Exploring universal shower thoughts

November 29, 2021 — by Meher Bhatnagar and Kavya Patel
After a long day, we like to come home and scream to songs in the shower
The steady stream of water lets out all of your emotions.

After a monotonous day of feeling stressed and lethargic at school, 7th period always has us thinking about running home and taking a comforting warm shower. Stepping in and turning on the tap automatically makes our minds wander, filling our heads with random questions.

Our thought process when we enter the shower tends to follow something like this:  

 

Stress

Besides adjusting the water temperature, the first thing that comes to our heads is the homework we have to do and the tests we have to study for. As sophomores coming out of quarantine, we still feel like a middle schooler abruptly thrown into high school. Many teenagers are constantly in a state of feeling overwhelmed by academic stress, which is why showers are so helpful to wash those thoughts away before a long night of tiring work and studying. 

 

Music

Singing in the shower: Who doesn’t love it? 

Both of our families can hear it when we have a solo karaoke party in the shower, singing to “Red (Taylor’s Version).” Singing helps us get our minds off of stressing about school, especially belting “All Too Well” for 10 minutes straight. No matter the song, Kavya always ends up crying about something, and showering elevates those emotions. 

 

Random Thoughts

At a certain point, the most random thoughts and existential questions suddenly come to our minds. For example: What happened to the shell I threw in the ocean this weekend? Am I actually alive right now? Am I living in a simulation? Is my skin real? 

These questions become life’s biggest mysteries when in the shower. Not only do we end up thinking about hypothetical situations, but also how our day went. We tend to question and analyze so many decisions made over the course of the day to the point where we never want to speak ever again. 

The shower is always the best part of the day and is something we can both count on to turn a bad day into a good one. Being able to let out all our feelings and go from crying to singing to stressing to overthinking in a span of 10 minutes helps us feel more at peace as we end our days. 

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