health and Recovery
**Created:** [June 14, 2026, 2:54am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/hygiene-streak-unlocked/6232 "2026-06-14T02:54:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Hanna\_Foxx](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Hanna_Foxx)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2026, 2:54am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/hygiene-streak-unlocked/6232/1 "2026-06-14T02:54:45Z")
This month I have really been focusing on improving my hygiene. I have been showering every other day and washing my hair twice a week. In the morning I brush my teeth before doing anything else. At night my goal is to do the full hygiene thing. Floss, water pick, Oral B toothbrush for the full 2 minutes and washing and moisturizing my face. It might not seem like a lot but to me it really is.
I’m hoping I can make it a habit and just making it a normal thing that doesn’t take much effort
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### Author:  [@anon80779285](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/anon80779285)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2026, 2:59am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/hygiene-streak-unlocked/6232/2 "2026-06-14T02:59:18Z")
it does get easier. at one point I used to avoid showering, now it’s routine. keep it up; hygiene is always to be celebrated. people don’t realise how weak a person can get in wanting to live life
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### Author:  [@jukebox](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/jukebox)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2026, 3:10am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/hygiene-streak-unlocked/6232/3 "2026-06-14T03:10:42Z")
well great…I try to brush every day…sounds like you have a great routine.
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### Author:  [@POET](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/POET)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2026, 3:14am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/hygiene-streak-unlocked/6232/4 "2026-06-14T03:14:29Z")
thats really great 🙂 hygiene is important especially for mental health. it can be demoralizing when you dont feel like doing self care
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### Author:  [@77nick77](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/77nick77)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2026, 3:42am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/hygiene-streak-unlocked/6232/5 "2026-06-14T03:42:44Z")
Yeah, I started timing myself with my watch to brush my teeth for two minutes. Maybe now I’ll stop needing root canals.
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### Author:  [@Hanna\_Foxx](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Hanna_Foxx)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2026, 3:53am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/hygiene-streak-unlocked/6232/6 "2026-06-14T03:53:33Z")
That’s a great step. I use an electric brush with a built in timer that really helps me
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### Author:  [@Batik21](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Batik21)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2026, 7:10am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/hygiene-streak-unlocked/6232/7 "2026-06-14T07:10:31Z")
I hope this doesn’t sound too awful but I joined this forum for support on my sz journey and to offer support to others if I had any. But it’s super hard for me to get in the shower. I used to be a shower every day kind of gal but now I look at the shower and it fills me with dread. I wash like a shower almost but outside the shower using the hot sink water. But I don’t get in the shower except once every ten days or so.
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### Author:  [@Hanna\_Foxx](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Hanna_Foxx)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2026, 7:12am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/hygiene-streak-unlocked/6232/8 "2026-06-14T07:12:55Z")
We all start somewhere! When I was at my sickest with being newly diagnosed schizoaffective, I’d go 5-10 days without a shower sometimes and brushing my teeth is something I rarely did. It’s something I learned to do over time
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### Author:  [@sweetpotatopie](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/sweetpotatopie)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/hygiene-streak-unlocked/6232/9 "2026-07-02T20:45:12Z")