Post by @emma@fedi.emmajuettner.com

@emma@fedi.emmajuettner.com

2026-05-06 04:41 UTC

I was talking to my sister recently about dreams, and we discovered that both of us have somewhat frequent dreams about having to navigate eldritch public restrooms. Like instead of a normal row of stalls, the stalls are arranged in an elaborate labyrinth, and sometimes the stall walls are missing or excessively short, or the layout seems to rearrange itself so you keep getting lost. Same vibes as the Backrooms, but it's... The Bathrooms. So I'm curious as to whether this is a common thing. Do you also have dreams about eldritch public restrooms?

Replies (6)

@LisaMaesie@nutmeg.social 2026-05-06 15:14

@emma@fedi.emmajuettner.com This, plus once I find a toilet it’s clogged, yes. Also the percentage of times I think “ugh this is just like my annoying bathroom dreams, but real life this time” is just about 100%.

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@OneInterestingFact@mastodon.ie 2026-05-06 13:53

@emma@fedi.emmajuettner.com erm???

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@lnr@sunny.garden 2026-05-06 13:56

@emma@fedi.emmajuettner.com Mine are always more mundane horrible bathrooms I'm afraid - the eldritch vibe would be an improvement over merely non-working or overflowing ones!

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@somcak@beige.party 2026-05-06 14:18

@emma@fedi.emmajuettner.com My dreams of public bathrooms also involve sketch public showers. Same kind of vibe as you have. And they're dirty, like they've never been cleaned.

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@stevegis_ssg@mas.to 2026-05-06 14:22

@emma@fedi.emmajuettner.com When I need to pee in real life, I have endless, labyrinthine dreams about trying to find a bathroom, only to find that the toilets and urinals are mysteriously inaccessible/unusable for various increasingly unlikely reasons until I wake up.

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@Bikil@mastoart.social 2026-05-06 15:18

@emma@fedi.emmajuettner.com yes! And mine often feature toilets out in the open that are filthy and I have to go really badly. I usually wake up having to pee. Also worried that I already did, but so far I never have, heh.

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