Rival 2015
Active Member
Since starting my reboot, I have seen countless videos on the benefits of taking cold showers (I've posted a few below.) I have also read dozens of blogs from people doing nofap who are experimenting with cold showers to strengthen their mental and physical endurance. So basically the cold shower is more of a psychological battle than a physical battle. It is forcing us to abandon the comforts of what we know and accept (hot showers) and forcing us to confront the mental discomfort of radically abandoning a practice that we have done for years (sounds familiar? )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pD7jpcbR5Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxz8QNqrzwY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvmYINIXN5U
I have considered trying it before but have always punked out or told myself that I just wasn't ready for it. I promised myself that I will try it for the first time once we started the new year so today was the first time I just got in the shower and just went for it!
In all honesty, it was one of the most difficult things that I have done in a very long time. Initially, I stood in the shower and actually cried because I was too scared to get under the cold water. It was almost like, my whole body went numb and I could not move. So I ran the water just enough to lather my rag with soap, took another rag and stuffed it in my mouth, then finally turned the cold water on full blast and stood under it. For the first 10 seconds I literally could not think, all I could do was scream and shiver, then all of a sudden the water wasn't so bad anymore. I was still aware that it was uncomfortable, but I got through it!!! Afterwards, I felt like I could do anything. The fear that I had accumulated in myself before taking the cold shower was more traumatic than the shower itself. I'm going to try it again tomorrow and see what happens. :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pD7jpcbR5Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxz8QNqrzwY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvmYINIXN5U
I have considered trying it before but have always punked out or told myself that I just wasn't ready for it. I promised myself that I will try it for the first time once we started the new year so today was the first time I just got in the shower and just went for it!
In all honesty, it was one of the most difficult things that I have done in a very long time. Initially, I stood in the shower and actually cried because I was too scared to get under the cold water. It was almost like, my whole body went numb and I could not move. So I ran the water just enough to lather my rag with soap, took another rag and stuffed it in my mouth, then finally turned the cold water on full blast and stood under it. For the first 10 seconds I literally could not think, all I could do was scream and shiver, then all of a sudden the water wasn't so bad anymore. I was still aware that it was uncomfortable, but I got through it!!! Afterwards, I felt like I could do anything. The fear that I had accumulated in myself before taking the cold shower was more traumatic than the shower itself. I'm going to try it again tomorrow and see what happens. :