If heat is energy, why does warmth/heat typically relax us, while cold typically wakes us up?

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If heat is energy, why does warmth/heat typically relax us, while cold typically wakes us up?

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Because cold is a stresful situation, i mean the body has to turn on mechanisms to produce warmth and that requires energy. Nobody wants to lose.

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