Cold Showers?

Are cold showers actually helpful in the long run? I just took one and feel physically and mentally drained. Maybe it's doing the trick. Anyone who's been doing it for a long time see any benefits?

 

They should wake you up more, not drain you. I take one first thing in the morning everyday, helps me wake up better. It should have benefits, mostly mental benefits. Your hair and skin should get better. I have not used shampoo for ages and I don't need to. My hair no longer gets greasy.

 

Just took my second one and feel ALOT better. Not drained pretty energetic and also feel some pride at my self control to do it again even though I didn't want to. Decided to meditate for 10 minutes right after. Definitely gonna stick with it.

 

Lol nofap sped up my puberty. Stop taking them then.

 

Cold showers have helped me along my journey , I take 1-2 cold showers everyday . Research the benefits of taking cold showers .

 

Oh I meant if cold showers make you feel like that you should probably stop taking them. I didn't say speeding up puberty is a good thing but nofap has made me mature at a quicker rate. Now that I think about it nofap has normalized my rate of growth. And no I'm not 19 years old I am 14. Where did I say I was 19?

 

Also I'm sorry if I sounded angry.

 

I'm not sure if there are any actual changes in testosterone from cold showers, but they are great at waking you up in the morning and making you feel invigorated. There are also some skin benefits from what I've read due to pores closing, but that is just in comparison to using hot water.

A good compromise is that if you have a shower in the mornings, start the shower of cold, and after how many ever seconds you deem fit, you can just turn it back to normal. That wakes you up just as much IMO. You can also just blast cold water in the middle of the shower for a few seconds then go straight back to warmth. It is really up to you, but don't feel a need to do them if you don't feel any benefits from them, or if they make you tired

 

You summed that up quite well. Couldn't agree with what you said more.

 

Jeez not to that extent but I have a picture of myself around a year a go and comparing that to my current self there is a huge difference. I believe that sleeping more, lifting weights and cleaning up my diet increased my production of anabolic hormones in my body thus making me look more like a man. What Im about to say is a combination of logic and pseudoscience but it is somethi to think about:

Since we know that the brain can't distinguish between masturbation and real sex although the brain and body respond differently to sex. When you are constantly fapping your brain thinks that there is no need to change anything because it thinks it is making all these women pregnant. When you abstain your brain thinks 'oh shit! something isn't working, we need to produce more androgen and hormones that increase our confidence and drive to get a women' Plenty of people say quitting PMO has made them more masculine but anyway it's just something to think about.