bigchris

Anecdotal evidence:
Depression Remedies

Scientific hypothesis and theory, although I can't find the study atm:
Doctor's diary - Telegraph

Don't need to go full cold straight away, start luke warm and decrease the cold throughout the shower. Your tolerance will build up soon.

Feel free to ask any questions.

vexatiousmind

I might take a cold bath, that should work the same, right?

sounds like a good idea, at least it would wake me up some if nothing else.

bigchris

vexatiousmind - Yes cold baths are also fine.

Feel free to ask any questions.

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Cool..........

vexatiousmind

Just tried it, defiantly woke me up, and helped my mood. I think I would need to add ice to get the full effect, b/c the water was not painful, so I don't think the shock factor was really produced.

Falkor

Good idea, I will try it out too. A cold bath or shower. I will write later on if it helped.
Btw, can you turn on the warm water later? Or do you need to just be '' in shock '' for a while? brrrr

when you stay away from certain things, your brain confirms that its something to fear, so face your fears, so your subconcious mind gets used to it

Kiwong

I'm not depressed enough for a cold shower.

Happiness to me, is like a beautiful bird of paradise, elusive and rarely seen, but enjoyed ever more so for each brilliant and unexpected sighting.

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope. George Elliot
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EscapeArtist

I used to do this as part of an energizing routine. It actually works. Wake up, drink a bunch of water, take a cold shower, you feel instantly a heck of a lot better. It's that euphoric feeling that you get after swimming and getting used to cold ocean or lake water. Unfortunately it is hard to motivate yourself to turn the tap to the cold setting. You can start by taking a hot shower and turning it to cold just for a few seconds at the end.

MikeyC

This is pretty much what I do in summer. I doubt I could handle a total cold shower.

Remus

I find a nice hot bath, relaxes and cheers me up no end.

"Burn down the disco
Hang the blessed DJ
Because the music that they constantly play
IT SAYS NOTHING TO ME ABOUT MY LIFE"