Hello everyone, after roaming these forums for weeks I've finally decided to post a new thread about my problem.

Around 3-4 months ago I started experiencing bad odor, it's mainly coming from my armpits, I didn't really care since it wasn't very strong and no one near me really cared, acted weird or smelled anything around me (you'll see later why I'm saying this). My parents cannot smell a single thing, I do smell it when I smell my pits, as soon as I put my shirt on and I take it off to smell it it has BO on it and it smells horrendous. For the last 2 months I've been living hell on earth, I seriously see no purpose of living any longer with this horrible disease or whatever it is, I've tried A LOT of things that should "cure" bad odor whether it be natural things (baking soda, corn, I've tried atleast 6-7 deodorants and/or anti perspirants, I'm using certain dry PM anti perspirant DAILY even if it says each 72 hours, I complement with the AM certain dry deodorant; Everything will work for 1 or max 2 days before the BO kicks back in.

I have seen 2 psychologists now (never had seen one before and I'm 17), both of them have said they do not smell a single thing and actually the first one told me I smelled good (lol). Alright, you'll probably ask if profesionals and family had said I do not smell like anything why do I keep telling myself that I smell bad? The answer is simple, people around me will act very weird, for example they will walk and when they're 2-3 feet away from me they will either sniff or pass their fingers near their nose, no one has ever said anything directly to me but today I did hear some girls saying something like: what does it smell like?, I had no idea if they were talking about me as I was like 15meters away from them but they were talking pretty loudly, I've had multiple incidents like that where I suppose people are talking about my smell.

I've had some incidents that have changed my lifestyle for 2 months now:

- I do not take public transportation any longer, it was triggered by my friends girlfriend asking him: do you smell it? now?? and I was standing by them (they were seating) and no one else was standing near them.

- I tend to walk 20meters away from people triggered by peoples action or faces towards me.

- I tend to avoid any places where I'll be crowded or walking very slowly near a big group, triggered by the same above, people walking next to me will either slow down, cover their noses or anything else that is meant to not smell me basically.

Psychological or physical?

I'm mixed between both, I'm so touched by this "illness" that I have developped a kind of intense OCD, I will change myself 2-3 a day, I will spray myself with body deodorant or perfume, I will reapply stick deodorant or anti perspirant SEVERAL times a day, nothing has worked as explained. My parents say its all in my head and say that I dont smell bad, I'm 99% they're not lying they've always been honest when it comes to personal problems. If people didn't act so weird around me I wouldn't even care that my pits smelled bad seriously, I do not believe its related to my hygiene as I shower daily, use creme and use proper deodorant before all this happened and I still do. Because my parents cannot smell a single thing they made an appointment with the 2 psychologists that I mentioned, I still believe that it has something to do with physical Body Odor and I always tell myself, If I didn't smell bad then why would people sniff or do similar things near me? There's no other possible explanation that me smelling bad.

How has this worsen my life?

I tend to avoid people, I will skip school classes, I will spend the breaks in between classes to smell myself in the bathroom, I will always be the last in the classroom to exit and hope no one is in the hallways.

I know I have formulated all these things very disorderly and its because I tried to make this as short as posible and tried to point out the things that make it be so bad, I honestly am depressed to like 75% every day, all I do daily and in classes is think about how bad I smell and why this is happening to me, this is not normal wheter be psychical or psychological I don't care, I want to be cured this is not a way of life. I'm seeing myself in 5 years hiding in my house and having no friends. One last thing that is weird is that even sitting down in my house after putting deodorant I will smell slighty the deodorant but not the bad odor I smell while being in school or in public transportation, the slightest movement that causes me to sweat combined with ANY deodorant will make me smell awful (for me atleast) as I have said my parents cannot smell a single thing, I feel it the most when I smell my pits very deeply.

Any help is really appreciated, I will try EVERYTHING I'm dedicated to get rid of this problem forever, I have respect for all people suffering from this disease I have never suffered from something similar in my hole life, I understand how depressed and shit you can feel in the day specially when its as bad as me.

Thanks for reading.