Wednesday, January 26, 2011
My Cold Shower
In the comment area below, recount your experience taking a cold shower. This means that you will reflect on what you were thinking and feeling while doing it or not doing it. If you didn't do it, why? Be honest and unpack the reasons that motivated your decision. If you did it? Why? How did it feel, what did you experience. Be as careful and reflective as possible. Lastly, I'd like Imani, Adam, and Kate to read all the comments before class and be prepared to summarize the feedback.
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Well I usually take cold showers to wake myself in the morning. I tried taking a slightly longer one since my usual train of thought goes along the lines of "I woke up late, sutphin will be upset, what class do I have first, do I have to rush home after school" etc. by then I'm usually done. Today was no exception, except I began with "haha I feel bad for the people who NEVER take cold showers this must suck". By then I was out, and rushing since I was running behind schedule, again... I would like to take time in the mornings, however I have so many responsibilities that I must attend to before I can leave for school.
I generally don't have an issue with cold water, due to the fact that I swim in the ocean often. However, waking up early in the morning sauntering myself to the bathroom - with my eye lids closed - is not a good time for me to handle ice cold water. I took the shower this morning, and I approached this task at hand like any ordinary shower for me. I used body wash, and shampoo and everything in such order, but it was all rather quick. Every time I cleansed my skin I had to jump away from the jet of water pounding against me. I don't know what it was about the shower. I guess taking cold showers in the morning isn't my thing.
i wanted to challenge myself by actually taking a cold shower but i couldn't take the cold and ended up switching to hot water. since my shower head is detachable, i just let it hang on the floor for a while & it didn't really bother me because i could only feel it on my feet.. i tried using the cold water but it was just too cold for me so i kinda just said forget it.. sorry :)
I never take cold showers (or cold anything for that matter). I tried one tonight so that A) I could see what I might be missing out on and B) Mr. Sutphin wouldn't shank me. I kind of had a small hope that we were told to do this for a reason, and after the initial freezing pain I'd feel fresh and revitalized.
WRONG! It was terrible. I couldn't handle standing in the shower completely, even after several minutes of trying to become accustomed to it. I resorted to standing outside and sticking whatever needed to be cleaned in the water. Washing my hair was the hardest part, because even though I could lather it standing outside, rinsing my hair takes FOREVER. It was so painful. I had to stop repeatedly and focus on deep, steady breathes to keep warm.
Afterwards, I rushed out, dried quickly, and am now under my nice warm covers. No cold for me, thank you! All I feel right now is being thankful that it's over with, and stupid for following through with it to begin with.
I usually take showers at night, but today I decided to take one in the morning. I never stay in the shower for more than 5 minutes (luckily for me I have very short hair), so it wasn't difficult at all to take a cold shower. I anticipated I would rush things, but that did not happen. Was it as comfortable as warm water? No. Was it dreadful? Not at all. Warm showers are definitely what I prefer but I took this cold shower as a challenge.
So I took a cold shower, and unlike most i thought it felt pretty good. Today our soccer team had a tough loss, and was feeling pretty crappy after that.When I got n the shower started it off luke warm then adjusted it to a pretty cold temp. and it wasn't bad. Also I blasted some music in my bathroom to get myself into a more positive mind-set and I think the combination of the music and cold shower pumped me up a little bit. I did rush a tad bit. But it wasn't that bad.
Taking this shower was HORRIBLE, even though I have done this before. Every time I take a cold shower I feel more rushed and don't feel as clean with a warmer shower. I understand that their are people who don't have warm water, but I love my luke warm water!!!!!!Sorry no more COLD WATER,
Ok so just thinking about taking the cold shower made me shiver. I was really worried about it because I didn't want to be cold. Once I was in the shower I was freezing but I went really fast. I didn't really think about anything because I was so focused on getting done and putting warm clothes on. Once I was out I felt like I accomplished something. I was proud of myself for doing it. It is something that I probably won't do again if I don't have to but it was a good experience overall.
I have taken cold showers at camps and such before, and cold water (or cold in general) has never really bothered me. I did it because I thought there had to be a reason behind it and I was curious as to what that was. It was not particularly pleasant, and I took a shorter shower than usual but once I adjusted to the cold it was rather uneventful. I think I might do this more often so i take shorter showers....
