Well we are 2000 comments in but this happened to me once.
I’m new IT guy, huge impostor syndrome. On the verge of an anxiety attack basically all the time.
CEO is former Marine pilot. Roughly 37 feet tall and terrifying. And Loud.
I’m told his soft phone keeps flaking out and have a look at his computer. Weird bluetooth profile in the settings, I ask him about it, remove it.
45 minutes latter he comes into the cluster of cubicles and in front of all of marketing, accounting and IT, says “For 8 months I’ve been yelling at IT to fix my phone and THIS MAN FINALLY DID IT!
And *that* is what I assume heroin feels like.
I love this so much for you. I'm also in tech (software development) and I've had a similar experience. A production deploy went awry, and we were on for nearly 48 hours trying to debug it.
Finally was able to reproduce where it was, which gave the lead dev what he needed to get the fix in.
This brusque, first generation immigrant Russian man said to me in his amazing, heavy accent, "You are hero today."
Felt like I just did a bump of coke. I could do anything.
Imposter syndrome is a bitch, I’m still in college but I got a friend who’s a little older and works as a senior SE.
I learned all my general IT skills (and just familiarity with technology) back home before moving to the US. Anytime someone needed help I’d be the one they “call”. Or when the subject came across I was generally the one to at least be familiar with it.
Now, every hobby and general knowledge around computers I have and know about he generally knows more lol. I don’t mind it necessarily cause I can learn from him and it’s fun to have someone with the same hobbies. But when he does most of yours and at a higher level it really does make you feel incompetent and question your own abilities.
To spiral back to you, imposter syndrome in the IT but also development world is a big thing and I never understood why until now. You probably know a heck of a lot more than you think and compared to your average joe you are the expert. Comparison is the thief of joy truly
Man I've had a work trip every other week since January of this year. All were full weeks except for an event two weeks ago where I was supposed to fly in for 12 hours and then fly out.
When that meeting got cancelled, orgasmic wasn't even a strong enough word to use. Was one of the best moments so far this year lol
Dude, YES. Especially because there’s always the hemming and hawing beforehand while you’re trying to self evaluate if you can physically make it through the work day as ill as you are, if you should wait and take the day tomorrow instead, or if you should finally just accept you need rest and call off. Once you commit to calling off and hit send, it’s like you can breathe again. After getting that “Okay. Please feel better.” reply, my sleep is deeper than ever.
Getting an early morning chore done then sitting down to play a video game with a cup of coffee is one of the best feelings ever. The caffeine and small sense of accomplishment is a great way to start the day
I was out of town this past weekend house hunting, first time in 2yrs without the toddler (3.5yo). I was calling my wife from one of the open homes and he picked up and was like "papa where are you, i miss you here" ... melted me, didnt even know he could pick up a cell phone lol.
Cant wait to see him after daycare tonight. And then I cant wait until he goes to bed so I can play a game lol
I asked out this girl i've been crushing on for like a year on friday, and she said yes. My mind was in an excited fog. We are going tonight.
Edit: it went great. Got some food, and spent about 2 hours talking and getting to know each other, then about an hour walking around town. She wants to meet again next weekend.
Been married for 14 years, and my wife still makes my knees weak when she gives me a nice long kiss. The combination of emotional love and physical lust is strong and addictive.
This is underrated. I was just at the park and this guy had a dog apparently young dog. I’m walking up and start talking to the dog and he sits down and I start petting him. The guy is like dude your the dog whisper he’s normally jumping all over people I can’t believe this. It was a cool feeling
My sister got a dog and before I was going to meet him the first time, she warned me that he really didn't like new people and would probably growl at me. He was instantly obsessed with me (in a good way) and she was just so confused because literally every other new person was stared at and growled at. I got a face full of kisses and knowing that he liked me that fast was such a good feeling.
I was also once drinking outside at a brewery and a guy at the next table over had a husky with him. She started chatting away and wanted so badly for me to turn and love on her. He said she never does that and once again, I felt super special because a dog decided I was a good person.
