It's the transitions that are the enemy! Getting un/dressed and getting dry are both annoying. In summer when I'm only wearing shorts and can airdry in the warmth I'm fine taking a shower. But most of the year I just hate the transition...
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I used to dread leaving the warm shower and getting cold while drying. Then I figured out that if I gradually turn the temperature down while only showering the head, that it both feels refreshing, but not cold, and also makes the entire transition less cold. The key is that the brain gets most of it's idea of temperature from the head.
The same tactic can also be used at the beach. Instead of inching your way into the cold water until the testicles crawl up and you finally give up, you're much better off if you just put the top of your head into the water first.
I do this in the summer to try to avoid immediately starting to sweat when I get out of the shower
Instead of inching your way into the cold water until the testicles crawl up and you finally give up, you're much better off if you just put the top of your head into the water first.
Which head are you talking about here?
Yes
Its the change of state that should be avoided. It doesn't always go well so it should never happen.
Avoid it by always staying soggy. Live life perpetually damp. Always slightly moist.
Like living in the tropics?
Hey! You just exposed my entire mental model online
Are you me?
Full body blow dryer
My dream! Seriously, I've looked into this before.
Getting undressed reminds me of seks, that's why I don't mind that part. The drying however 😒
You're onto something there. It's the same thing with travel/vacations for me. I don't like the idea of travelling while transitioning aka packing my stuff. But as soon as I am actually underway I don't want to go back home
This is exactly my problem. I never knew anyone else had this issue.
You two should never walk through a doorway on mushrooms.
Disagree - try taking a bath and washing your hair without a shower head, only a bowl.
With a shower head: the temperature is constant, nothing special
With a bowl: the alternating hot and cold of the warm water trickling down your shoulders punctuated by the ambient cooler air is satisfying as hell
Someone explained in a reel that I saw once that the reason we feel like this is because we struggle with transitions.
It made a lot of sense; like as to why I take so long to leave my bed for the first time after I wake up, or why I can never motivate myself to go walk outside, but when I'm already outside walking because I was forced to be, I'll walk 20 blocks to the grocery store to avoid having to sit down and be still for 10 minutes waiting for the bus.
PS: I've only been using Lemmy for something like 10 minutes total so far, only heard of it 15 minutes ago, and this is my first ever comment here, so if I'm making any dumb mistakes with formatting, or if say my comment ends up in the wrong place or something, it's because I haven't learned the platform's ins and outs yet. Plz no judge. Reddit was really judgmental today and that's why I came here.
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avoid having to sit down and be still for 10 minutes waiting for the bus
but sometimes the bench is colder than my butt is warm
I put a little space heater and run it while I'm showering so that it's warm when I get out.
I do this too but put the heater in the shower with me - makes the space all nice and toasty.
Oooh I should try that with the bathtub.
Some houses have shitty electric in the bathrooms so to make sure it keeps working with the steam, i run an extension cord to a bedroom outlet.
Do you think it would work if I used a portable generator in the room with me while the space heater is in the tub?
Just make sure to keep the windows shut so the heat can't escape
I'll seal them up with plastic sheets and caulk to make sure.
Wow i don't know. It's worth a shot! I bet the exhaust is exfoliating.
I have a heat bulb in my bathroom so I use that in the colder months. I love it.
I think about this post at least once a week when I shower
I like warm bath, or a good shower. I like being a dry coach potato.
Transition between the two is unbearable.
I literally have to trick myself every morning. Like, I'll start with: "I'll just wash my face. Maybe my ears as well.." and then "Might as well wash the rest of my body.." and then realize it's easier to just turn on the shower at that point.
Yep. I never want to shower. I always have to do it deliberately.