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Mental Illness, poor hygiene and self care go hand in hand imho. It's nothing more elaborate than that. You're talking about people who can't bear to look into a mirror unless they're having a "good" day, so naturally the bathroom is an enemy. When sanity starts slipping, a distorted self-view starts to set in, and usually it's the fundamentals that go out the window first, like brushing your teeth, eating, sleeping, etc. I'm not the least bit surprised by this, I've worked with people suffering from mental issues for a while, and this would be a common thing we'd see. Interestingly enough, if you can get people to care about themselves again, some or most of their symptoms get relief to some degree. They stink because they neglect things such as showers or wearing clean clothes. Sure, some folks are just plain slobs that don't give a shit without suffering from underlying problems, but they're the minority. Something drastic has to happen in a persons life for them to forego the basic cornerstones of normal human behavior. I'm going to argue that trooning out is a manifestation of such a drastic event, mental illness included.Can we go back to this just for a second? WHY do they smell? It can't all be bad hygiene, and it's too common to be people with stinkditches. Is it is the hormones fucking with their natural smell?
At my current job, when I first started, I was in training with a dude who was in his late 30's. Pretty average guy, didn't stand out in the slightest. Fast forward 2 years where we have to go through re-training and certification again, and this dude trooned out hard, went from being Mark to Theresa. And he fucking reeks. Have you ever opened an old woman's purse or handbag and stuck your nose in there and really savored the scent? Well, it's like this but ten times worse, mixed with stanky body odor. He had three separate emotional break-downs during training, hysterical crying and everything. Now, our company is big on being PC LGBTQ whatever else friendly, which is a damn shame in my opinion. This person is not well, and if you take off the LGBTQ goggles for a second then maybe they could realize this and offer this person some help with whatever he's dealing with. But no, we just all have to be understanding and accepting and accommodating. If you looked at the situation objectively, without the tolerance glasses then it would be obvious that this person is struggling with mental health issues hard, but when you put the goggles on again, then it's just another poor trans person going through trans things and we have to accept it and can't do anything for him except letting him suffer among us and use the "correct" pronouns.
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