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Cold water swimming
racjen:
Anyone else discovered the benefits of swimming in a local river or sea for changing mood? (I refuse to call it wild swimming cos when I was a child growing up by the sea it was just 'swimming'!) I live on the edge of Dartmoor and can get to a fab swimming spot in 10 mins. I've always been a fair weather swimmer, but this year I've managed to keep it going throughout the winter (no wetsuit) and am now dipping every day. As someone who suffers from awful menopausal anxiety and depression, this seems to be one of the few healthy things that really does make an appreciable and instant difference to my mood.
CLKD:
Did U tell us this a few weeks ago or was that someone else :-\ :D
NOPE I don't do cold. Give me a Lake in Italy in deep Summer and I might join you ;-). Swimming is good, overall as long as 1 doesn't get cramp!!
racjen:
YEs, it was me, just thought I'd share it a bit more cos it really is the one thing that's keeping me going right now. Unfortunately for you CLKD, cold is part of the point - a dip in Lake Garda in high summer wouldn't have the same effect. And I'm pretty slight, not a lot of insulation (8 and a half stone, 5'6") so I have to be careful not to stay in too long.
If I can't get to the river I usually have a cold shower as a poor substitute, but now that the water in the pipes has warmed up that doesn't really work in the same way, the shock value isn't there anymore!
Foxylady:
BBC Breakfast last week had a piece on cold water swimming, if I remember right they were talking to the 'Blue tits' group of ladies in Wales. Not my idea of fun, but I can see that it could help some. Whatever works for you!
CLKD:
I think that Countryfile had an article about wild swimming and there are groups all over the UK. Swimming alone worries me ...... in case of cramp or un-expected weed which grows fast in the heat; also, what's been peeing in the water :o :-X
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