I never take long ones so I’m intrigued
I was just so cold yesterday I didn’t feel like getting out, so I kept rinsing. It’s been a cold spring here!
I disassociate
Yeah, mostly this.
The white noise and the water hitting my body combine to enhance the feeling.
Same. Every morning.
Ding, ding, ding!
Enjoying actually doing nothing, usually.
Totally fair
Self care is health care✨
To me it’s like saying, what are you actually doing when you get a massage?
Enjoying it
I do feel like this is a fundamental misunderstanding I had with one of my housemates. For me, showers are an assault on the senses where I have to balance overheating but having the water hot enough to loosen oil. For her it was a reprieve and pleasurable. Unfortunately, I also have bladder issues and need to use the bathroom a lot randomly :(
I mean, unless it involves a waffle stomp, ain’t no shame in taking a piss in the shower. It can be quite liberating too.
I did not know what waffle stomping was. I regrettably do now.
Yeah, I start the shower hot then gradually increase the temp as I get used to it, and I’m usually in there until the hot water runs out. I’ve had housemates comment on how hot I have it based on the position I left the tap mixer. But it’s a critical part of my wake-up routine, the very first part of which is getting up to pee. So I rarely need to pee mid-shower. If I do, I just hop out and pee while dripping wet and hop back in.
Anyway, between that and my morning coffee I need to get up at least an hour before I leave for work. I’ll compromise with a takeaway coffee if I’m running late, but if I’m so behind that showering is gonna make me late, so be it.
I’m actually having a shower, just being too tired/unmotivated to do it at “normal” speed.
Wishing that the west had the bathtub culture of Japan so I could be sitting down
Shower chair.
Not the same at all. I realize this is my fault for poorly communicating. I want to sit down while being enveloped in toasty water that brings me back to the only peaceful period of my life, the uterine experience. And really I want to lay down
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not like japan
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bathtubs are good sometimes but imo showers are superior
you can sit in the shower btw. no one is gonna tell you not to.
Advanced Calculus.
For better or for worse I tend to reflect and ruminate over the things I did that day and worry/think about how I can be better.
- as this usually adds like 10mins to my showers I’ve started to play one of my favorite tracks to help me time limit myself
That and sometimes I get great ideas that tends to loop on itself and so out of fear of losing my funk I also delay getting out😅
Trying to find the spoons to get back out and dry myself.
Generally, time blindness and waking up. Feels like 10 minutes, really was closer to 30-40. I never feel fully awake until I’ve showered.
Sit on the floor, let hot rain warm me, breathe, let every muscle relax, try to find the center of me, fail, still enjoy warmth.
Depends, it’s just nice to stand under warm water so if I’ve got the time I’m not gonna rush.
Sometimes I’m doing an “everything” shower where I use conditioner on my hair and facial cleanser, etc. whereas a usual quick one is just shampoo and shower gel
Shaving my scalp to near perfection so it can power a solar farm.
It’s a mix of relaxing, warming up, thinking about life. I rarely do it nowadays though.
