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Has this experience and things you learned along the way helped you in your life?

by nkzd 5y ago

mettamage 5y ago
Yep, whenever I do not want to feel cold, I can. Note: I wouldn't describe it as feeling warm. In fact, I'd describe it as a pretty adrenaline-like state [1]. That adrenaline-like state is much more comfortable than feeling cold. It's super practical to have this when you think about it, the weather's got nothing on me! It's really tough for me to feel unhappy about the weather, because whenever I do, I can use my superpower and go from a chilly/shivery person to a person that can suddenly handle -5 degrees celsius in their shorts (with shoes on though). The only thing that still annoys me is rain and hail at times. But as a chilly/shivery person the issue was always cold temperatures for me. That issue is gone. I say it with surprise because I still think it sounds crazy. Before 2014 it had such an impact on my life and suddenly all that misery just drops to zero. Spiritually though, I didn't notice a lot, I'd rather stick to meditation for that. And whatever people may say, IMO, the Wim Hof Method is not a meditation. It's a combination of two breathing techniques + an optimistic trained/taught mentality about the cold being your friend. Oh, I also sometimes use it as a natural painkiller when I don't have one on me and start to get a headhache. You know since the adrenaline-like state includes some actual adrenaline [1] :) One "issue" with the WHM is that you need to keep doing it to stay in the state. It otherwise wains after 5 minutes or so. Because of this, it's impossible for me to be social in a normal sense, since breathing in a very specific way + talking at the same time is about as tough as beatboxing while singing (which I know how to do as well :P). Which means: it requires a lot of practice and trickery. [1] Research shows you get a lot of adrenaline in. It's in the publication I was a guinea pig for: https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/111/20/7379.full.pdf https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/111/20/7379.full.pdf
forgotmypw17 5y ago
Just off the top of my head... I'm more likely to go swimming, even when the water is cold. I'm more likely to take a cold shower, which has many benefits. Just generally being uncomfortably cold less often, as others have mentioned. And that general good feeling of "I didn't think I could do that, but I did!"

Has this experience and things you learned along the way helped you in your life?

by nkzd 5y ago

Has this experience and things you learned along the way helped you in your life?

Yep, whenever I do not want to feel cold, I can. Note: I wouldn't describe it as feeling warm. In fact, I'd describe it as a pretty adrenaline-like state [1]. That adrenaline-like state is much more comfortable than feeling cold. It's super practical to have this when you think about it, the weather's got nothing on me! It's really tough for me to feel unhappy about the weather, because whenever I do, I can use my superpower and go from a chilly/shivery person to a person that can suddenly handle -5 degrees celsius in their shorts (with shoes on though). The only thing that still annoys me is rain and hail at times. But as a chilly/shivery person the issue was always cold temperatures for me. That issue is gone. I say it with surprise because I still think it sounds crazy. Before 2014 it had such an impact on my life and suddenly all that misery just drops to zero. Spiritually though, I didn't notice a lot, I'd rather stick to meditation for that. And whatever people may say, IMO, the Wim Hof Method is not a meditation. It's a combination of two breathing techniques + an optimistic trained/taught mentality about the cold being your friend. Oh, I also sometimes use it as a natural painkiller when I don't have one on me and start to get a headhache. You know since the adrenaline-like state includes some actual adrenaline [1] :) One "issue" with the WHM is that you need to keep doing it to stay in the state. It otherwise wains after 5 minutes or so. Because of this, it's impossible for me to be social in a normal sense, since breathing in a very specific way + talking at the same time is about as tough as beatboxing while singing (which I know how to do as well :P). Which means: it requires a lot of practice and trickery. [1] Research shows you get a lot of adrenaline in. It's in the publication I was a guinea pig for: https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/111/20/7379.full.pdf https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/111/20/7379.full.pdf

forgotmypw17 5y ago

Just off the top of my head... I'm more likely to go swimming, even when the water is cold. I'm more likely to take a cold shower, which has many benefits. Just generally being uncomfortably cold less often, as others have mentioned. And that general good feeling of "I didn't think I could do that, but I did!"