Overview

• Viral TikTok videos by users like @Hendo show participants spending hours in bathroom stalls to decompress from overstimulation
• Bathroom campers describe stalls as judgment-free zones for scrolling social media, listening to music, vaping or sitting in silence
• Media psychologists caution that prolonged bathroom stays can mask underlying anxiety, depression or trauma responses
• Some TikTok users link the practice to coping with PTSD and childhood stressors, calling it a necessary refuge
• Public and workplace restroom users have complained that occupied stalls for non-bathroom use create availability issues for others