Deliberate Cold Exposure
Technique
Raising epinephrine to improve focus for reading, math or physical work
"One of the best ways to do that because it's so sure fire and it's generally safe, provided you do it safely, is deliberate cold exposure... deliberate cold exposure can be achieved by getting into a cold shower for one to five minutes."
More source quotes
Building mental toughness and resilience through voluntary exposure to uncomfortable cold in a safe environment
"There's other things that I also engage in — deliberate cold exposure, which I don't really like — but there's a mental toughness when you're doing this hard thing in a moderately safe environment. You're doing this thing you don't want to do, you're doing ..."
Potently and sustainably increasing dopamine and epinephrine for motivation, energy, and resilience
"Without question, the most potent behavioral tool for increasing dopamine in a very sustained way is going to be deliberate cold exposure. The use of cold water for increasing dopamine is a real tool — I would say a power tool. It also potently increases ep..."