50 Shower Thoughts That Make A Lot Of Sense, As Shared On This Online Page (New Pics)
InterviewAh, the eureka moment. Most of us have experienced this random flash of incredible brilliance and profundity at least once or twice in our lives. And let’s face it, the vast majority of them happen in the shower. This enclosed space and the sound of running water seem to unleash another part of your brain that comes up with pure strokes of genius. Suddenly, you’re running dripping wet for the nearest laptop, afraid this steamy miniature epiphany might evaporate.
Thankfully, the 'Shower Thoughts' page over on Twitter is here to lend a helping hand. With a whopping 7.9 million followers, this social media project is dedicated to documenting the phenomenon and sharing unexpected little gems of wisdom with everyone online.
Below, we wrapped up a collection of funny and fascinating philosophical truths to share with you all. So sit back, relax, and enjoy witnessing those creative ideas flowing. Keep reading to also find an interview about the account with its creator, Krit Verma. Then upvote the thoughts that surprised you most, and be sure to share your own unexpected insights with us in the comments!
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And the thing I love most about my animals is that they never say anything at all
Yes, when the day off comes, you're just having Monday-itis instead of chilling
We managed to get in touch with the creator of 'Shower Thoughts', Krit Verma, who was kind enough to have a little chat with us. The founder of the account revealed that the idea to start the social media project came to him while he was doing his Master’s degree in Human Resources. "I came across a lot of people who had similar feelings, and I realized that I am not the only one to think that way," he told Bored Panda. Once Krit created a post to find out if others share the same thoughts, "BAM… there are way more people like us, I found out."
Ever since the account was created in February 2012, it has been steadily growing and inviting people from far and wide to share their findings and participate in entertaining discussions. When it comes to the community, Krit explained they send over quite a few submissions via DMs and email. "But it was never hard to manage because the thoughts they share are way too hilarious (though sometimes not suitable for the audience)," he added. The creator said he reads all of the messages from devoted fans, but only shares the ones that won’t offend other Twitter users who follow the account, or as he calls it, "our family".
When asked about his opinion on why we are so keen on hearing others’ shower thoughts, Krit told us everyone can relate to experiencing these brilliant ideas that range from mundane to genius, and that many people simply "have the same imagination."
Of course, shower thoughts aren’t exclusive to showers. They can happen under many different circumstances when there are no devices or other people to bother you. Yet, there’s something about the warm and comforting surroundings of the shower that make it the perfect place to have these seemingly fleeting moments of brilliance. "Having the wittiest thoughts under the shower is the perfect place because 'you can't lose any arguments there' and those won arguments have the potential to create some of the funniest tweets (only if you are able to filter them appropriately)," Krit added.
As Nancy K. Napier, Ph.D., a Distinguished Professor Emerita at Boise State University and author of Unfolding Curiosity: Wrinkles and Surprises from Business and Beyond told us in an earlier interview, the power of a shower happens because it’s an enclosed space where you do something you don’t have to think about.
"As you wash yourself for those three or five or ten minutes, you can let your mind wander and that's often when an idea will hit. Also, during these times when we're with our families in shutdowns, it might be one of the few chances to be alone with your thoughts," she explained.
Yes. And this sentence works with other words than "depression", too (being abused for instance).
Unfortunately, people find it hard to allow their thoughts to drift since there’s just too much information (music, podcasts, radio) finding their way into our minds. "To have the experience of a wandering mind, we need to intentionally turn OFF the extra information and think about nothing."
"I read recently that taking a walk is another great place for ideas, but the key is to simply walk. Leave the radio and podcasts at home," Napier continued. "Then, while walking, look in three places and ideas will come: look above eye level (at buildings, trees), look straight ahead and look on the ground. I tried this last week and came away with two new ideas."
Why do I wake up at 7am on the weekends and want to go back to sleep, but I can't get up on weekdays at the same time?
