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It feels cleansing, and that wakes me up. I also use cold water.
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I wonder if it is some sort of ancestral memory thing, like lapping from the stream first thing in the morning.
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It's the temperature difference between your body and the water that mildly shocks you alert.
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I think it may be a residual survival instinct to not drown! I like a warm cuddly stretching wakeup. Not a cold slap of water in my face.
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