Turning the tap on that nice bed-like environment is a real dopamine hurdle. And I keep getting lost in my thoughts. Bathrooms are practically stimulation-less spaces.
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this isn’t solely a ADHD thing
I’ve been doing this as long as I can remember.
Hell yes it’s a sensory thing. The warm water and the water hitting my body. The white noise. Also, not wearing clothing. It’s all mesmerizing.
For me it’s the sensory of the hot water, breathing in the steam, and having a place to be alone. My life is wall-to-wall tasking these days…being a parent with ADHD who has a toddler and a type-A personality partner who loves to delegate tasks is existentially exhausting.
You mean my thinking cube?
I do my best thinking in the shower… I have amazing realisations and form incredible connections between relevant life dots…
I just have trouble remembering the outcomes of this thinking once I get out…
I don’t wanna get in but once I’m in I don’t wanna get out
Same. Sometimes I need to force myself to get in. Within secs, I wonder why I had to override my resistance, and if I will do it again tomorrow. I will do it again tomorrow.
Hits right at home
Bathrooms are practically stimulation-less spaces.
Disagree. The water is perfect stimulation. The way it touches your skin, the temperature control, the rain sound, the blocking of all else. A shower is stimulatory contentment.
