By Bri Ribalta
August 15, 2020 at 01:54 PM PST
MICHIGAN – What if throwing clean clothes on the bathroom sink meant that you still carry resentment for not being hugged enough as a child? That’s exactly what researchers at the Institute of Abnormal Research have found. A study that spanned three decades and over two million participants, has uncovered that our pre-shower patterns are connected to our childhood. A strong link was found between the place where you leave your clean clothes while you shower and childhood trauma, said Peen Hed, lead researcher of this ground-breaking study.
Seventy-five percent of the participants who reported throwing their clean clothes on any open surface in the bathroom, also reported at least ten different incidents when their parents forgot to pick them up from after school. Fifty-seven percent of those who only take a robe into the bathroom, also reported isolation and neglect during childhood. The most interesting finding in this study, where that participants who reported changing pre-shower habits as adults after a major event in their life.
I didn’t think twice about it when I started carefully placing my clothes on top of the closed hamper – explains Mary Hadalam, participant in the study. After a few days, it all came flooding back. I remember hiding from my cousins who bullied me and pulled my hair as a child. I had buried this in my unconscious for obvious reasons. During the study, I had to face my demons. I realized that I represented my bath towel. That’s why I never hung it up on the hook – she continues, tearing up. It was because I couldn’t stand up to my cousins. The rest of my clothes were just extensions of my personality as a child – sweet, naive and shy. Mary who is also an online certified psychological healer, reports that she will use these findings with her clients to help them see the light at the end of the tunnel.
What does this all mean for the average person trying to live a full life? As more people become aware of the study more questions arise. This study was just the beginning of understanding the human mind – said Ann Doofes, first chair assistant in this study. Bathroom habits are just the tip of the iceberg. The mind is a mysterious being – she continues as she grabs her car keys. For instance, I can’t recall where I put down my dirty lab coats and now my neighbor tells me through a text message that she found the lab coats in her hamper.
No word on when future studies will begin, but we hope that it will uncover some of the most mysterious questions that have haunted mankind for centuries.
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