On Wed, Apr 20, 2022, 8:53 AM Undiscussed Horrific Abuse, One Victim of
   Many <[1]gmkarl@gmail.com> wrote:

   2022-03-21 thru 2022-03-27: [X] Week 1 of Wim Hof Cold Protocol, 30
   seconds cold water daily. Performed indoors.
   2022-03-28 thru 2022-04-12: [ ] it simply got harder and harder to
   shower at all as I stretched the cold water time toward 1:30 in week 2
   and discovered my water could be made colder than I had had it before
   2022-04-14 thru 2022-04-15: [X] Custom protocol reacclimation, ramped
   up in five second intervals from 5 seconds to 30 seconds, every time I
   ate
   2022-04-16 0843 ET: [X] 35 seconds with food
   2022-04-16 1128 ET: [X] 35 seconds with food
   2022-04-16 1326 ET: [X] 35 seconds with a lot of food
   2022-04-16 1528 ET: [X] 35 seconds. no food.
   2022-04-16 2213 ET: [X] 40 seconds with food, indoors.
   2022-04-17 0743 ET: [X] 40 seconds with food, indoors
   2022-04-17 1154 ET: [X] 40 seconds with food, indoors
   2022-04-17 1355 ET: [X] 45+30 seconds with snack, indoors
   2022-04-17 1622 ET: [X] 45 seconds cold water with food, indoors
   2022-04-18 1023 ET: [X] 45 seconds cold water with food, indoors
   2022-04-18 1516 ET: [X] 50 seconds cold water after a snack, indoors
   2022-04-18 1702 ET: [X] 50 seconds cold water with food, indoors.
   2022-04-19 1001 ET: [X] 55 seconds with food. Indoors.
   2022-04-19 1445 ET: [X] 60 seconds with food. Indoors.
   Difficulty: medium-hard
   2022-04-19 1703 ET: [X] 55 seconds with food + other. Indoors.
   Difficulty: started hard, ended medium-easy
   2022-04-20 0850 ET: [X] 55 seconds with food indoors, air cold
   Difficulty: medium

   2022-04-20 1552 ET: [X] 55 seconds cold water with food, air cold
   difficulty: hard
   this was very hard to initiate, and I was refraining from eating. again
   I made a false start turning the alarm on, to stay in warm water
   longer. when it turned cold (I didn't have a sugar cookie) I breathed
   deeply and kept breathing hard, remembering wim hof's story of going
   into his frozen-over water body a second time. It definitely reduced
   the cold. I kept breathing hard as I got out. sometimes getting out can
   be a cold shock too, if I stop a warming technique i'm trying.
   in his instructions, he says not to do the breathing exercises in the
   shower, so I may want to reduce that. breathe outside, then go in, I'm
   guessing. we'll see.
   worried i'll have trouble continuing again.
   regarding emotions, I was really down (and inhibited) this time. seems
   like the biggest reason it was hard.
   2022-04-20 1753 ET: [X] 55 seconds cold water with hot food indoors
   Difficulty: Medium-easy
   Lots of hot food helped a lot. Sugar cookie when I turned it cold.
   The water's still feeling much colder than before the air temperature
   dropped and then later I got kind of down. I breathed and I did
   push-ups against the wall under running cold water, and this seemed
   sufficient for the 55 seconds. I think my part remembered wim hof's
   morning pushups.
   I had the phone in silent by accident, but when 55 seconds came around
   I suddenly thought the water seemed much colder than it should, and
   checked and the time was up.
   Still hard to continue but quite happy that it was easier than last
   time. Sugar cookie seemed to help, big reinforcer. Hot food probably
   helped a lot.
   2022-04-21 0709 ET: [X] 55 seconds with some food. indoors.
   difficulty: medium
   I was actually energized from finding a possible way to have a safer
   life.
   somebody online was talking about working with an app for muslims that
   contained malware, said their interest was to protect capitalism. I
   asked what to be to be in the protected set and I think it was
   basically white american lower middle class, maybe new zealand or
   eastern europe if usa's in a conflict. conversation progressed around
   economics of capitalism.
   I dunno if I can live outdoors if i'm normal lower middle class. it's
   so hard to think about things. but it's nice to have an idea of how to
   possibly be safer.
   I didn't have a sugar cookie. the hardest part was turning the water
   cold. I did pushups and breathing but stopped partway through.
   2022-04-21 0947 ET: [X] 55 seconds cold water with food
   Difficulty: easy-medium
   Very hard to start because of lower-middle-class worry.
   Had a sugar cookie when turned the water cold.
   Didn't exercise or breathe hard!
   2022-04-21 1757 ET: [X] 60 seconds with food and cookie
   2022-04-22 0838 ET: [X] 60 seconds with food and cookie, indoors, air
   warmed
   Difficulty: easy-medium
   I had turned the heater back on. I'm turning it back off for next time.
   It wasn't too hard and I sprayed the cold water on my face which is the
   hardest area. The sugar cookie was helpful in aiding interpreting small
   shocks as rewarding and pleasant.
   2022-04-22 0934 ET: [X] 60 seconds with a little food, indoors
   Difficulty: easy-medium
   Increased the time to 65 seconds. It's still hard, that moment of
   turning the water cold. Harder than last month.
   It gives ease how as the time gets longer 5 seconds is a smaller
   portion of it.
   2022-04-22 1930 ET: [X] 65 seconds

References

   1. mailto:gmkarl@gmail.com