Do you feel refreshed or sleepy after a bath?

United States
July 10, 2008 3:48am CST
It's been so hot around here lately, so I've started taking several showers daily just to cool off. After a nice shower or bath, my blood pressure goes down and sometimes, I get sleepy. That's not so good, in the middle of the afternoon! But it's sure nice to take a cool shower before bedtime. Helps me calm down and put my day in perspective! Do you take a shower to feel refreshed? Do you take a shower to relax before bedtime?
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@Shaun72 (15959)
• Palatka, Florida
10 Jul 08
I usally take a shower after I got woke up real good. it seems to help me to wake up and feel better and feel clean.
@fwangaa (3057)
• China
10 Jul 08
in my college time,i always took a shower after i woke up in the moring,although it was very cold,but it felt full of energy.
• United States
10 Jul 08
I do the wake up shower, too. I have too! It gets very hot and I just don't feel right if I don't shower first thing.
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@lisa1105 (108)
11 Jul 08
when i was younger i use to have baths before i went to bed i think it was my mum and dads ploy because i always felt tired after a bath so it was easyer to put my to bed, but now i am older i like showers in the evening before i got to bed
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
11 Jul 08
Showers revive me. I take them in the morning before starting my day. It helps to wake me up. If I want to relax before bed then I need to take a soaking bath. Sometimes I need to take a shower at night to clean off, like on nights that I play tennis. To keep from waking myself up and having a hard time going to sleep, I can shower without getting my hair wet. It is something about the water streaming over my head that tends to wake me in a shower.
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• United States
11 Jul 08
OK! I have that problem too with wet hair, but did not understand the connection before now. I will try to put my hair up in a towel before my next shower and see if that helps. Thanks for your comments! Have a nice night.
@bfarrier1 (2082)
• United States
11 Jul 08
Hello makingpots I hope your doing well.You have a great night.
@youless (112100)
• Guangzhou, China
10 Jul 08
Usually I will feel refreshed after having a bath. I seldom will feel sleepy after that. Unless I have a shower very late or I am sick at that time. I love China
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• United States
11 Jul 08
Sure! A shower is refreshing. A tub bath is soothing. Thanks for your comments.
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@xJonox (222)
10 Jul 08
You now when you're sick at home and you go in the bath... Does it make you feel better or worse? It makes me feel way worse and all sensitive in a bad way lol..
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@gemini_rose (16264)
10 Jul 08
we do not have a shower we only have a bath so I have no choice. Most of the time a bath makes me feel lovely and refreshed, but there is just the odd time that I get out and could just go and crawl straight into bed and go to sleep! Sometimes it kills me to have a bath!
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• United States
11 Jul 08
The other day I was browsing through the Lillian Vernon catalog and saw a shower adapter that goes on the head of your tub faucet and it converts your tub faucet to a mini shower. I think it has a five foot hose and costs less than twenty dollars, US. Maybe could check out their online catalog. Beauty Queen
• India
11 Jul 08
I always shower in a hurry, some body will be at the door buzzing non stop or the phone rings, so I never get tired after bath, because it will over within in a minute:), but one thing ,I feel like having a cup of coffee after my shower.
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@ESKARENA1 (18261)
10 Jul 08
for me it depends upon the tempreture of ther bath or shower. If its cool it can waken me up but a hot bath knocks me out blessed be
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• United States
11 Jul 08
I am the same way. In the really bad heat, a cool shower is so comforting and oddly energizing. But a cool tub bath makes me feel sick. I can't explain it. I think my blood pressure drops too low. My four year old daughter loves cold tub baths. The child detests warm water! She won't allow any hot or warm water into the tub while she is bathing.
@j27366 (293)
• Philippines
11 Jul 08
i feel very refreshed after a shower. it's like every piece of dirt has been taken away from my skin. i always take a shower before bedtime. it's been a habit that i can't get away from. it's like i won't be able to sleep well if i have not taken showers.
@robert19ph (4577)
• Philippines
11 Jul 08
Hello beutyqueen26, Yes, I do take a shower to refresh. When I am at home and it's the weekend, I usually work around the house. Cleaning up or fixing some broken things. After working around, I took a shower to freshen up. It's a real clean and cool feeling. I don't feel sleepy do, I feel the opposite, I tend to wake up. I don't take a shower before bedtime because it makes my hair not pretty looking when I wake up. I prefer taking shower after waking up or before going to work or going out of the house. I don't feel ok if I go out without taking a bath or shower. I feel clammy and sticky. It's best to take a shower if you want to be fresh, clean and cool.
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
10 Jul 08
Hello dear beauty queen. I usually feel refreshed after taking a shower. Right now it is very hot here in the region of China, where I am living, the east of China. It is thundering and there is dark cloud, but I don't think that it will rain. So during the hot days, I usually take a few showers a day, like one after getting up in the morning, one before going to take an afternoon nap and one after having dinner and one before going to night sleep. Sometimes I take more times of shower a day if I cannot suffer the heat and sweat. I love to take showers to feel refreshed and good. Thank you and stay cool in the hot summer, my dear beauty queen.
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• United States
10 Jul 08
Thank you my dear friend! I will try to stay cool. Often a shower does make one feel cool in the heat. When it gets winter, I will have more tub baths with very hot water. My poor skin will dry out terribly. Have a lovely evening. Your friend Beauty Queen
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• Philippines
10 Jul 08
Absolutely yes...If I take a bath before I go to bed, it really makes me feel relaxed. I'm really having a hard time sleeping, but when I take a bath, then drink a hot milk, I can sleep easily. Then it doesn't end there, when you wake up, you very clean stress free.
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• United States
10 Jul 08
It's so true! The milk/bath combo completely relaxes the body and allows for more refreshing sleep; more recuperative sleep!
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@pampamzo (22)
• Germany
11 Jul 08
i take a shower to feel refreshed and to relax at bed time. showering is just something that makes you feel relaxed.apparently it is something i do every day. pam
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• United States
10 Jul 08
It's a bit weird for me. Haha. I feel sleeping DURING the shower, but once I get out I feel so refreshed. I think it's cause I rinse off with cold water though. I normally take showers in the morning though, so that might affect something. Haha. I don't think I could get any sleepier after I wake up.
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• United States
11 Jul 08
Sure! I hear you. I think that happens cause the body feels colder in room temperature when it's wet. Happens to me all the time.
• United States
11 Jul 08
Always i love showers in them orning it just brightens up ur day and u feel great its an aweseome felling to me.
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@ratyz5 (7808)
• Philippines
10 Jul 08
Yeah, taking a bath surely gets one be refreshed from anything tiresome that they've been through.. grants that feeling of ease when we do.. I do sometimes take a bath before bed time but, if I'm really that exhausted, I guess I'll just take it when I wake up..
@Bluepatch (2476)
• Trinidad And Tobago
10 Jul 08
You definitely feel refreshed, not necessarity sleepy. I love to feel the cleanliness and odour of the fragrant soap and the end of all stickiness when the day is over. After a good shower you can relax anywhere.
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@dhangski (3194)
• Philippines
10 Jul 08
I do take a shower to feel refreshed. And I do it before bedtime so I will feel relaxed and refreshed before I go to sleep.
@nupats (3564)
• India
10 Jul 08
in the mornings i feeel refreshed after a bath but all the same i have to take bath before bed and i sleep so very peacefully..
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• India
10 Jul 08
both.....first refreshed then sleepy...(-_-)..
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• Philippines
10 Jul 08
i feel refreshed after taking a bath. it feels great after taking a bath. It's like i just unleashed the heat inside my body caused by the hot temperature nowadays.