I have never taken a cold shower before. My train of thought while getting ready for the shower and while in the shower was pretty much just to get it over with. And im not going to lie at the end of my shower i turned the hot water on for a little bit because i started shivering. Once i got out of the shower i questioned why we were told to take a cold shower and why i chose to listen and do it. I chose to follow and do what i was told to do instead of questioning whether or not i should i just obeyed to who i was told to listen to. This shows how i was domesticated to do my homework as my teachers says and not ask questions.
taking the cold shower was not a very good experience. when i first got in i tried to tell my self i was gonna tough it out and stay in the water the whole time. but the reality is when the cold water first hit me i was so uncomfortable i eventually step out. i am used the the great feeling of warm water but now i had to step out of my comfort zone and experience cold water. i don't know the exact reason we had to do this experiment but hopefully i will understand why after today
The cold shower was dope, i did my own method. I took my shower at night, and turned off all the lights so it was pitch black. I then blasted my "shower" playlist(living legends), and got in my zone. I first put my hands in the cold water to adjust. I got in a crouched position/sat down, and just thought. Sometimes i didnt think n just enjoyed it, n some of the time i just went "in". Once past the first stage of "coldness" its really just a shower. I closed my eyes for like 90% of the time i was in the shower, and practiced some qi gong in there as well. (35 min)
The first time I took the shower, I took it in the morning, and I cheated, so to feel like I actually did the homework I did It again the following evening. As I turned the water on to get ready for the shower, all I could think about was how fast I was going to get in and out. I put one foot in the shower and immediately my toes begin to go slightly numb, but I couldn’t stop here because I needed a shower, and I needed one bad. I didn’t use deodorant the whole day, and I played basketball for 2 hours right before school started so I was smelling a bit foul. Naw im just playin’ but still I needed one if I was planning on going back to school the next day. So meanwhile back to the shower, I was able to get both my feet in, and my shins and feet were the only parts of my body that were being touched by the water. I soon came to realize that some people didn’t have any hot water and that I was very privileged to have this accommodation. In all my shower lasted 20 minutes because I was contemplating about rinsing or washing the soap off my body. But i did it anyway and it was freezing cold, so cold that you may have mistaken me for Lil b, since every 5 seconds i would say "whoo." When i got out the shower all i could think about was how warm my bed would be. That was thee worst shower experience i have ever partaken in
Initially, I did not want to take the cold shower. So, I just took my regular bath. But after I ran the water out, I gave the cold shower a chance. It felt like ice going down my back, but after about ten seconds, it didn't hurt as much as I thought it did before. However, I only tried the cold shower for about forty-five seconds so I sort of "chickened out."
It was so difficult to even step into the shower. I could barely do it. When I went to India we didn't have any hot water so I kept reminding myself about that, but it still didn't help. It's like I knew what to expect, but at the same time I didn't so it was super duper hard to actually get used to what was going on. There would be moments where I would be so focused on getting done with my shower that I forgot about how cold it was. Those were the only times where it became a little more okay to be under cold water.
With my first shower, i took it wednesday night, and it was a bit cold in my house already. I was nervous that i wouldnt adjust to the cold water, even though wen im at the beach where the water's freezing i adjust to it in seconds and im totally fine. Then i worried about gettig clean enough because cold water shrinks up soap. But i was still willing to do it. Getting into the actual shower i felt weird because the air wasn't steamy & warm like usual. Like the others, i got different limbs under the water one at a time, only i ran in & out of the water twice shouting "Eeep!" each time. I was relieved when i had water over most of my body, so then i tried cleaning myself with soap, but as i feared the soap shrank up so it was hard for me to clean myself. By now it was nearly 11pm, and so worrying about getting enough sleep and getting clean, i stopped the experiment and turned the knob to warm water so the soap would work and i could get to bed. Of course this was useless anyway, since i still stayed awake until
2am aimlessly folding laundry and clipping my nails.
With my second shower, it was thursday night. I did not take it. This time, i'd been up doing homework and when i looked up it was 11pm. Worried that i would cause my family disturbance by making too much noise taking a shower so late, and then still worrying about the soap shrinking up and me not getting clean enough, i chickened out of the experiment. Again, aimlessly staying awake until 2am texting friends and putting laundry away.
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