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You have a slow drain (constriction) somewhere after the shower drain and the washing machine drain join. Hence, the washing machine is feeding water into the "system" faster than the constriction allows it to flow to the sewer or septic, or whatever its destination is.
Does this only happen when the mashing machine runs ? Remember, your clothes washer can dump more water into the pipe than just about anything else in your house, including your toilet. The toilet, though it flushed quickly, only uses between 1.3 and about 6 gallons per flush, most recent toilets are in the 1.6 range, by law. Your washing machine on the other hand, it can empty the whole wash tun in about what, 30 to 60 seconds ?
Did this always happen, or has gotten worse recently ?
If it has been this way for years, it could be that the final drain is undersized, or possibly some semi-permanent obstruction in the drain from your house.
If it getting slowly worse, you need to have someone figure out what is blocking the pipe that far down, and get it cleared. Eventually, if it continues to get worse, it will overflow your shower basin.
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