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I read a book about being mentally tough and started taking cold showers. Years later, I dont take cold showers anymore, but getting into and staying in cold wa

I read a book about being mentally tough and started taking cold showers. Years later, I dont take cold showers anymore, but getting into and staying in cold water is easy. >Get in the water, full body submerged, all at once >Get out of the water You only felt serious pain for about 1-2 seconds, when you are out of the water, your no longer experiencing the pain at any significant levels. >Go back in the water Now that you have felt the extreme cold, the water wont feel as cold as before. Enjoy shocking your friends when you swim in 40 degree water. Note: It still isnt comfy and your bits will go numb, but you can easily survive 5-20 minutes in various cold water temps.

stronglikedan 8y ago
I do that too, but a little bit at a time. Legs first, in and out, then naughty bits and bottom of belly (very sensitive on me for some reason), in and out, then up to shoulders, in and out, then the big plunge.
aphextron 8y ago
>Note: It still isnt comfy and your bits will go numb, but you can easily survive 5-20 minutes in various cold water temps. It really doesn't matter your mental toughness, your body has a physical reaction to that kind of water temperature. It seizes up and you can go into shock. People die all the time from falling or jumping into cold water that would be bearable if you eased into it and had training. I worked as a river guide for a few years on a high altitude stretch of canyons where the water was coming directly off alpine snowpack at ~34 degrees, and people would die every year. Not from drowning in the rapids or prolonged exposure, but just going into shock and having a heart attack immediately after falling in.
- rimunroe 8y ago
  And that shock can happen much further away from freezing than most people expect when they just hear the numbers out loud. 50 °F water is pretty much the same as 32 °F water as far as shock is concerned.

stronglikedan 8y ago

I do that too, but a little bit at a time. Legs first, in and out, then naughty bits and bottom of belly (very sensitive on me for some reason), in and out, then up to shoulders, in and out, then the big plunge.

aphextron 8y ago

>Note: It still isnt comfy and your bits will go numb, but you can easily survive 5-20 minutes in various cold water temps. It really doesn't matter your mental toughness, your body has a physical reaction to that kind of water temperature. It seizes up and you can go into shock. People die all the time from falling or jumping into cold water that would be bearable if you eased into it and had training. I worked as a river guide for a few years on a high altitude stretch of canyons where the water was coming directly off alpine snowpack at ~34 degrees, and people would die every year. Not from drowning in the rapids or prolonged exposure, but just going into shock and having a heart attack immediately after falling in.

rimunroe 8y ago
And that shock can happen much further away from freezing than most people expect when they just hear the numbers out loud. 50 °F water is pretty much the same as 32 °F water as far as shock is concerned.