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[CookieKiss]

For a couple of years now, i've been doing this --> putting a towel over my pillow every single night and always using a clean towel, okay maybe sometimes i use a towel every couple of days
It's like i'm so afraid of putting my face against anything... My boyfriend's always laughing at me for doing this, calls me silly cookie but i swear i feel that if i put my face on anything without protection "we know what" is inevitably going to happen. And i must add that for this past couple of years i've never slept with my face against a pillow and of course on anything else for that matter. But mad as i am i can never resist putting my face on my boyfriends shirt( ) or... he's irresistible to me.
So i was just wondering if this happens to anyone else, or i'm a freak for doing this

[lemonverbena]

I've thought about using a towel because I hate to keep washing my pillow case. But even if I had a clean towel or clean pillow case I would still hate to put my face against it because I feel like if I'm smothering my face then it's not gonna get any better. I just force myself to sleep without my face touching anything at all. It's hard! lol.

[timbo2600]

For a couple of years now, i've been doing this --> putting a towel over my pillow every single night and always using a clean towel, okay maybe sometimes i use a towel every couple of days
It's like i'm so afraid of putting my face against anything... My boyfriend's always laughing at me for doing this, calls me silly cookie but i swear i feel that if i put my face on anything without protection "we know what" is inevitably going to happen. And i must add that for this past couple of years i've never slept with my face against a pillow and of course on anything else for that matter. But mad as i am i can never resist putting my face on my boyfriends blouse or... he's irresistible to me.
So i was just wondering if this happens to anyone else, or i'm a freak for doing this

It sounds to me like you have obsessive compulsive tendencies. I too have some minor form of OCD. I mostly just refuse to ever touch my face unless I am washing it. It also bothers me if anyone else tries to touch my face. As far as the pillow thing goes, I need my f'in sleep so I just bite the bullet and lay down. I just try to change the pillow case regularly. Oh yeah, and I never go to bed without taking a shower. Did I mention that I have diagnosed myself as having OCD?

I wouldn't worry about your ocd though. What does concern me is the fact that your "boyfriend" is known to wear a blouse.

[terryh]

i actually did the towel thing... but i didnt like it. i just bought some new sheets and pillow covers though, since the other was when i wore acne creams and put gel in my hair and not washing the gel out (no creams and i make sure my hair is washed out from any hair product)... i dont think washing the pillow case will do any good, since i did this for years unaware it doing harm.

[CookieKiss]

For a couple of years now, i've been doing this --> putting a towel over my pillow every single night and always using a clean towel, okay maybe sometimes i use a towel every couple of days
It's like i'm so afraid of putting my face against anything... My boyfriend's always laughing at me for doing this, calls me silly cookie but i swear i feel that if i put my face on anything without protection "we know what" is inevitably going to happen. And i must add that for this past couple of years i've never slept with my face against a pillow and of course on anything else for that matter. But mad as i am i can never resist putting my face on my boyfriends blouse or... he's irresistible to me.
So i was just wondering if this happens to anyone else, or i'm a freak for doing this

It sounds to me like you have obsessive compulsive tendencies. I too have some minor form of OCD. I mostly just refuse to ever touch my face unless I am washing it. It also bothers me if anyone else tries to touch my face. As far as the pillow thing goes, I need my f'in sleep so I just bite the bullet and lay down. I just try to change the pillow case regularly. Oh yeah, and I never go to bed without taking a shower. Did I mention that I have diagnosed myself as having OCD?

I wouldn't worry about your ocd though. What does concern me is the fact that your "boyfriend" is known to wear a blouse.

lol don't be mean, i'm romanian, i meant a shirt and i do feel as though i'm obsessed but... i can't give this up

[CAMPBELLS]

Why not try and sleep on your back?

[CookieKiss]

Why not try and sleep on your back?

lol i always have nightmares when sleeping on my back cause me eyelids don't cover my eyes enough and... during the night they kind of unravel a tiny bit of my eyes, and all my nighmares take place in my room, awful right?

