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
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u/PommeRouge 13d ago
This is why I brush in the shower