2026-09-18
Many of the experiences I like seem to involve intense physical sensation
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- personal
- target audience - strictly myself
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- Lightbulb moment lmao
- Examples of such experiences:
- Swimming. Sometimes cold water swim / plunge
- Sauna
- Very spicy food (to the point where I tear up)
- Massage
- Sex
- Stores with very bright lighting. (I used to enjoy this, now bored of it.)
- Loud music? (Does loud music count? Like, not to the point where it is painful for the eardrums, but loud enough that you can't run a parallel thought stream so easily. And I prefer listening at home, not in a concert because I dislike crowds and sweat and expensive tickets.)
- Day-long hikes maybe
- Sleep deprivation. (Sometimes)
- Having my train be derailed lmfao
- (I will skip some substance-related stuff since I don't want to remind myself of that, and I wanna stay sober. But technically that also counts here, yes.)
- For all of these, if I overdo them I get bored of them. Need a sufficiently large reset period before the experience can be pleasurable again.
- Counterexamples (experiences I don't enjoy, despite intense physical sensation):
- Rollercoasters
- Driving (bike, car, etc)
- Strong smells of any kind (pleasant or unpleasant)
- Pain. Like, actually being injured
- Very hot or very cold weather. (I actually don't mind visiting a place with large temperature difference for a day or two. I just don't want to live there.)
- Most sports
- Possible explanation (not tested)
- By default, my senses are switched off and I am not processing any of that information. However if the experience is sufficiently intense then I can no longer ignore it.
- Implications if true
- I should maybe try more such experiences? For example, I could try a martial art and get punched in the face lol.
- Is there a way to electric shock yourself within a safe level? I could check
- TO DO - read about skin nerve endings and what types of information they can process
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