To the person that recommended Bluetooth headphones for showering, thank you.

I’m not even sure if this was the sub I found it on but I just wanted to share for those who may also be struggling with showers. I have always struggled with consistent showers since I was a kid and it has gone on for many years. It has always bothered me how little I have showered with the longest I have gone without doing so being 2 weeks. It’s been a huge struggle and it wasn’t until about 2-3 months ago that I found my solution. I found a reddit post from a couple years back asking how to shower more frequently and came across a comment recommending waterproof headphones. Putting on background music has literally helped block out the knocking on the door that I hear as it’s a shared family bathroom, it has helped drown out negative thoughts and emotions and has even muted the sound of the water which I wonder if that has always been a sound I didn’t like. I put on music that I don’t have to skip like jazz or instrumental music and will even use Disney orchestral music. Something about it prevents me from thinking as every time I showered in the past, so many negative past experiences and emotions would turn a 5 minute shower into a 40 minute emotional experience which made me not look forward to doing it again. I now take regular showers, quite a few each week, that last only about 10 minutes now or less. It has turned what was the hardest and most mentally exhausting chore that I had to do, into something that I genuinely look forward to each time and it has become a positive self care experience. It was the one thing that I incorporated into my shower routine differently and it has changed me for the better. I just wanted to acknowledge and say to the person that it has literally changed my life and the way it affects me. Thank you genuinely from the bottom of my heart.