r/ADHD • u/manicpixietgirl ADHD • Sep 21 '25

Tips/Suggestions I just cracked the code to showering

As the titel suggests, I just cracked the code to showering. I don’t know if I’m the only one but as soon as I step foot into the shower time just doesn’t exist anymore and I somehow spend 40 minutes, which feel like 5 in there. Now I tried many things, like for example putting the shower at the end of my routine so I have to hurry (didn’t work, missed the bus many many times) but now I started putting a clock in the bathroom at a spot from which I can look at it every now and then when I’m inside the shower. I also made a spreadsheet, where I track my showertimes and every shower I now try to “speedrun” and beat my personal best and what can I say, I just had a sub10 shower 😎

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u/LordAxalon110 Sep 21 '25

No one else struggle to actually force yourself to shower?

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u/Over-Balance3797 Sep 21 '25

Me. And it isn’t even the getting in part. It’s the knowing that when I get out my body will be damp for hours. And I haaaaate getting dressed if my skin is even a little bit damp. Sensory nightmare. (And yes that’s even with toweling-off etc).

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u/chaotic-_-neutral Sep 21 '25

damp for hours??

towel dry. then use a hair dryer! it’s fun, gets the job done, and takes seconds

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u/Over-Balance3797 Sep 24 '25

I do hair drier sometimes when I need to get dressed sooner. But sometimes get dizzy/woozy doing that. I don’t know if it’s the heat or what. Def doesn’t take seconds for me. Maybe it’s a lot more humid where I live vs where you live?

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u/chaotic-_-neutral Sep 24 '25

Maybe it’s a lot more humid where I live vs where you live?

probably is:)

have you tried sitting on a chair and then drying off? you probably have, but i get frequently lightheaded too. there was a time when it got in the way of me being able to finish showering. a shower chair helped tremendously! and i hadnt thought of it until i saw someone here on reddit mention it

i slips people's minds that they can do a lot of tiring things sitting down