‘Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression,’ wrote author Dodie Smith in I Capture The Castle. ‘I am sure there are things that can’t be cured by a good bath but I can’t think of one,’ Sylvia Plath agreed in The Bell Jar. A long, hot soak has long been seen as the remedy for many of life’s challenges – and now a new study has proved that the theory may actually have a grounding in science.
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I text David to tell him I’m so nervous about moving and marrying him that I wake at 4am every day, stomach churning. Even the dogs are still snoring. I’ve never been vulnerable like this with him before. I have always put on a brave face, leaving him to read about my insecurities later. But he surprises me by being incredibly supportive.