Hot take: ice baths before bed wrecked my sleep for 3 weeks straight

I tried 5 minute cold plunges at 50 degrees every night for 3 weeks and my sleep score dropped from 85 to 62 on my Oura ring, so now I'm wondering if the whole 'cold exposure before bed' hype is backwards for some people... has anyone else seen the opposite effect?

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cole_murphy10d ago

sleep score dropped from 85 to 62" bro it's an Oura ring not a medical chart lol. maybe you just overthought it and stressed yourself out.

the_viola10d ago

29 points drop is rough man, I felt that one myself last week and it messed up my whole morning mood.

emery109d ago

cole_murphy's got a point honestly, maybe the real problem is we stress ourselves out more by looking at the numbers. my sleep score dropped from 78 to 54 the other night and I spent the whole next day feeling like a zombie even though nothing was actually different. reminds me of when I checked my ring and saw my heart rate was "elevated" so I just laid there worrying about it instead of sleeping. maybe cole_murphy's right and we should just hide the damn thing under the bed for a night.