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Kali999

(219 posts)

9. nope

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Mon Jul 7, 2025, 12:04 PM

Jul 7

but i like it on the face and forearms esp. wrists. It cools you off. Also luckily i live in the whites (mountains) so when its really hot the cold brooks warm up enough for me. Brushing your skin activates the same system/

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Do you ever take cold showers? [View all] milestogo Jul 7 OP

Oh, hell, no. Ocelot II Jul 7 #1

Sure do! True Dough Jul 7 #2

Only when my wife diverts the hot water to the kitchen while I am taking a hot shower mjvpi Jul 7 #3

plunging your face into ice water lapfog_1 Jul 7 #4

Wow. Had to look that up. milestogo Jul 7 #6

trust me - I know as much about WPW as some doctors lapfog_1 Jul 7 #8

Or the reverse? Sneederbunk Jul 8 #29

Oh, hell no! 3catwoman3 Jul 7 #5

I've been skiing in really cold water. It left Ilsa Jul 7 #7

I've met people who swear by it. milestogo Jul 7 #12

nope Kali999 Jul 7 #9

Not by choice C_U_L8R Jul 7 #10

Same here. debm55 Jul 7 #16

Nope EYESORE 9001 Jul 7 #11

Every night the wife suggest I take a cold shower. multigraincracker Jul 7 #13

Not unless the water heater doesn't work. But I do fill the sink with cold water and plunge my face into it. Midnight Writer Jul 7 #14

Rely on cold showers when temps are 95+ for days. quaint Jul 7 #15

" Rely on cold showers when temps are 95+ for days."... Not 95 but I take a cold shower after my morning walk. mitch96 Jul 7 #17

Can I just slap myself, really, really hard? (nt) Paladin Jul 7 #18

Will it activate your parasympathetic nervous system? milestogo Jul 7 #19

Beats the shit out of me. Paladin Jul 7 #21

nope. nope . and nope. AllaN01Bear Jul 7 #20

Lately with this blistering heat in Detroit bif Jul 7 #22

ONly as a kid before entering the swimming pool LogDog75 Jul 7 #23

No thanks, I'm too much of a wuss lol Luciferous Jul 7 #24

I slowly cool it down at the end of the shower berniesandersmittens Jul 8 #25

Summer in Texas BigMin28 Jul 8 #26

I am 71 and I have been taking two short cold showers every day for a year now cutroot Jul 8 #27

After I do the Cold Shower for long enough, can I switch it over to warm? Nictuku Jul 8 #28