How much does being cold all the time impact your life?

I just got out of a hot bath. The temp in the room is in the high 60sF. I feel perfect.
Why not take a hot bath?

It sounds to me like your core body temperature is off. Why not try regular exercise or regular massage? Both are healthy ways to keep the core body temp up. If you don’t do either of those then do what @city_data_forum suggested. Take a hot bath or shower.

I exercise regularly. My thyroid sometimes gets slow and my iron tends to run low, which does not help. But, really, most women are freezing all the time when men are comfortable.

For future responses, please no advice on how to be warmer. It is just a Q so people can bitch about being cold, and maybe those people who live with people who are frequently cold can see how miserable it is.

Yeah well being cold fucking sucks. Fuck the cold.

How does it affect my life? After 2 years in Minnesota, I found myself wearing shorts and a tshirt in 30 degree weather and felt warm. I think some bodies adjust to the cold while others don’t. I don’t necessarily like it, but am used to it. I don’t complain because I just get scoffed at up here!

My son has lived in Minnesota/South Dakota for a total of 7 years and he still complains about it being too damn cold. He wants to move to Austin, TX.

When I worked at Bloomingdale’s the men had to wear sportscoats and the store was kept very cold for them, and in general Florida stores a freezing. We were standing on our feet all day, moving merchandise, very active generally, but the women were cold mich of the time, except for those having a flash. I couldn’t jump in a bath in the middle of the work day. Obviously, we brought cardigans and jackets to try and stay warm.

I just sat in a movie theatre that was not heated enough. I had on a turtle neck, long sleeve shirt over that and a light jacket, and was cold through the entire movie. I noticed everyone had their jackets on.

Two weeks ago I went to lunch at Chilis and it was freezing. I asked the waiter if anyone else had complained about the temperature and if they could turn down the air. The waiter said other people had complained. Thankfully the air stopped blowing a couple minutes later. If it had not been turned off I would have been cold through my entire meal.

It’s constant.

When I lived in Michigan I was never cold like this, because inside things were heated well. I don’t care if it is 15 degrees outside, I just want to be comfortable inside.

Cold is one of those things that when present it consumes, when absent it is forgotten. And it is such a personal form of suffering. Others just don’t “get it.” But I do empathize. @JLeslie, you have profound insights and it would be a sad day if you experienced brain freeze, cause many of us value your straightforward inquiring mind. Keep it incubated and snuggie warm!

@JLeslie You’re right… come to think of it. I forgot how air conditioned the buildings in Florida are. Everything’s heated up really well up here when you’re inside so it’s not too bad because we’re not trekking to the North Pole or anything like that.

It doesn’t make sense—if Floridians’ bodies are used to 90 degree heat with 100% humidity, why would a restaurant be set at 60? I wonder if it has to do with environmental standards in some way, mold prevention or??

Mostly, it’s just my feet. They are pretty much always cold! It actually hurts, sometimes. I definitely can’t sleep well if I can’t get them warmed up. When I get a bone-deep chill, my whole body is cold and I can’t seem to shake it. I’m miserable when that happens. I freaking hate winter. :/

I would rather be a little on the cool side rather than too hot. I have had times when it feels like I am cold through to my bones though and it feels like I will never warm up so I think I appreciate what you mean. It makes me feel sluggish and stiff when I get like that.

I would prefer to be cold though than roasting hot.

My wife is always cold. I break into a sweat if it’s above 65F.

In bed, she sleeps with a mound if covers twelve-inches high. I sleep on top of the covers with nothing.

It took us years to figure it out, but she finally had to give in.

Why? Well when we try it her way (for example), the heat is set at 78F making the house about 82F. She’s perfectly comfortable. Meanwhile I’m in shorts and a tee-shirt, sweating buckets. Hair is sopping wet, I can’t even concentrate. I’m sitting at the dinner table with water just streaming down my face and a pile of soggy napkins nearby.

So while being constantly cold certainly sucks, you can always put on more clothes – but you can only get so naked

I’m always hot, so I can’t relate. Hubby is always cold and wears many layers of clothes to keep him warm. At night when we sleep, he has two extra throw blankets on him and I lie there with the blanket tossed to a side. He’s a Republican, sleeps to the right and is cold all the time. I’m a Democrat, sleep to the left and am warm all the time. Hmmmm!

Hubby HATES cold. He has a fused back and cold makes him shiver and hurts his back. We have an electric blanket with dual controls so he can keep his side on high and I don’t use mine at all (except to warm the bed before climbing in). Once he’s up and moving he’s fine, but when the heat’s off at night and he’s sedentary it really bothers him.
@comity I think you are describing US, down to every last detail, political and otherwise!

