I did a load of just my one pair of white boxer shorts and four pairs of white boxer briefs to re-whiten them with bleach, and while it worked, the bleach smell just gets to me and makes me feel tired! Earlier this year, my mom had used bleach to clean the bathtub, which she's done before, and for some reason, it just bothered me for about a week until finally it stopped -- I kept smelling it and my eyes kept getting red and tired.
I actually thought you were smelling it on purpose, which is why I quoted that stuff in particular. It honestly wouldn't have surprised me.