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Mary Elizabeth Williams

REVEALED: This is why you re always cold | Rare Historical Photos

Strolling through the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam recently, I came upon an arresting image, depicting the martyrdom of Saint Lawrence. In it, the Spanish saint roasts on a bed of flaming coals, a look of transcendent ecstasy on his face. As I gazed upon it, I thought, that guy gets it.

It's not that I'm opposed to pumpkin spice or long nights or crunchy, golden leaves. It's that from that very first nip of fall in the air, I am perpetually, miserably freezing. My hands, wrapped around an ever present scalding cup of tea, are icy. My limbs, clad in the comforter that is my post Labor Day inside outfit, are studded in goose flesh. My fellow always-colds, I see you out there shivering when the thermometer dips below 70 degrees, and I feel your seasonal pain.

But why are we like this — and is there anything, short of moving to the equator, we can do about it?

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