• Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeM
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    4 hours ago

    Showering in the dead of night? Yes, that’s relaxing. Showering in the dead of night with all the bathroom lights off? Few things would unsettle me more.

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    3 hours ago

    Yeah, I do that. I also soak in the tub with ears submerged for audio blunting as well. Very sensory-deprivation. Quite relaxing.

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    Haven’t gotten to do it in ages since my current bathroom has no windows but showering in the late afternoon or just at sunset with just the smallest bit of sunlight peeking through the (closed!) blinds is relaxing, especially in the summer.

    Being clean and having wet hair while the summer day’s heat starts to settle and your day winds down is magic.

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    10 hours ago

    What do you mean “anyone else”? I was in the shower with you. I feel so ignored!

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    5 hours ago

    An old friend told me he did that to cope with dysphoria.

    Once I was in the shower with the lights on and I slipped. When I got up I somehow snagged my arm on the faucet and made a deep gash.

    Now every time I think of trying it, I imagine what kind of violent shit I’d do to myself if I slipped and couldn’t see.

  • Dorkyd68@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Everyday day after work. I have a “nightlight” that I turn on. Other that that all my showers are in darkness. I think it’s a way for me to decompress after being bombarded by artificial light for 10+ throughout my work day. Took my until I was 35 to realize how sensitive i was to light, especially artificial

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    10 hours ago

    I split the difference. Shower with a candle in the room. Transparent shower curtain.

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      5 hours ago

      This is how all horror scenes start with white people and their candles in the bathroom.

  • "voi" (she/her) @beehaw.org
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    10 hours ago

    i’m autistic and have quite the sensibilities, including to light. taking a shower is something that has always been extremely calming to me, it shuts a lot of my brain down, including, sometimes, my anxiety disorder part. taking a shower in the dark is the closest thing to a state of pure inner bliss i can reach easily.

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      8 hours ago

      Also autistic, I very much enjoy baths in darkness or very low light.

      Poor man’s isolation tank.

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      8 hours ago

      I have ADHD and it’s similar for me. What also helps is background rain noise. Did you try that? Im using cozy time on my PC as it also can play additional relaxing music and has a pomodoro timer.

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        it’s not enough for me. i have heavy rain currently and while it does calm me down, it’s only one sense that is being stimulated. it’s really the water running all over me that does the trick and the light of lights makes it that much easier to just disappear in my mind.

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    10 hours ago

    Only when it’s voluntary. I once had the power go out while I was in the shower. My thirty-something ass instantly aged into an octogenarian convinced he was breaking a hip on the way to open the bathroom door.

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    Not complete darkness. I got a nice warm led night light (these ones, love em) just bright enough that I can see what I’m doing. But yeah going spa mode after a long cold day is very nice

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    7 hours ago

    Oh yeah.

    My bathroom light is motion activated. The sensor doesn’t see into the shower, so if I don’t wave at it every few minutes the light goes out.

    A lot of the time I don’t bother. Super relaxing.