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Why I Think That Everyone Should Sing In The Shower

No, it's not just because I do and I don't want to be an outcast.

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Why I Think That Everyone Should Sing In The Shower
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For the last week or so, I’ve been thinking about something that doesn’t often get much attention: shower singing. It seems that while many people do it, no one actually wants to admit to it. Just the other day, I heard one of my best friends singing while I was brushing my teeth and when I told her, her face flushed and she got even more awkward than she already is. I don’t understand why we can’t just own up to something as innocent as singing in the shower. Like come on, everyone does it.

There are so many benefits to singing in the shower. This simple action can relieve stress, annoy your roommates and make getting clean even more fun. I understand that a lot of the time, we think that we sound like some kind of dying animal when we sing, but that shouldn’t be the reason that we miss out on the therapeutic benefits.

I’m not sure about anyone else, but some of my favorite songs are the ones that I can relate back to my current situation — like the ones that you can sing along to and pretend that you’re talking to someone else. More often than I really care to admit, I sing those songs in the shower and act like I’m really telling off someone who wronged me. I’m sure you’ve heard of that whole coming up with arguments in your mind and figuring out how you’d react to them even though you know that situation will probably never arise, well that’s what I like to think I’m doing. I’m telling that boy that read my message and didn’t respond that he’s a piece of trash without really doing it because I’m super non-confrontational and actually doing that would make me so uncomfortable. I’m convincing myself that I need to get my act together because chances are, I’m not going to find a sugar daddy to take care of me while living in Kansas. I’m also kind of comparing me and my friends to the Spice Girls but if you say you haven’t done that at some point in your life, you’re wrong.

I have to be honest, sometimes I get a little worked up when I’m fake yelling at someone in the shower and sometimes I get a little stressed out. However, I’m just weird and it has actually been scientifically proven that singing in the shower often helps to relieve stress. Think about it, the shower is supposed to be a calming atmosphere anyway so it just makes sense that singing there would be soothing, too. Another great part of singing in the shower is that while there are awesome psychological benefits, there are actual physical benefits as well. A very important person in my life swears that a nice, long, hot shower makes you feel better whenever you’re sick. But I bet that if you got your arm cut off, he’d probably just tell you that you’d be fine if you took a shower.

As an avid shower singer, I find that the benefits are overwhelmingly positive and encourage you to do it, but only if you want to. I would also push you to own up to it, too! I highly doubt that you’re going to be judged by anyone and if you are, you should just cut those people off because no one needs that kind of negatively in their life. With that being said, have fun and sing pretty.

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