Cold Showers Should Be Made Mandatory

So today has been kinda... mixed for me. I woke up feeling like a herd of elephants had trampled over me, all i wanted to do was sleep, and my mental state was pretty crappy. The fact that my room has been in the 100s most of the day just made things worse. I've had a lot of nightmares lately, pretty much all of them have had certain central themes- 'good vs. evil', death, the end of things, pain... I think it's been affecting my mental state more than i had first thought. By mid-afternoon i had committed a few more sins than i am comfortable admitting to the internet. I ended up taking a COLD shower, the kind of cold where you have to bite back a yelp. I spent nearly an hour under that cold water and about half of the time i was praying.
I confessed my sins, I thanked God for various things (by the way, thats a GREAT way to remind yourself about the positive things in your life) and then i spent the rest of the time meditating over just how STRONG and LOVING God is. I am not good, not pure or right or lovable but this AMAZING God loves me and forgave me and cares about me. He loves me so much He sent His son to die for me, we all know that part and understand it. But what about the "small" signs of His love? He placed me in a family that loves me, with pets that love me, and AMAZING friends that love me to show me just a FRACTION of His love! I tend to not be able to comprehend even one of those people's love for me let alone all and thats negligible in comparison to God's love. So i have to believe that with all that love and with the strength of a God who can overcome ANYTHING because He created EVERYTHING behind me i think I'll eventually be able to overcome my sins and my other issues. The biggest or at least most constant of these would be self- hate, i cant find a good argument for me hating myself if God made me in His image, He made me to be beautiful, for a purpose, and HE LOVES ME. Now i just have to find a way to remember all that for the rest of my life...

QOD: (been a while since i had one) any suggestions for how i can remember?