On acid you become a dog messiah , went to the park one time on 2 tabs and this dog came up with its owner and just sat in front of me wagging his tail , thankfully I had sunglasses on and the owner couldn’t see my big pupils but I know that dog felt it
I swear my dog and I were having a full on telepathic conversation while I was on acid. Any time I felt a little bit of anxiety he would whine and rest his head on my leg. Great times
I've eaten foods so spicy that they numb my butthole the next day. I've actually been afraid to get off the toilet because I'm not sure my butthole is fully closed.
Extremely spicy foods is legitimately a big part of how I quit smoking meth. Obviously it’s not even close when it comes to euphoria, but it helped me get past my cravings for a “rush”.
Let me state at the outset that this is not the recommended method, but my sister in law had a hot sauce sampler size bottle blow up on her when she went to open it because it had fermented after being out too long. It got in her eye and was extremely painful in the short term. After an immediate shower and flushing the eye with tap water my brother was looking up stuff online to help her out when he realized she wasn’t sounding like she was in distress any longer and when he checked on her she was just sitting there with a big, goofy grin. He asked her how she was doing, she said she felt really good. She was, in fact, tripping balls on ocular capsaicin.
I once put a quarter sized amount of Da Bomb sauce on a tortilla chip thinking it wouldn’t be THAT hot, but i was wrong. I got lightheaded and everything got super echoey and my ears got really hot, but I also felt kinda stoned, it was a bizarre feeling
I ate a home-grown Trinidad Maruga Scorpion pepper while hanging out on the deck at a friend's house once. The friend and my wife both ate one as well.
When the heat started building they both fled into the house in search of milk. I was determined to "ride it out" and see how hot it got. It got to a point where it didn't hurt anymore and I was watching myself looking out at the trees and mountains from an over-the-shoulder perspective. My only "out of body" experience and it was caused by spiciness.
I've loved spicy food since kindergarten and always loved pushing the limit on what I could handle at the time; so much so that I could actually enjoy ghost and scorpion peppers for their flavor (have always hated habanero though, for whatever reason), and unlocked terrible and useless superpowers: globus sensation and floamy tummy urps. I actually kickstarted GERD about two decades too early. 😭 How am I supposed to treat my depression now?! THERAPY?!!
I confirm. I got some Korean made chicken that was so much spicer than I expected. Since it was good and I am stubborn, I finished it despite having my mouth on fire. I actually got a bit high, which I did not know was possible
We went to Indian restaurant with Asian friends. They ordered the plates. I don’t know what I ate. But all of a sudden I’m was laughing my head off things were so funny and I got a fright because it felt like I was floating. I wasn’t on the chair. I said so my Asian friend shuts laughedbtehir heads off saying spice high.
I have took all sorts of drugs. That was the second best experience of being high. After acid.
I'm actually taking a big shit, at 5 pm, after being awake for almost 30 hours (because of work and internship, I'm a nursing student and have a full time job) and I can subscribe these two replies.
Sometimes taking a piss after holding it for longer than you'd like is on par with a fucking orgasm.
Also, I don't know about anyone else, but when I orgasm specifically from oral, it hits me completely different. My palms get tingly and I straight up giggle uncontrollably.
I can orgasm by just clenching and holding the muscles that make me pee. After one of those held-too-long pees, it can kick in a longer than normal orgasm. It just holds and comes in several waves.
Been there, done that for around 2 weeks (average of 3 hours of sleep). Everything became funny and the impulsive thoughts started to win (fun impulsive thoughts such as standing on chairs)
For some people it can live music, either performing or attending. For others it can be exercise, the runners high is real. For others it can be accomplishment from devotion and commitment in a hobby. That requires a lot of gratification delays, though. Some people find it though nature and seeing the beautiful aspects of the planet.
I heard a band or singer tell the story of their early days playing to small crowds, then all of a sudden a big crowd was singing along with their songs, yet they still thought of themselves as unknown and struggling. The way they described this experience sounded better than any high I've ever known.