But as we all know, reaching a still mind is far from an easy task. The professor pointed out that even when we think we’re doing nothing, our brains just keep buzzing. "I've begun strength training and have learned that you should do it one day and then 'rest' the next, to give your muscles time to readjust, recover, and revive," she said. But when we exercise our minds, we often forget to give our thoughts a breather. "I feel that way when I 'do nothing' in my work or thinking — it gives my mind some time to readjust (to not pushing so hard), to recover (from hard work and thinking), and to revive (and play with something that may not have had a chance to pop up)," Napier explained.
If we allow our minds to rest a bit during work hours, Napier suspects that we'll see benefits and perhaps generate new ideas quickly. "Years ago, I worked with a group of faculty members (five of us, very different fields, ways of thinking) to design a new academic program. We started with an empty whiteboard for every meeting. After a few false starts, we learned to trust that we would have some great ideas by the end of each meeting. By removing the expectation and pressure of being creative, we became dramatically more competent at finding ideas. We allowed 'nothing' to be our starting point and that freed us to generate some great (and many not-so-great) ideas," Napier added.
This always makes me sad. It's like all the people from your primary school no longer exist
If you find it hard to let your mind wander, the professor explained that luckily, increasing our creativity doesn’t require much effort. She recommended starting out small, maybe with one day a week or in the evenings on the way home.
"Now that we're working from home more, however, it seems harder to find that clear-cut quiet or 'nothing time,'" she noted. "I've been trying (not fully successfully, I'll admit) to take 30 minutes after my morning work time to just lie down, go into that semi-sleep mode, and boom, good ideas seem to come then. Once again, by giving my brain a little 'downtime,' it continues to work but maybe goes at its own pace and then drops some creativity on its own time."
Explaining depression to someone who has never experienced it is like explaining the colour blue to a worm
I think the best I can come up with is: Imagine you are recruit hiking in a forrest, it is 3AM in the morning and you have been going on since 6AM the previous day. You really do not want to be there. It's dark, cold and it rains, and of course you are exhausted by now. The sergent has yelled at you for the last 5 hours, because you are not moving fast enough, and he thinks that flinging insults at you will improve the situation. It does not, it just breaks you even more down. Someone might tell a good joke, that'll make you smile for second, but you will soon be reminded about the situation your are in. Your buddy tries to help by saying "cheer up", but you've already heard it a million times before, and it really does not change anything. You can almost see the camp, you just need to go a little longer, but when you come to the bridge, it has been washed away, and you realise there is no way you can cross the stream. Now you realise that tomorrow and the day after will be the same.
Load More Replies...when I told my last doctor I was depressed, he told me to just be happy there is no reason to be sad. so now I have a new doctor.
Sound like a wise decition. I get that people around you may have hard time understanding what depressed feels like, but a doctor ought to know better, due to his education.
Load More Replies...Me, having anxiety attack: (is aware that I'm having anxiety attack and cannot do anything about it) Someone: "dOnT wOrrY!!!!" Me: WOW THANKS IM CURED FOREVER WHY DIDNT I THINK OF THAT BEFORE??
Yes!!! I hated hearing "just calm down"..... oh ok! I just feel like I am about to die right now.... but I will just calm down for you....
Load More Replies...You can't smile your depression away but there are things you can do to get better or at least prevent it from getting worse. The way depression is being treated nowadays is often not enough. While medication might help some, many need a whole new mindset too because while depression is never your own fault your thought process can get stuck to old habits and doing small changes no matter how forced or stupid it feels and keep doing so day after day, it does have a positive effect eventually and you'll re-learn the way you react to your thoughts and/or the world around you. I know I'll be misunderstood by some but I'm trying to say depression is something you can't be passive about and rely on others to heal you. It is or at least it should or could be empowering to know you can make a difference in your own life.
Side notes: The more severe the depression is the more help you need. If you are in a risk of commiting a suicide, search for help or if that seems impossible, tell someone and ask them to help you to get started with the treatment. Before you can start any kind of selfprocessing and mindset reset, you need to be out of the danger zone.
Load More Replies...Reminding a depressed person how much you love them can also be a huge source of support and comfort.
And how much they mean to you, how much they contribute to this world. Let them know they’re not a disappointment.