@GoldieAV16 Welcome to the club, political and otherwise! : )

If it makes anyone feel better, it’s supposed to be 82F here tomorrow.

@cprevite, that is EXACTLY the way it is between my husband and me. I would so love to live in a house that is 74 or 75*F, but it would make him pass out. He always tells me to live with it, because I can wrap up in blankets. I am always dressed in sweaters even in the summer. I know what the OP means about sleeping in separate rooms, because our bedroom is so cold. Even worse our bedroom is above the garage. Always freezing! I am sick of never being comfortable in my house. We finally divided our bed. We have the same sheets and thick coverlet, but I also have a blanket and another coverlet in addition on my side.

Usually I have a blanket doubled on my side of the bed on top of our down comforter already on the bed like some of you have mentioned. (Down in the winter, not summer).

I can’t wear a sweatshirt to bed anymore. My muscle pain acts up if I wear something bulky to bed, but I do sometimes where a tight fitting, long johnish top, with a slightly looser long sleeve t-shirt over that.

Thank goodness in the summer my husband is fine with leaving the temp at 77 in the house, at least I get six months of comfort. Some people have their house freezing in the summer, let alone the winter.

Would a single electric blanket, just on your side of the bed help @JLeslie?

@Bellatrix I have an electric blanket, but I don’t really like to use it. Plus, it’s not just in bed, it is all the time, always, all winter. I usually am under a blanket in my family room also, and don’t want to get out from under it. Now and then I put the heat up to 72, and then I start functioning again.

My husband bought me a new space heater today, it’s fantastic. He had one like this when he was living in Colombia, not sire why I did not biy one sooner. It’s a parabolic heater, or heat dish. Very intense heat directed right at the person 3–10 feet away. It’s like sitting in front of a fire. I’m going to keep it in my family room for when I watch TV. I love it already.

The thing about being freezing, is once you are cold for a long while, it becomes harder to warm back up. So let’s say if the house was kept at 72F all the time I probablu would be fine in general, but once I have been cold and uncomfortable for three hours, piles pf blankets, or a few degrees more does not do the trick fast, it takes a while to feel warm again, so the discomfort continues for a while even when I have taken meaures to feel better.

Nods. That makes sense. Happy you got a new heater :D Stay snuggly. Ugg boots are warm too. Keep your feet toasty.

@Bellatrix I don’t really have any problems when I am outside. I don’t walk very far living in suburbia, and being cold for 1–10 minutes I never complain about.

People here wear Ugg boots inside too :D Big furry things. Or you can get more refined sheepskin slippers or boots. The dog ate my sheepskin slippers…:-(

@Bellatrix Thanks. It’s my whole body. My arms are freezing all the time. Even my ass is cold! My huband will touch my lower back and go down to my ass, and he cannot believe how cold my skin is on my butt. It’s ridiculous. My nose is always cold. Really, for the people who are always warm they have to imagine being in a room 10 degrees colder than comfortable all the time. That’s ten degrees colder assuming you already in two layers on top, one or two on the bottom, feet covered.

@JLeslie: That space heater sounds great. My wife would like that too.

I live in Northern Pennsylvania and take blood thinners. All of this makes me very sympathetic to the problem. I travel a lot and keep my hotel room at 74 Deg. but at home, my wife complains when the heat is set at 68 deg. I have an office in the basement with a heater. When I can’t take the cold anymore I go to my office (warming room) to relax. I was going to buy one of those sit down bath tubs with whirlpool motors but they want at least $10K and just can’t see paying that kind of money for a bathtub.

Fortunately, most of the places where I work have sintering furnaces that run around 2000 degrees F. so it isn’t difficult to get warm at work. I have, however, worked on projects in China and they typically don’t heat their factories and I spend a good deal of time getting as close as possible to the furnaces.

I hate the cold. By the way, I bought a pair if insulated coveralls at Tractor Supply, they’re the best thing I’ve ever purchased. I can now plow the driveway without freezing my legs to the point where all feeling is lost.

@cprevite Are you facebook friends with me? I loaded up a photo last night of the heater. It’s awesome!

@JLeslie: Cool, I’ll check it out.

I’m exactly like you. I HATE being cold. I double up the blankets, donn winter gloves, and get my warmest hoodie out. Even in summer, when it’s sweltering, I’ll still be cold inside the house.

@AshlynM, I’m the same way. It is yet another benefit of my Brain Injury. My pituitary gland just doesn’t work the way it should. I wish it did, I’m always carrying my jacket with me, even in the hottest weather. Everyone else is screaming for the air to be turned up and the windows opened, while I’m freezing.