Mine is that if you’ve been cold all day, go take a hot shower
But maybe a minute before you’re about to step out, turn the water cold and step in for at least thirty seconds. Then, when you turn off the water and open the curtains, it doesn’t feel cold. Everything feels warm relative to your skin.
Thirty seconds of suffering is worth the cozy warmth of stepping out of the shower. But my friends all think I’m insane for even suggesting that. It’s a bit controversial.
Funny. I do exactly the opposite for the exact same reason but inverted. I.e., turn the temperature up to unbearably hot for the last 30 seconds. That way, the cold air comes as a relief and you’re functionally shielded from discomfort for the time it takes to get dry and covered.
The body easily confuses temperature responses, it is the reason people dying of hypothermia take their clothes off believing themselves to be too hot. The cold blast might muddle your senses but does nothing good for your core temperature on a cold day.
Mine is that if you’ve been cold all day, go take a hot shower But maybe a minute before you’re about to step out, turn the water cold and step in for at least thirty seconds. Then, when you turn off the water and open the curtains, it doesn’t feel cold. Everything feels warm relative to your skin.
Thirty seconds of suffering is worth the cozy warmth of stepping out of the shower. But my friends all think I’m insane for even suggesting that. It’s a bit controversial.
Supposedly this is also a good way to close your pores so you don’t keep sweating once you get out of a hot shower.
Funny. I do exactly the opposite for the exact same reason but inverted. I.e., turn the temperature up to unbearably hot for the last 30 seconds. That way, the cold air comes as a relief and you’re functionally shielded from discomfort for the time it takes to get dry and covered.
The body easily confuses temperature responses, it is the reason people dying of hypothermia take their clothes off believing themselves to be too hot. The cold blast might muddle your senses but does nothing good for your core temperature on a cold day.