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What was your reason? I read that it comes with some benefits. Recently, I was forced to take a cold shower due to the water heater acting up. I won't say I loved it, but it did give me an energy boost. Hot showers are more my thing...
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Have you ever taken a cold shower?
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when I have fever, cold shower works better than any meds...
but I'm definitely not a fan of cold showers :D
Cold shower in fever? Is it ok to do this?
Yes, but only when I was a Gymnast and the water heater was only big enough to give us all about 3 minutes of hot water! Then once I had to do it when the hot water heater broke in the dorms. but it was fixed by that evening! I actually considered skipping my morning shower, then I got the heebie-jeebies, and took the fastest shower of my life! Like I mean “tits, pits, and bits” and I was out! It was truly FREEZING! At least in the Gym, it was just tepid, not ice cold like that morning I the dorm!
I hope that helped.
Laura 🤗
Yeah, I was squealing throughout that cold shower experience 😅. I'm definitely not used to that. Didn't know you were a gymnast, that's cool! I was a gymnast in my elementary years only lol.
Oh that’s so cool! That’s when I started, I absolutely loved it! why did you stop so young? I finally retired after I was raped by my uncle! After that happened I did try returning the next year, but I just began to be super-aware of ALL the single men (w/o family in the events) at the competitions, with huge camera lenses that would follow me, and all of the female athletes around, they were not in the press area, and not one of them was interested in the men's competition! A quick search on my phone, and I found lots of websites where they sexualize children and ESPECIALLY young teens with super close-up crotch shots of us in our leotards, during our routines, with our legs open as wide as possible! These guys were following me with their lenses, I could SEE IT FFS! It just made me feel dirty, doing the one and only thing I had left! I was utterly destroyed when I finally decided to just stop, and I mean right in the middle of a competition! But quit! I retired from gymnastics RIGHT THEN! I was 13. It’s still painful to even think about it, and how I lost the one thing I truly loved doing! Did you watch the Olympic Gymnastics try-outs?
The world is changing in so many different ways so fast... One day there might not be any power for hot water so it's probably good to get used to them LOL I hate saying that but we never know what's going to happen... But if that day does come you can use black PVC pipe. Make it so you can fill it up with cold water put it on your roof or someplace high and the sun will heat that water up instantly so you can always take hot showers if the power goes out LOL
Oh wow, thanks!! Lol
I don't know how true the entire chart is, but if you take a hot shower it’s good to end with a few minutes of v cold shower to tighten pores and increase blood circulation. (If you don’t want to do cold shower, at least do ice cold water on your face in the sink to close up your pores and give your skin a nice natural glow.)
Good answer
I prefer doing it in the winter time when the water can get really cold. And I prefer to end my showers with cold water. I do it to help with inflammation & to practice not emotionally reacting to extreme sensory input. Also the adrenaline boost ain't too bad if I'm feeling emotionally down.
In the winter? Oh hell no 😂
Summer cold water is annoying to me. It's not cold enough.
I want the water to be so cold that I'm instantly hit with full body numbness that radiates across my entire being. So cold that my sensory neurons need about 3-5 seconds to even discern if it's cold water or if I just turned it to the most scolding hot setting my home could summon.
So cold that I get temporary memory loss & have to pull back the curtain, look in the mirror deep inside my eyes to try and piece together who tf I was before I even turned the knob.
So cold that I leave that bathroom a better man. A changed man.
😂🤣🤣
sorry I was feeling a bit dramatic yesterday
I needed that laugh
Yes, I take them almost every time I shower. I take a regular hot shower, then about 20 minutes of cold shower. It gives an energy boost, helps with your mood, and all kinds of things!!
Yes 🙂
Yes, according circumstances I take regularly a cold shower. For instance before diving into the swimming pool, I like to have a short cold shower in order to prepare my body. After the swimming session I prefer a warm shower, but sometimes the water isn't heated, and then I just accept the situation.
On the other hand, every morning I wash my face and arms with cold water. I noticed that this improves the resistence against cold. Cold water is also a good remedy for some particular skin problems like itchings and rashes. Certainly worth the test for those having such skin problems.
Same reason as you a week before. Water heater stopped but only because my landlord is redoing it to be more reliable. Not super fun. Today though it was more about testing a common claim about cold showers but I can't say it had the effect suggested.
Which common claim?
Does away with horniness. Urban myth I've concluded lol
Lmao this made me laugh
Sure many times. Sometimes when camping and there was no hot water. Other times if I was real hot from a workout and it was hot outside. I think in high school I did it a few times to get a boner to chill out.
Haha lol
I have a few times, usually not intentionally.
The most memorable time is when I moved back to the states. I got back late at night, and it was 24 degrees fahrenheit with snow and ice. All the heating was out, so I took a very cold shower after a very long day lol.
I prefer picture related: scorching hot like I am ascending from hell.
That's the perfect shower right there
Best temperature 😍😅
Yes cold shower or ice cold bath is actually a sort of coping skill that people do. A co-worker of mines does this. It has been superrrr hot here, so I have taken cold showers this past week😩
How hot has it been? Lol
Oof in the 90s or 100s, next weekend will be 113 😭 Lol. Wbu?
I only take cold showers when I want to seal my curly hair. Cold water reduces frizz and locks in water.
Yep, that's true
I used to take cold showers only, but realized that my hygiene took a hit. I miss doing them though. I felt so much better.
Serious question, how did your hygiene take a hit from cold showers? Is it because warmer water cleans oils and dirt better?
That's my guess. From my experience, I could take a full shower, and certain parts of my body still wouldn't smell fresh. I would re-shower a lot, especially if I was planning to have sex with my wife that night.
What I should have done, and need to get the willpower to do, is start the shower warm, scrub my body down, then switch to cold for the rinse, and the rest of whatever I have to do, like shaving.
Yes I'm seeing a lot of people saying it's better to start off warm, and end it cool.
Never on purpose. I was definitely super alert but still, no thanks.
Lol yea
I already had two cold showers, just today...
Lol I'll join you for the next one
I'll definitely heat that up...
Well I do love a hot shower
For me:
Winter = Warm Shower (not Hot, Warm)
Summer = Cold Shower
🥲 during summers the tapwater is already hot... and I mean HOT 🥲.
Wow lol
Because I had a fever of 104° degrees as a teen I had to get my fever down so I had to do it when my mom was talking to the doctor at 4 o’clock in the morning
Sounds painful lol
it was horrible. I felt like I was in a spaceship a rocket bouncing all over the place. I was really dizzy. It was really bad and dangerous.
Aw, that does sound bad
It was bad I was sick for a long time but finally beat it
My ship was in Dry Dock and dependent on Shore Power. After every workday, the civilian workers would cut the steam feed to the ship, leaving it with no hot water for showers. This was in NYC in December.
Yeah, we endured freezing cold showers so that we could experience Liberty Call in the Big Apple.
The healthiest thing you can do is start with a hot warm shower to open up your pores and exfoliate your skin. That removes some of the dirt and oils in your pores. Then finish up with cold water which helps to tighten the pores and skin and gives a refreshing feeling. It also makes you more mentally alert