Some people "like" that sensation and I like to call them "masochists."
The only time I get near cold water is if I seriously, truly believe I am going to kill someone.
I activate my mammalian diving reflex by repeatedly plunging my face in a bowl with ice cubes floating in it while I hold my breath. It hell on the makeup but it beats blood on my hands. You know.
I would never want to be in a Lady Macbeth situation that would be terrible. I always wonder how that play would've turned out if she had activated her mammalian diving reflect (hell, before OR after). Boring probably. But really, a little boring here an there is Just Fine with me compared to oh, prison OR like, hallucinating I can't get blood off my hands. That has to suck.
Anna