One Month - 30 Cold Showers

Not a bad idea, I already take my showers pretty late, usually around 7-9pm although I would eventually put the light on so I don't trip over something haha.

 

Glad to hear I'm inspiring people! I feel like if you slowly but surely do things out of your comfort zone each day, a little bit at a time, things become easier. Sure, there will always be that sense of discomfort but your tolerance builds up over time. Let me know how it goes.

 

Seeing as I have completed one third of the challenge, with today being the 10th cold shower in a row I figured I should reflect on what I have done so far.

Firstly, cold showers are no where near as bad as I made them out to be. I always used to take pretty warm showers, not on the hottest setting, but hot enough to sometimes make my hands and feet dry. I always found the cold water really unsettling, and just not a pleasant feeling overall. I remember watching Matt D'Avella doing it, thinking that he was crazy and decided to never try it up until now.

Though I have said these cold showers aren't that bad, even in the first two to three days I should not that the first couple of showers were very unsettling. I was literally shaking and my teeth were shattering for the first two to three showers, and it wasn't even on the coldest setting. Though it felt really good afterwards, in the moment it just really hit me and made me freeze my ass off.

The more cold showers I take, the more I get used to them, this is given. But even that first initial step into the cold shower, doesn't take as much willpower to do. Even today, when I started at the end of the blue setting, for a second I thought I was taking a warm shower. This would have never happened had I been taking the warm showers I usually do.

I also want to take note of the current streak I'm on. I am nearly at two months. When I was 16 I had a 200+ day streak, but realized nothing in my life had changed. Why? Because other than stopping fapping and watching porn, I didn't do anything different. I never put myself out of my comfort zones with girls, schoolwork with harder classes, or pick up any new hobbies. While this streak I'm on currently isn't nearly as long, my mindset now is totally different. I want to put myself in situations I'm not used to and am not afraid of failure as much as I used to be. While I'm not necessarily doing this for girls I do want to try my game out again after I get vaccinated, to see if I behave any differently around girls, seeing as I do feel more confident since I have started my streak. Sometimes I have social anxiety and I feel its definitely gone down a bit, so I am looking forward to see how I progress as my streak goes on.

So yeah, I am really glad I started doing this actually. What once was a thought in my head to not create this thread and wait until the summer turned out to be just what I needed. I feel that right before I try something new I get pretty nervous and scared of what to expect but once I do it I realize its actually not that bad. This is something I've known for awhile now but putting it into practice is a completely different story. I feel that this has made me a little more open minded and has added something new to my daily routine. Tomorrows post will be a lot shorter, just figured I could reflect a bit on what I've done so far, 10/30.

 

Just finished up my cold shower, now I have a surge of energy I will use for the rest of the night. Not much else to say, coldest setting while still freezing doesn't make me shiver anymore although it is still quite unnerving. Once this challenge ends, I was thinking of alternating between warm and cold every other day. I feel a balance of both would be good, and if not maybe then I'll stick to cold ones for a period of time who knows, 11/30.

 

Another cold shower done, realized my flinch of stepping in isn't as bad as it used to be. The coldest temperature still doesn't fail to kick my ass, 30 seconds to a minute with my head under and I get a headache, but this is expected I guess. I think 2-3 minutes under the coldest setting without stepping out for longer than 5 seconds is fair to really get a good feeling of it. Noticed too that my urge to pmo is extremely low right now, and the urge to socialize and get out of the house more than I do now has definitely gone up. Wouldn't really consider myself a loner but the pandemic has obviously forced me to stay at home a lot more than I would usually. So far so good, 12/30.

 

Not too much to say about this one, stayed under the coldest setting for about four minutes. I don't think I will ever be adjusted to the coldest setting, but anything on the blue dial is more than manageable, 13/30.

 

Almost at the half way mark, crazy to think its already been two weeks since I started doing this, 14/30. Had a huge urge today during one of my online classes, didn't peak or anything but needed to step out of my room for a sec to just take a breather, really glad I pulled through.

 

At the halfway point, tested positive for covid so I am stuck in my room till at least next week from today. Admittedly didn't stay long under the coldest setting, felt that even though I don't feel that sick its not good rn to push my limits. Only stayed in for about 3-4 minutes today as apposed to the usual 7-8. If I start feeling more symptoms I may have to resort to warm showers for a bit if I get flehm or congestion, but otherwise for now I will stick with cold ones 15/30.

 

Well yeah of course lol its just that at first they felt undoable for me. I literally never stayed under cold water for as long as I have during this. Only time I would go into cold water head first was the beach, but I don't really count that.

 

Did something a bit different today, took a cold shower without any music. Felt kinda weird, but in a good way. I set a timer for 5 minutes and stayed under the coldest setting for about a minute at the end. Tomorrow I'm going to start with the coldest setting for the first minute then go back to the end of the blue dial and see how that feels, 16/30.

 

Went in on the coldest setting for the first minute and the last, and have to say wasn't nearly as bad as expected, 17/30.

 

To be honest, I feel completely fine right now. Actually I feel better than I did before! I was in a flatline, a little depressed about struggling to find a job and the covid situation but rn I feel great. Added some new habits in my routine, no snooze after alarm, make my bed first thing in the morning, get my clothes ready the night before, and keeping my room clean. Maybe I'm crazy who knows, but I'm glad I've only had minor symptoms. I think I had the virus since last Saturday, bc last Saturday I was really sluggish and couldn't put myself to do anything.

 

Nearly 2/3rds done with the challenge, nothing new to report 18/30.

 

Guess you can say these cold showers are part of my routine now, 19/30.

 

10 more to go, can't believe its gone by so fast, 20/30.

 

Forgot to post yesterday, and take a shower. Took one this morning, 21/30.