Page 6B - THE CHARLOTTE POST - TTiursday, September 7 1989
Hypnosis And Counseling Helps Control Cleanliness Phobia
NNPA FEATURE
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Charles W. Faulkner
Recently, a young lady came to
my office for counseling. She
had developed a phobia regard
ing the cleanliness of her body.
She was convinced she had an
offensive body odor which could
be controlled only with frequent
baths and showers. She was so
certain that people in her office
were offended by an odor that
her body was giving off that she
felt the need to take 10 to
14 baths or showers each day.
If she was not able to take this
enormous number of showers,
she would become extremely
tense and would tremble, un
controllably. Often, fellow office
workers were offended by her
body odor by their angry stares
and by the fact that they stayed
away from her.
The ultimate rejection that she
received was from her husband,
to whom she has been married
for eight years. She said her
husband began to notice her
body odor two years ago. She
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confirmed that she emitted an
unpleasant body odor and he
recommended that she use sev
eral deodorants.
In a nutshell, after lengthy
counseling, I determined that
1) Her parents were domineer
ing and overly concerned about
cleanliness. They made her take
frequent baths when she was a
child.
2) As an unemployed adult, she
was able to take regular baths
and satisfy her phobia. When
she was single, she spent much
of her time alone and had very
little contact with other people.
3) When she got married, her
constant complaints about her
supposed body odor actually
con\dnced her husband that she,
indeed, emitted a strong body
odor. Her husband had little
knowledge about the impact of
phobias and could not imagine
aayone complaining so vocifer
ously about a body odor tf they
did not actually have it. Her ac
tions and complaints convinced
him she had an odor. He was so
convinced that he really thought
he smelled the odor. As a con
cerned husband, he recom
mended various things she
could do to control the "body
odor."
4) When she accepted employ-
ment, she could not take fre
quent baths, so she thought that
her body odor was intensifying.
She assumed that her fellow
workers smelled it. Elveiy time
someone looked at her, she felt
they were reacting to her body
odor (in fact, they were not).
However, she would teU them to
mind their own business. When
they began to avoid her, she as
sumed that they were doing so
because of her body odor. Actu
ally, they were avoiding her be
cause of her unsociable temper
ament.
5) Her body odor was not
worse than anyone else's. It was
a figment of her imagination.
I treated her with counseling
and hypnosis that eventually
brought the phobia under con
trol.
Dr. Charles W. Faulkner may
be contacted at P. O. Box 50016,
Washington, DC 20004.
The Charlotte graduate chap
ter of Kappa Alpha Psl Frater
nity, Inc., will sponsor a pool
parly on Saturday, September
16th from 6:30 p.m. until 1:30
a.m. The party will be held at
Summit Ridge Apartments club
house, which is located off of
Albemarle Road on Farm Pond
Lane.
Admission is $4 in advance
and $5 at the door.
Proceeds will benefit the
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