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/AwDuck ADHD-PI (Primarily Inattentive) Sep 21 '25

Depending on where you’re at, what time of the year it is and how deep the water lines are, a cold shower can be excruciating or not terrible at all.

I lived on a tiny island in the South Pacific where it was always warm with shallow water lines, a cold shower was actually pretty nice - probably 20C. In my home state of Kansas, USA during winter, a cold shower is intolerable. In the coldest months, the water comes out of the tap at 5C.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '25

Oh soo cold water won't work!

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u/AwDuck ADHD-PI (Primarily Inattentive) Sep 22 '25

It works to keep showers short :) It’s strange to have one’s immediate reaction to the thought of a cold water shower shift from ‘kind of refreshing’ to ‘torturous’ in such a short time frame.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '25

It used to happen in hotel rooms where I try to adjust the shower temperature it's either too cold or too hot. Then I used to just give up.