Basic body needs are annoying

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I know that feeling all too well. I like eating, drinking, and sleeping, though I wish I could do them just whenever I feel like for the pleasure I derive from them, rather than actually needing to in order to live. As for my other bodily functions, I simply wish I didn't have to bother with them.

Im with you on this one, definitely. It takes so much time, it's tedious and weird.

I'm trying to take a liking to the whole ritual thing, like make it a daily thing, but it's quite hard. And they say we like repetitive things.. I hate it how quickly you have to go through it, like straight out of bed - toilet - shower - go back, dress, tidy things, breakfast, wash dishes. And all that in less than an hour, so much change. While that certainly wakes me up and "prepares me", it's so painful I rarely can follow through. I Just woke up and been reading about stuff on the internet for the past 3 hours. That routine is still in the queue.

Sometimes when I have something worse coming up I can like it, in a way, like an accomplishment.. So ridiculous If I don't think about it and just do it is kind of fine, but it doesn't fit in my head..

I hate cleaning my teeth. I always get grossed out when feeling my mouth fill up with frothy toothpaste. I know not cleaning my teeth at all will be gross too, but it's still an annoying chore.

I also hate washing my hair, and drying it too. While most people sit in front of the mirror drying their hair, I sit in front of my laptop surfing the web or playing a game, because it makes the chore more enjoyable.

I like to eat, but sometimes I get bored of the same stuff in the cupboards, and fancy a change but don't quite know what to have. I go off certain foods as well, and like to switch to something else. They say Aspies like eating the same thing all the time, but I'm the opposite.

I love sleeping. Since I have gone on anti-depressants, I've had more desire to just be on my own and lay in bed or sleep a lot. I am not physically tired from the meds. It's just that the meds have made me lack motivation, and I feel happiest just curling up in bed and watching films. I'd even rather do that than be out with friends for too long, which before I went on the meds I used to want to crave company and be angry if I was alone too much.
I also enjoy dreaming.

Call me anti-feminine but I love going number two (unless it's diarrhoea). I don't mind going number one sometimes, especially when I'm at work and it just gives me a little break (that's why Americans call it the ''rest room'' I suppose). Sometimes going number one is annoying at night when you're in bed and you got to keep getting up to go (I don't like sleeping with a full bladder).

Washing my body can get annoying, but I know it has to be done. Lately I can't be bothered with baths, so I have been having a shower, which is chilly but much quicker.

I do get overwhelmed with too much tasks, which is why I don't wear make-up, except for lipstick. The night before a work day, I like to get all my stuff ready so that I don't have to do anything in the morning, except get dressed, go toilet, that sort of thing. But it takes less strain off when my clothes are laid out ready for the morning, and my bags and work shoes are ready by the front door, and the hairbrush and my watch are in one place where I can see it, and then it makes less rushing around in work mornings. I can't always think straight early in the morning.

Yes, annoying, definitely. I find sex annoying as well. I try to enjoy it for my husband though because I love him and he loves it.

Yes, I find the repetitive nature of most daily self-care to be annoying.

Baths and showers are refreshing and I feel good afterwards, but I still begrudge the routine.

Sleep is very frustrating for me. Mostly because when I supposedly 'need' to sleep, I can't fall asleep. If I need to be up at a specific time and can't fall asleep, I'll keep worrying when I'll fall asleep, and if I'll wake up on time. Then when I do want to sleep, I can't, because of work or something. I usually can't sleep until both my body and mind are physically exhausted. I stay up late playing video games and surfing the net because eventually it will wear out my mind, so I can sleep. I also have ADD, staying up playing video games help keeps my mind focused and tired after a while.

While I enjoy the taste of food, I can't say I enjoy eating. Mostly because food will make me feel sleepy or bloated. I have a very small bladder and sensitive stomach, so food = going to the bathroom often. I also don't like cooking, because that means having to do the dishes. I wish there was some miracle vitamin invented so we only had to eat every other day or so.

I usually bathe every day around midnight, then apply my deodorant right before bed, because I was reading a research study that applying deodorant before bed makes it more effective throughout the day (since sleeping will push the deodorant in to pores, blocking them overnight so you stay fresh under the arms throughout the day). I brush my teeth in the morning and after my bath, although it hurts to brush my teeth in the morning because I grind my teeth at night. I like taking my bath before bed because it helps me relax, and I don't have to wake up early to shower.

I LOVE sleeping. I just find it hard to go to sleep at the times I'm supposed to, and wake up and get going in the morning at the times I'm supposed to. I hate trying to make my sleep patterns fit a 24-hour cycle.

I LOVE taking showers. But again it's a matter of timing, I want to linger in the shower and take my time getting dressed but if I'm supposed to be somewhere by a certain time I feel pressured.

I LOVE eating. But it's tedious to do all the prep work to prepare a meal the way I want it and then clean up afterwards. It seems like a lot of time and effort for a momentary pleasure.

Basically TIME is what frustrates me, and trying to conform to schedules imposed on me by other people.

I may be wrong here but this is what I am thinking.

This is not really an autism but a human thing body functions are a burden we all have to deal with.

Animals don't have this problem.

its really annoying when im drawing and i get Hungry or have to pee! im often annoyed on how often i have to Shower, use the bathroom or feed myself, sometimes i think "Why cant my subconscious just take care of itself!"

Sleep is the best thing, that moment between dreams is a glimpse of eternity, a hint of the bliss that awaits me in the eternal sleep, I love it.

loling at the concept of the evaporation process making a poo smell XD

And YES, haha, sexual feelings are such a pain. I mean I like the ability to have sex with a person I love, and have a sex drive, but can't I just turn it off when I'm not interested?? It's like having a horny teenager come visit my brain every so often. I'm like, shut up kid, I'm trying to work! lol

The hardest for me is eating/cooking and staying clean

Other than eating, I agree. Eating is a vice for me. Most annoying is my sexdrive. I'm asexual, why do I need a sexdrive? !

Because we're human animals LOL