can you tolerate cold temperatures?

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I'm the same. It is not just the cold, rain and grey skies really make me feel s**t.

When I was younger, my baby sitter tried to cook me in an oven. I survived, but since then, I cannot live in anything below 300 F. I do have a nice tan, though.

AKA crispy critter

I predict that if you had not done that, someone you loved would have gotten either upset or got shouted at for not getting dressed up or catch a cold. SOmeone in your childhood you were conditioned to instinctively choose that reaction becasue it felt (by the reaction you got) the best solution. The issue is, you dont really feel it. You can do fine with less clothes even if its a bit cold. You can withstad it.

You did as a kid until -from the reactions you got learned to finally 'feel' cold even if you were not. Cold frustrates you more than it bothers you. You dont want to dress up, but you also dont want the weird annoying reactions. If you truly follow your sense, you will see that I am right. I used to do the same thing util I realized what was it about cold! Now it doesnt bother me that much. Cold is not bad. It keeps the bacteria in low activity. That is why we dont get easily a cold if we dont dress up too much. Our body instinctively knows.

Try it a few times and tell me if I am wrong....

Star

When I was a child I could handle the cold better... now I have issues with cold tolerance likely stemming from having Hypothyroidism.

This is a hilarious post.

one day, i noticed that all that was to freezing was me complaining in my mind, me deciding in my mind that i felt uncomfortable. so i stopped it and never had any problems with cold since.

too hot weather still is eew, though, because of all the sweating and stuff. once its too hot, i dont get anything done.

I wouldn't say that I can't tolerate cold weather, but I dislike it, mostly because I don't like wearing heavy clothes.

I, actually, look forward to the cold weather, except when there's a strong wind. Even when the temperatures are in the 20-30 degree range, I rarely wear a coat. It's the heat I find oppressive. When it starts to get hot, I get cranky. In turn, I crank up my air conditioner. People always comment on how cold my house is. When I'm hot, I feel like I'm suffocating.

I like the cold, hot weather kills me.

I need the cold; hot weather makes me very unhappy.

I prefer cold over hot.

I'm okay with the cold, but not the wind.

I have a good tolerance to cold, but I loathe extreme cold weather (going through a blizzard of 3 feet of snow in 4 hours in the middle of March in upstate NY was enough for a lifetime, thanks). If, say, I were offered my dream job but it was in Canada (unless it was in Vancouver) I wouldn't take it. Moderate cold is another story, I could be perfectly happy living in Scotland.

No extremes for me, but I have ME/CFS too so thats more to do with it.

I don't like to get too hot if its humid with it and I prefer to be on the chilly side rather than overheating.

I can ONLY stand low temperatures. Like from +15 to -20*C. I can't stand summer heat etc. I just get burnt and sun hurts my skin and i somehow can't function, i feel like I can't think or move or do anything and i feel sooo depressed. I mean, I also get a little depressed in winter (lack of sun :<), but not so much like in summer - don't know why. I prefer cold rainy days (it's warm for me, but people call it cold)