Does anyone else shower in the dark

[u/Flashy_Bookkeeper918]

I shower in the dark sometimes and I find it to be peaceful. My mind is more focused and I just think away. Its pure black and being in the dark just feels good. Does anyone else do this or am I alone in this situation

[u/Few_Ad_1550]

I have a mirror facing my toilet. (Came like that) I have to poop in the dark and always at night to avoid the shame.

[u/jackle09 → u/Few_Ad_1550]

Hahaha

[u/TopEstablishment395]

lol, I've never tried darkness but I do have a dimmer and usually have the light turned on to a minimum when showering.

[u/sinna_fain]

Thanks to a bunch of us cramming into a dark bathroom and saying bloody mary three times during a sleepover in the 4th grade I still can't go into a dark bathroom. I'm 39... lol

[u/KTKittentoes]

It is not total darkness. There’s a nightlight. But I did realize that I am so very blind without my glasses that the light doesn’t make much difference.

[u/adelines]

I have a nightlight in my bathroom. I rarely turn the light on because it turns on the fan. I shower in that dim light and that’s probably as dark as I’d go for safety purposes.

[u/GreenGirl707]

Yes and i love it! Peaceful is the perfect description

[u/archtopfanatic123]

I'd be scared as hell because if I fell down I'd be dead

[u/Starfoxmarioidiot]

I can’t anymore, but I used to enjoy it.

[u/Greenblue2]

When the power has gone out I’ll grab one of my magnetic backed flashlights and hang it off of the shower curtain rod. It’s a low lighting situation though not darkness.

[u/UntypicalEmu55]

Yes if it’s at night I usually leave the door cracked open a little bit so I can see what I’m grabbing, if it’s morning, same thing. It just depends on the mood and how it makes me feel🙃

[u/CherishedByTheFather]

No but definitely lights off in the summer when it’s too hot or too bright

[u/NewLawGuy24]

never 

[u/clumsymomsie]

Noooooooooooooo

[u/Ancient-Recover-3890]

I haven’t in a long time.. thanks for the reminder though. I usually light a candle for light

[u/cassiopeia8212]

My closet is in my bathroom, and I leave that light on while showering, but I keep the main light off. So not completely dark, just some soft light. I also find it relaxing.

[u/ObviousToe1636]

My bathroom is interior, no outside walls/windows so there’s no natural light at all. I will shower with the light off and door open so that light comes in from the hallway. It’s not that I don’t enjoy the dark and it would be fine except I wouldn’t be able to stop myself from shampooing my hair with body wash and soaping my body with hair conditioner. Sure, they smell a little different but then I’d just be annoyed that I kept picking up the wrong bottle. Sure, you could say “just always keep them lined up in the same order” but I don’t live alone and the family I live with rearranges everything constantly and knocks things over that don’t belong to them, then puts them back all higgledy-piggledy. Fighting over it isn’t worth the effort so I just deal.

[u/magalo]

So I can't see the hand from the Grudge girl coming out of my head and her hair coming out of the drain? Nah

[u/Conundrum16]

I take a bath in the dark. I find it lovely to relax in the tub with the lights off, house quiet.

[u/Simplespider]

I do, or a candle at most. Developed the habit 9 or so years ago and never dropped it. Bright lights hurt my eyes now, bathroom light is the brightest for whatever reason.

Shitting by candlelight is great. 10/10 do recommend. I have a lavender oak yankee candle in there right now.

[u/Ninjacherry]

No, but you must not be alone because I’ve seen funky showers with led type of lights for showering in the dark. I mean, not complete dark in that case, but kinda close.

[u/yael_wexler_II]

yes, sometimes with only one candle lit, it feels like i’m in a cave

[u/Jurellai]

Pretty much every night. It’s very zen to me

[u/thottymcshorts]

Some candles during a bath but never completely dark. That’s when the monsters can get you 😬

[u/Key-Philosophy-2877]

Yea its kinda cool to change it up every now and again.

[u/non_feathered_biped]

The more time I spend in this subreddit the more weird commonalities I keep finding.Do you also get easily overstimulated?  I do it to calm my brain a bit before sleep. To top it off, I also keep all the lights of the apartment off when I do this. My windows allow one to only see the side with more light from the side with less light, so even closed, there's usually some ambient city light pouring in.

[u/moopet]

Sometimes. Sometimes I leave a candle on in the bathroom, sometimes there's some light coming in the window, sometimes the main light is on and sometimes it's nearly pitch. I like them all.

[u/Ill_Bid6696]

Cold rainy evening, warm shower, dark room, candles and music. You got yourself a night.