I legitimately don’t know how people shower quicker than that. Like, if I’m in a rush I can, but I know I’m missing areas and not getting as clean as I could be.
But to be honest I have OCD that mostly manifests as germaphobia/obsessively sanitizing. I’m not good about understanding how normal people clean themselves.
I can’t even thoroughly rinse the shampoo out of my hair in 4 minutes. And I’m mostly bald.
Seriously! A regular shower for me takes around five minutes. With a face shave, it’s still less than ten. Wtf else is there to do? Standing there staring at the wall?
Shower beer. Amazing after a hot day mowing / at the pool / exercising / etc…
“Regular” shower, boss. I’m not talking about extracurricular showers. The other commenters were amazed that anyone ever takes a less than 15 shower. Which is ridiculous that their bar for a normal shower is that long.
I have really long, thick, curly hair. My showers can easily take 45 minutes to an hour because of everything I need to do to wash, detangle, and finish my hair routine.
Dissociating, executive dysfunction and general existential dispair is a bitch. So yes, to answer your question, staring at a wall indeed. It’s really hard to get in the shower and when I’m there it’s hard to leave. But reading all of this has given me some encouragement. I’m gonna take a shower. :)
I don’t spend 15, but I do spend more than 5. In my case most of the time spent is lathering up, i.e. the time when the water isn’t running. Do you count that in your five minutes? And how do you shave in the shower? Do you have a mirror in there? How doesn’t it get all fogged up?
Edit: Now that I think of it, a small mirror in a shower could work, you simply have to pass it through cold water when you want to shave.
