Full disclosure: my "deep shower thoughts" happen while I'm washing dishes, not in the shower.
Showers are a bit of a sensory overload for me—autism, amiright?—consisting of trying not to have a panic attack, run into the wall and fall out of the shower—again.
I don't like water splashing onto my face from rain, kids playing in a pool, water gun or water balloon fights, or in the shower.
It freaks my neurodivergent brain out.
But for many people, a long, hot shower is where they get in touch with their philosophical or creative self.
Reddit user Royal_Figure3100 asked:
"What is the deepest shower thought you have ever had?"
Self-Awareness
"It is unfair for everyone around me when I get angry."
~ AlternativeMessage18
"I struggle a lot with this too. But it’s getting better."
"Depending on the context I usually try to step back for a minute, feel what makes me angry and if it really needs to be expressed in an unfair/explosive way."
"It’s okay to talk later about the issue if you can't regulate your outsized emotions in the moment."
"But it’s also okay sometimes to get angry and stand up for yourself. The hard part is finding the middle, I guess."
~ LavishnessOk9713
"I know, my anger issues came at a cost. Can’t f*cking forgive myself still."
~ justk4y
Doing The *awkward* Math
"My wife and her sister were born several years—however, one calendar day—apart."
"Both of their birthdays are ~nine months after their father's birthday."
"So it logically follows that they were created by birthday sex."
~ SpecialpOps
"That made me think..."
"My birthday is 9 months after my parents' wedding aniversary. My brother's birthday is exactly one month before mine. He was a month premature..."
"F*ck why did I have to read your comment???"
~ Atlantic_Nikita
But They’ve Got More Appendages! 🐙🦑
"Squids are just broke a** octopuses."
~ Loud-Magician7708
* octopi have 8 arms with suckers—squid have 8 arms and 2 tentacles
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Giphy
🎵 Memories...🎶
"Memory foam doesn't remember us."
"It remembers itself without us."
"When it starts to remember us, we throw it away."
~ CriscoCamping
1973 To 1994 = 21 Years
"Disney's Robin Hood had a lion king—and prince—before Lion King was a thing."
~ ransom0374
When Did I Get Old‽‽
"I am too old now to 'die young'."
~ Faeidal
Wall Crawler
"How does Spider-Man stick to walls when he's wearing gloves and boots?"
"He, himself, is sticky, not his clothes."
~ Spire-hawk
Older Than Our Parents
"Thinking about photos and memories from growing up, and realizing that my parents at that time were younger than I am now."
"I am 41 years old."
~ Girhinomofe
Morgan Freeman
"Why can't I hear my own voice in my head, but I know I'm monologing... "So who's voice is it?"
~ Different_Image_8035
Gone Like Water Down The Drain
"I can’t remember what it was, but man it was a banger!"
~ fastinggrl
"I don't remember my shower thoughts."
"They cease to exist in the Dry World."
~ weenertron
Wait, What?
"Waiting for the waiter to bring food makes you the waiter!"
~ ASM_50
Leave Your Mark
"I envisioned my death and then life on this planet without me."
"Everyone living their lives and for some it was sad and for others it was like, 'Sh*t does happen doesn't it?'."
"I started doing more volunteer work and writing poetry to share with others."
~ Made-4-U
Circle Of Life
"When you eat a cheeseburger, you’re eating what the cow eats—bread which has grain in it, what the cow produces—cheese from milk, and the cow itself."
~ Annual_Tourist_9085
"What if you add tomatoes and lettuce?"
~ prankerjoker
"Grown with help from cow poop."
~ Sweetluna_NB
Raisins or Jerky?
"Mummies are people raisins."
~ Guilty_Activity4142
The Final Frontier
"Space is called 'space' and not 'the space' because the use of 'the' implies that there's a limit."
~ sf3p0x1
So, what deep thoughts have you had in the shower?
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