Andrew Huberman· PhD
Building Distress Tolerance, Proactive Behaviors, Cold Plunge
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The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
Building Distress Tolerance, Proactive Behaviors, Cold Plunge
Every Sunday: the week’s new conflicts and verdict changes — and nothing else.
Native comments, Twitter mentions, and Reddit threads about this claim — surfaced together so the conversation isn't fragmented across platforms.
Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
Would love a "what would change this verdict" RSS feed. Sign me up if it exists.
I can't think of any other kind of venue for exploring one's ability to work through stress and tension than the cold plunge
it'll make you it'll make you anyone mentally stronger because cold is a universal stressor.
When you're in the cold plunge, here's a</font> <font color='#ffbb00'>great opportunity to work on your metal</font> <font color='#ffbb00'>strength, right?</font> <font color='#ffbb00'>Breathe deeply.</font> <font color='#ffbb00'>Just try and relax.</font>
We tend to use it for things like stress inoculation, for nervous system resilience, for breathing mechanics. That's the rationale we typically go to cold water.