Some start warm water and end with a 30 second cold shower. One theory is that it helps with the avoidance of uncomfortable situations, thereby helping you too decrease your anxiety threat of discomfort, which supposedly helps with procrastination..

I think it is a bit radical and it is a bit out of the box and something tells me it could be helpful, psychologically.Thoughts?

Think it also helps reduce the shock factor of getting into the cold shower and wanting to get out. That also defeats the purpose of one of the supposed benefits though regarded self-discipline and doing hard things if that's why you want to do it.

I've always showered warm then turn it cold to rinse off more so I don't get out of the shower hot and still sweating after the gym before work.

I do a short cold shower to even out the heat from my hot shower of a sauna session. But to me, most showers do not get that cold. And in the summer, my shower's cold is sadly luke cold. I will do a cold shower to help me fall asleep if I am having trouble falling asleep. Sounds counterintuitive I know, but I heard it mentioned a few times for therapies to help people fall asleep, and it usually works.

Capitol Ag said:

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I do a short cold shower to even out the heat from my hot shower of a sauna session. But to me, most showers do not get that cold. And in the summer, my shower's cold is sadly luke cold. I will do a cold shower to help me fall asleep if I am having trouble falling asleep. Sounds counterintuitive I know, but I heard it mentioned a few times for therapies to help people fall asleep, and it usually works.

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I sleep really well after a cold shower, but not if I shower right before bed (which I usually do).