'It's the burn that I crave': Nanaimo is a hotbed for cold water plunge enthusiasts
Stepping bravely into the frigid waters of Departure Bay in Nanaimo, Anne Marie Gibb didn’t hesitate.
“It felt like it was something I was never going to get past,” said Gibb, a Nanaimo resident and member ofThe Nanaimo woman was driving with her best friend, 54-year-old Sean Brown, on Nanaimo’s Haliburton Street on July 23, 2022. He experienced a moment of crisis and was overwhelmed by his bipolar disorder. She called 911 as he went into a meltdown.
“I stay in for as long as I feel comfortable,” said Gibb, while soaking up to her neck in the ocean,” she said. “It’s put me in a better frame of mind. It’s made me wake up every day and made me look forward to things more.” According to Grovum, she started cold water immersion after suffering a severe concussion in a car accident.Sign up for our newsletter to get breaking news and daily digests sent to your email.“It took away my symptoms for several hours. So it was a really powerful healing tool,” said Grovum.
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