Load More Replies...and the depressed one knows damn well it aint true. i think
My mum’s favorite answer is “just think positively. Get some exercise. Go to church.” So obviously I’m cured now /s
Could it be that when you were little, your mom knew what to do to make you better? Now you're older and dealing with depression, and there's nothing she can do to help. So she tries, but she still hears about your depression and struggles, and maybe she doesn't SEE you doing anything to help yourself (even tho you really are) and she wants to see you try something, anything to make incremental steps towards betterment. But she doesn't know what to do, so she grasps at straws because your pain is her pain and she cannot fix this depression. Ever. The only thing she can do is continue to love you until the day she dies.
Load More Replies...Instead of trying to educate people, who may not understand, why not just whine about being misunderstood? Most people are just trying to help the best way that they can. How can anyone be insulted by someone trying to cheer you up or encouraging you to to relax. Yes, I deal with depression and anxiety on a regular basis.
To become better at doing nothing, Napier advised you to "find activities that don't require heavy thought and use that as a time to let your brain wander; or have a set routine or habit that builds in some snippets of downtime." Several pockets of time that allow the professor to have a distracted mind and let her imaginations run free are her commute, taking a shower, and making coffee or tea.
You are paid according to how little someone can get away with valuing you, before you realise your own self worth
Moreover, Napier sets the alarm to work for 40 minutes and then stops for 10, using that as downtime. "Some people lie down on a yoga mat and just meditate or sleep; ironing (20 minutes); laundry folding (5-10 minutes). Then, there are the specific gifts of time I offer to myself — when I declare I'll take an hour in the day to look at the clouds or birds."
"I suspect now, more than ever, we need the self-care of doing nothing now and then, and we need to make it something that happens regularly, not just when we're forced into it (when we get sick, injured)," Napier concluded.
Anyone take a nap and wake up thinking it's five minutes later, but it's dark, and you don't know what day it is?
Good point! I knew b and p.. but also d and q we sometimes leave out… looks like someone was lazy…
Some doggos know when they’re going to the vet. My cats too. Then they hide behind curtains.
Mental exhaustion feels the same as physical exhaustion, but you haven't got the ripped abs to show for it
That's how I time the conditioner application on my hair in the shower.
Depression is computer says no, plus a disruption to the internet connection, plus the sinking feeling of losing your entire assignment without having backed it up
Based on the number of grown adults who actually identify themselves by their Hogwarts class name, quite a few.
A fool thinks they know everything; a wise man knows he knows nothing. I made that up, but Plato made it up first
Technically you enter, just not REALLY entering with your own feet
He was onto something with farts and burps and swamps, me thinks. *searches real estate paper for a nice swamp*
True story: on Tuesday I got punched in the face by a client, just for doing my job as a health care worker. Back on the job on Wednesday, slightly concussed. I'm not getting paid enough for this c**p
As do that bacteria, but they only care about me for the selfish reasons of being a parasite and I'm the host, so there's that
And ritalin is a stimulant that makes me feel calm, and cannibis... well, that didn't work out. Ignore this anecdote
But because we're a selfish species the extinction of bees threatens our existence.
And please please can we all get it right that it's couldn't care less. As in I have not cares left to give. Could care less means you have more cares left
Divine, every time. Seeing the night turn into the day, and all the noises that come with it.
That makes me feel tired just reading it. And yet, 10pm and 2am are only 5 minutes apart when you're on BP time
The stuff we learned about at school is now largely irrelevant. Space got a whole lot bigger than just the solar system
But when you get 8 minutes when you hit snooze repeatedly, you feel like you've never slept a wink in your life
The one with the wonky leg definitely did. Person next to me got a concussion from hitting her head on a desk
bold of you to assume I don't argue with myself out loud when I'm alone
What came first? The catterpillar or the egg or the butterfly or the chrysallis? No wonder they used the chicken and the egg thing.
It seems to me that the water from the bathroom sink is always colder than the kitchen sink, especially in winter and only at night. I had a debate with several coworkers about this and the majority agreed!
Yes-thank you! Also any room you're conceived in-technically, to be thorough about it.
Load More Replies...Yes-thank you! Also any room you're conceived in-technically, to be thorough about it.
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