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Someone please explain cold showers to me.

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by Ghost., Jun 26, 2014.

  1. Ghost.

    Ghost. Fapstronaut

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    Title is pretty self explanatory, right? right. Well..

    I've noticed overtime that hot showers tend to leave me completely dull afterwards. Really numb. There's nothing more annoying than barely waking up, taking a shower and then feel like wanting to go straight back to sleep. It's disgusting.

    But cold showers? Sure I can understand why they're such a good idea and how they can reinvigorate you, but what is one? is it "Siberia all up in this bitch" cold, is it "so cold that you scream like a 7-year old girl" cold or is it "slightly lower than body temperature" cold?


    Seems like a stupid question, I know. But I don't care :(.


    Looking forward for your replies. Cheers :D.
     
  2. thepersonathome

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb0h8ZKvJW4
    This video explains the concept well.
    I think that traditionally a cold shower is supposed to be really cold like the "so cold that you scream like a 7-year old girl". But really in truly you decide the setting. When I take a cold shower, I have alot of trouble putting it really cold but when I do those are the best ones. Normally I put the water at "slightly lower than body temperature" cold, it kinda is like going in a cold pool, then I gradually bring it down to the coldest I can handle which by the end is like the lowest setting before the water stops coming out. These work well and offer the same benefits, it's just that starting real cold and ending real cold gives me more confidence because I embraced more discomfort. Any great thing is to work out/ exercise, build a lot of sweat than go in the cold shower. It cools you down instantly and you feel so refreshed and invigorated.
     
  3. SuperFan

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    ^^^^ Totally agree with that.

    I just can't step into ice-cold water. It's like torture. So I get into a hot shower, and gradually turn down the temperature until it's ALMOST too cold for me to handle. That's much more bearable and still gives me that wake-up jolt I need.
     
  4. Targaryen123

    Targaryen123 New Fapstronaut

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    That's really cool. I'm gonna try it today!
     
  5. SexArchitect

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    Totally your call. I've gotten to the point where I really enjoy the feeling of cold water, especially after working out. What I don't understand about cold showers- yes they're reinvigorating and good to wake you up and give you energy, but how is it that people use them to turn off a sexual impulse? Cold water increases your testosterone, so this really shouldn't make sense...
     
  6. SuperFan

    SuperFan Fapstronaut

    The "cold shock response" of the body includes hyperventilation and vasoconstriction (narrowing of the arteries). These are fairly involuntary reactions. Since arousal results in blood flow to the genitals, making your heart prioritize blood to other places *instead* can be a good way to temper down arousal. This is also why a quick set of push-ups or squats can help--you're redirecting blood flow. Also, muscles and nerve fibers don't work as well in the cold.
     
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  8. thepersonathome

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    Well for me the shower is not a trigger but for many it is. A lot of guys masturbate in the shower. Not to mention you may touch your genitalia and it's just hanging out. So I imagine a lot of guys here get erections when they are in the shower. So when the water is cold your dick shrivells up and becomes practically impossible to get hard with the lack of blood flow. So you won't masturbate. Also when you take a cold shower your first priority is to get out as fast as you can so you wash yourself quickly to get out. This reduces the time spent on what could be a 10 minute shower where you masturbate.
     

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