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How to Read a Person by Looking at Their Personal Hygiene
Our appearance is the first form of communication that we send to people that we meet. Within the first five seconds, that person who notices you will have already made some general assumptions about your personality based upon how you look. Obviously, your hygiene reveals a wealth of information about who you are and what your personality might be. Hygiene can reveal a person’s social attractiveness, laziness, intelligence, social class, education, level self-acceptance, culture, and organization.
A lack of proper hygiene can tell you that a person:
Is lazy. They don’t want to make the effort to clean themselves up and look presentable to everyone else and this reflects on their willingness to make other aspects of their life presentable as well, including their work-ethic.
Might be very poor. Be careful with this one as there are cultures out there that this does not apply to and you will have to weigh the other person’s cultural background into consideration. Speaking from experience in an American setting however, people growing up in poverty are usually not taught the basics of personal hygiene.
Might be mentally ill. A lack of proper hygiene is common among those who are depressed as they no longer have the willpower, nor the desire to look presentable. Those with other chronic forms of mental illness such as schizophrenia, certain phobias, or Alzheimer’s disease might also have poor hygiene as they might not be able to grasp the concept of proper hygiene.