[Esperanza]

Why not try and sleep on your back?

lol i always have nightmares when sleeping on my back cause me eyelids don't cover my eyes enough and... during the night they kind of unravel a tiny bit of my eyes, and all my nighmares take place in my room, awful right?

There is nothing that wierd with sleeping in a towel. I do the same thinng when I spend the night at a friends house and I don't want to use their pillow case becasue I'm afraid it will make me break out worse. Its a good habit to get into if it clears up your acne.

[jorrellpogi]

i lvoe my pillow so no one can take i away from me nto even a towel to cover it

[caffeinefree]

Ever thought of just buying extra pillowcases, and changing them nightly?

[Christina ~]

thats what i do! i do laundry like a fiend!

i find tho that when i have a shower and put on my benzamycin gel (topical bp + antibiotic) i can go a couple of days maybe 2 or so before changing pillowcases but if i go to bed without having a shower or washing my face i change them the next day. Mostly because i use product in my hair and i worry about it getting on the pillowcase and then getting on my skin the following night.

i don't think you're weird for the towell thing most people have little things they do

[Rache]

I change my pillow case every night too. And usaully bring a clean one over if I sleep over at a friends house. Cept for last night I didn't and my hair was a bit greasy with product, and she uses that pillow..prolly same thing, lol. I may be paranoid about it, but I woke up with a new zit on my cheek, where my head was lieing againest..

[brandon2356]

Come on guys, do you honestly think laying on a pillow is going to cause acne? Why don't we just chain ourselves up to the ceiling at night..

[David A]

Come on guys, do you honestly think laying on a pillow is going to cause acne? Why don't we just chain ourselves up to the ceiling at night..

Pillows get dirty....


I too an crazy like this, although I don't use a towel I take a cotton shirt every night and stuff the pillow in it......Seems much nicer then a towel you should try that.....

[CookieKiss]

i did that once cause i forgot to ask my mum for a clean towel before tshe and my dad went to bed *they have them in their bedroom* so... i was like a mad person trying to figure what to do that night cause i didn't want to wake them up, it was bout 3am so... out of the blue, it came to me : stuff the pillow into a clean shirt

thats what i do! i do laundry like a fiend!

i find tho that when i have a shower and put on my benzamycin gel (topical bp + antibiotic) i can go a couple of days maybe 2 or so before changing pillowcases but if i go to bed without having a shower or washing my face i change them the next day. Mostly because i use product in my hair and i worry about it getting on the pillowcase and then getting on my skin the following night.

i don't think you're weird for the towell thing most people have little things they do

you're a genius! i've just remembered how it all began. me derm prescribed me this night cream which was awful i telll you it was skin colored and it stayed greasy on your face, not entering your skin or such so i had to protect the pillowcase and from then on i did that every night, sleeping with a towel on my pillow even though i seized to use the cream.

[Jen121]

HaHa how funny because I do this too!!! we have OCD but thats okay whatever makes us feel better... i use pillow cases towels are too thick and rough for me.... but i do think its better to have your face against something clean

[CookieKiss]

cutie

[Stephen*]

well, my doc told me towels irritae you face, just like wash cloths, as you move you head/face at night.

i just have my BP stained bed sheets, and change the 1nce a week, theres no point keep buying new ones, ill only do that when i have to stop using BP

[terryh]

well, my doc told me towels irritae you face, just like wash cloths, as you move you head/face at night.

i just have my BP stained bed sheets, and change the 1nce a week, theres no point keep buying new ones, ill only do that when i have to stop using BP

indeed i put nothing on my face... i feel for you.... hope things get better

[(eLLe)]

wow, i do the same thing. except i buy these special pillow "towels", they're thicker and larger. i don't think it's a compulsive disorder. i hope not.

here's a little trick i was told. if you put silk on your pillow and sleep on it, it won't mess up your hair and you won't get wrinkles.