Cold Showers, how necessary are they?

It's super necessary for me. Sometimes I get strong urges or I'm feeling overwhelmed with thoughts and emotions, a cold shower helps reset me so I can clear my mind and emotions. Feel super relaxed afterwards. If you can go on your journey without it, props to you but i know that cold shower is essential for my recovery and it's what helped me get to Day 97 of no pmo

 

I never take cold showers except when I want to wake myself up, but then it's only for a few seconds. They don't do anything. I got to day 192 on the streak before my current streak, and stopped taking cold showers way before I got that far because they didn't do squat. Only real actions change you, you get good at what you do, all the rest is bs.

 

Yeah didn't do anything for me except freeze my balls off. I understand the concept - do something difficult, get out of your comfort zone - but I can do this by running an extra km, which has tangible benefits, cold showers had no benefits for me. Interestingly, I started having hot showers just before bed - and the relaxing effect on the muscles is wonderful, I definitely feel like I sleep better. Lol guys here loving their cold showers to wake up, I like hot showers to fall asleep! Moral of the story? Experiment and find your own path.

 

i used to relapse with them.
I have been enjoying warm showers since the start of Australian winter.
I feel much better.
I think that having cold showers hogs all my will power and barely nothing is left for other disciplines.

 

Wow, all you guys have super high streaks and I'm sitting over here at 3 days. Cold showers make me feel a lot better, it's just a matter of preference.