Choose a time period to take a shower for (like, 45 seconds), set an alarm, and instead of fighting through it, get in the shower, turn on the water, and helplessly give up, collapse under the cold water, and let yourself out when the alarm goes. You only have to do this once or twice to convince yourself you can physically survive the cold water; from there, resisting it should be easier.
If you’re afraid of even turning on the cold water, try telling yourself (truthfully) that it’ll be just for one second. I can’t remember any other tricks. It gets very easy after the first time.
I stopped catching the colds that had plagued me all my life before that. I also feel an increase in willpower, but that could be imaginary, or due to something else.
I tried that with a cold shower and I literally could not fight through it, do you have any tips?
Choose a time period to take a shower for (like, 45 seconds), set an alarm, and instead of fighting through it, get in the shower, turn on the water, and helplessly give up, collapse under the cold water, and let yourself out when the alarm goes. You only have to do this once or twice to convince yourself you can physically survive the cold water; from there, resisting it should be easier.
Note that this is a little bit extreme.
Thanks guys, epic explanation even with the casual extremity :)
If you’re afraid of even turning on the cold water, try telling yourself (truthfully) that it’ll be just for one second. I can’t remember any other tricks. It gets very easy after the first time.
Of course, how hard it is depends whether you’re in, say, Indonesia or Finland!
Do you find a particular benefit from the cold shower?
I stopped catching the colds that had plagued me all my life before that. I also feel an increase in willpower, but that could be imaginary, or due to something else.