Usually staring blankly at the wall, hoping the shower will somehow rinse some grime off my brain too.

ITT: People with legitimate reasons for long showers.

Me over here: Just because I want to. It feels good. I'm paying the bill and I'll stay in it as long as I'd like. I think, I daydream, I warm up on cold mornings, I cool off after long hot days, I listen to music or sing along while a warm rain dances its way to the drain. I can, and often do, shower and dress in 10 minutes, but I'm an adult damnit and if have the time and the desire I'm gonna hang out and sway gently while the steam fills the shower.

Fifteen year olds: Masturbating. Lots of masturbating.

Shooting water from my fingertips like the awesome aqua wizard that I am

Its warm and I dissociated.

Same vibe:

People who go on beach vacation for a week, what are you doing there? I can undress, have a swim, get sand into my crotch and a sunburn on my shoulder in less than an hour. WHAT ARE YOU DOING

Debug my code

Plan new code

Like, where else would you do that?

It's not a fucking speedrun homie. This isn't shower any%. I'm usually listening to music and enjoying the hot water. Plus if it's a wash day, washing and conditioning long hair takes a while.

Sitting on the floor, letting the hot water pour over my head as sad piano music plays in the background

Hey you let my poor adhd brain ruminate in scalding hot peace

Substituting for the warmth of human contact.

Dissociating and struggling with body dysphoria usually

Win imaginary arguments. Make the world a better place. Solve the mystery of life. Achieve ascension, realize perfection demands non-existence, return to my imperfect self. Play with water. The usual.

Relax into a brief, stressless, fugue state.

Enjoy the warm. Read.

Trying to work up the nerve to turn the hot water off and step out into the cold air

Avoiding my responsibilities.

Enjoying one of only two relaxing events in my waking hours (the other being taking a shit on work time)

Contemplating life

Plotting my revenge

Jorkin' it.

Warm water feel good

What do I do in there?

Usually cry thinking about repeating another day of hectic work only to come home and eat dinner and go to sleep and repeat it all over again. Forever. While my wages have less and less purchasing power.

Feeling something from the scorching hot water relaxing my muscles of my ever existing pain.
It's a nice break from life.

Washing my hair, shaving my legs and armpits, emptying my menstrual cup (hey, you asked). Shit takes time.

i mean, i'm just chillin. it's peaceful there.

People who spend less time in there: what are you doing outside the shower that takes so long?

Getting away from all you people that question why I take long showers of course.

I can do it in 5 min but why? It’s relaxing. My brain can wander. It’s warm.

Crying.

Basking in the hot water

Staring into the void, like I do everywhere else

Its how some people meditate even if they aren't aware that's what they are doing.

Winning hypothetical arguments

I'm dissasociating for a bit leave me alone. Also I have exceedingly long and thick curly hair, takes forever to go through my process.

The 3 S

Shit

Shower

Shave

Why do I take long showers? Because I know in the future, I won't be able to due to the water wars. And whether I, personally, take long showers or not will neither hasten, or slow, that timeline.

this is written by a masc man. if I'm not washing my hair and just scrubbing, yeah I can get it done in 10-15 minutes. If I need to wash my hair though? easily 30 minutes. If I need to shave my legs/body? I'm probably drawing a bath and I'll see you in an hour at least.

Enjoying life. Enjoying the warmth, enjoying being clean, thinking, singing, relaxing, so on...

It takes time to wash and condition long hair especially if even approaching recommended dwell times. Same thing with any medicated shampoo.

Years ago I had a roommate who took obscenely long showers. One time we were supposed to go food shopping but he wanted a "quick shower" before we went. I watched 2 episodes of narcos on Netflix, got frustrated, went shopping alone, drove to store, and did a week worth of grocery shopping, drove back, brought all groceries to the apartment (third floor), put everything away, waited another 30 minutes and he finally came out of the shower.

I have no idea what he did in there.

I literally scrub from head to toes.

Crying

I don't pay for water in my apartment, nor do I pipes that make noise in the building.

I take long showers

Maybe I will wake up from this strange dream.

Personally it gives me peace from the constant everything. The drops pull my attention and it’s all over, so I can relax and just feel it all, not all all. Not sure if that makes sense. It just gives some peace and escape from life and all its noise.

But I’ve personally found that the warmth isn’t a thing for me, it works just as well when it’s very middling or even a bit cold. So in my shame I’ve long since switched from warm ones to those around the 25c ballpark, it’s given me even more peace ever since. Warming the water up is the most consuming part.

But then again I’m from a culture with saunas everywhere, in every house, so I don’t really need showers for the warmth anyway, the relaxing and muscle tension relieving I get from sauna. The overall stimulating peace and silence is what my showers are for. In addition to washing and grooming, of course.

I plot my revenge on the people who slight me.

I have OCD. I wash everything too much.

Shampooing and conditioning my mid-back length hair, shaving my armpits and legs, exfoliating. I usually use 3 different skin cleansers on different parts of my body.

Some of us put in more effort than the bare minimum amount of hygiene because we want to look, smell, and feel good rather than simply “no longer nasty.”

Spacing out, probably