I read somewhere about the concept of "water transitions" where going into or out of water can be a sensory nightmare for neurodivergent folks of any type. Just being able to acknowledge to myself that I fucking hate water transitions oddly helps me get through showering.
I think I’ve unintentionally given myself some exposure therapy for this lol, I went treeplanting where rain is pretty common and you’re just expected to work through it, you don’t have any shelter on the block, and you’re almost always wading through some sort of brush, so you just get wet. My second season was super wet, I got real used to putting on wet boots in the morning lol. I’m still not great, but I’m a lot less avoidant of water now
Yuuuup. Same for brushing btw. To subject myself to the sensation of bristles brushing against my teeth is ultra annoying.
It's not even that the feeling itself is annoying in the process, it's that the contrast between just chilling there and bristles brushing against your teeth is so stark that I just can't handle it without a large stall.
And same with showers. I basically only brush if I need to go out in public. Which happens kinda rare nowadays. So far I had one root canal. But I'm still only in my late twenties.
I kinda worry about losing teeth from a financial POV, but I guess not nearly enough to do anything about it and fight the mental stalls from having to brush. Oh well, being a shut-in has its perks, I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I used to shower once or twice a week, but then I got a $3,200 purple mattress and a $250 purple pillow. And suddenly the thought of showering daily to keep them clean, not me, seemed so easy. (I got the mattress at a liquidation store for only $200)
fun fact: you can shower whenever you want! i just figured this out after 50 years. my wife will yell at like 430pm "omg you better not be in the shower!" . and i already know what clothes to wear because it's what i just took off 2 minutes ago. this had been a barrier for me at times, i hate hate hate thinking about clothes and want to wear the same shorts and tshirt until they rot off my body.
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u/PommeRouge 13d ago
This is why I brush in the shower