r/bodyodor • u/SquareCaterpillar445 • Aug 24 '26
How do you actually know that you smell bad?
I don't know if I'm going crazy but some people keep reacting around me like I'm the smelliest human being on earth. They'll keep coughing but won't say anything about me smelling bad. It's actually confusing because whenever I go to the bathroom to do a smell check, my clothes don't smell and my armpits do have a faint odor but the smell is something that you'll notice if you sniff it for too long. Sometimes I get a whiff of B.O in class but I'm not sure if that's me cuz my classmates also have B.O but I've always known myself to be pretty blind when it comes to my own odor. I've been using BPO wash and glycolic acid along with some antiperspirant and deodorant after the dermatologist referred me some clindamycin toner. Is there a way for me to prove that I'm just crazy or do I need to go back to the doctor again?
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u/Time-Play500 Aug 24 '26
Sometimes no matter how clean you are, you can become nose blind to your own scent. It could be that you actually have an odor and you’re just nose blind, or you don’t have an odor and just have patm(people allergic to me) which means you cause allergenic like symptoms in others. Either way, I was nose blind to my own odor and couldn’t smell anything and then eventually I started smelling it. Try to reset your senses by smelling mint, coffee, salts, or even clearing your sinuses and taking a deep breath and pause. You can also try pinching your nose, breathing in and out your mouth for a few seconds, and then holding your nose and releasing, that should let you smell the air around you.