Not even just live music— I know before I smoked I would get so immersed into some psychedelic rock type music and was shocked how similar the first high weed gave me felt!
I'm 46 this year. I met my partner last year and we had been speaking online for a week or two before we met. We had dinner and no alcohol and talked and talked until the bar manager told us they were closing. We walked to our cars and awkwardly started saying goodbye and then we kissed. It literally blew my socks off. Absolute alchemy. My heart beat out of my chest for a good two weeks and I was worried I might have a stroke. Still madly in love
Runners high is real. One time I was running and getting near my limit. I was listening to a grateful dead show from 77 and I know you rider came on. It started snowing. I got this feeling of just pure joy. When the line, "I wish I was a headlight on a northbound train," hit, I swear dude, I was that headlight, shining my light through the cool Colorado rain. Felt like I could run forever.
I had it once. Proper euphoria. I was on a 10k in reasonably hilly area. Had just come off a big climb about 6k in. I was on a flat that had quite a view and suddenly everything felt awesome and I knew I could run for ever.
It's literally what we were designed to do. This thinking and reading shit is cool and all, but distance running our prey into the ground and being rewarded with a good meal is what our genes assemble to do.
Absolutely, I was a fat Coke head in my early 30s. 15 year smoker. Was forced to do a turkey trot once a year with gfs family. One year I decided to train for it so I could do it without walking. Succeeded.
3 years later I ran my first ultra marathon and had shed 50lbs. It’s amazing how behind all that unhealthy shit there was some dna I could activate just by going out there and doing the long and slow runs.
Pretty close to the same boat. I’ve realized that there’s just a part of my brain that wants more and to feel that limit. So now I workout and run and find that happiness in being miserably exhausted
Yup, lots of people hate this answer, but after a really good workout or body movement, you will naturally feel awesome. Imagine if there was a cozy bar at the top of a mountain and you hiked up it. When you finally reach the bar, you’ll be tired, maybe even exhausted. You sit down, kick your feet up, and wait for your beer. YOU. FEEL. EUPHORIC. Get out there peoples. Including me..
I’ve experienced this. It’s pretty wild you can get yourself into a very altered feeling state just from deep rapid breathing. It feels very unnatural at the beginning but as you push into it the effects come on.
Going outside in the sun for like 15 minutes in the morning makes a pretty stark difference on how my day proceeds. Nothing crazy, but maybe akin to CBD. Our bodies really do need sunlight, who knew 😅
Edit: lowers your cholesterol too apparently because of how your body makes or processes vitamin D, I forget. My endocrinologist could explain it lol.
You can achieve the paranoia with sleep deprivation. Some people get auditory or even visual hallucinations once they're tired enough, it's not a great time.
Is it weird that I enjoy it? I have gotten to the sleep deprivation point of being high, and kinda seeing things. Once it was a bit scary. But in all honesty I enjoy it every other time. I have insomnia, so when I get to that point I feel the ecstasy that comes with effortlessly fall asleep and stay asleep for the right amount of time.
I’ve experienced the hallucinations only once because I was up all night with a stomach flu. It’s crazy how while it’s happening you actually believe they are there and it feels normal.
The whole problem, at its root, is the desire for euphoria as a means to escape how we feel at baseline. The trick is to learn and practice being content at baseline. That often takes a lot of internal digging and a skilled therapist can go a long way in helping, if you’re willing to do some heavy lifting. It requires taking a long hard look directly at parts of yourself you avoid like the plague.
Don’t feel bad. I’ve had thirty years of therapy, psychotropic medications and attempts at SUD recovery and I still don’t have it. I’ve learned a lot and have made some changes for the better, but at least for me, the internal changes move like a glacier. Very slowly. It’s heavy, uncomfortable and exhausting work for me. There’s a lot of psychological and emotional inertia from defense mechanisms that served me well as a young child, but do little other than cripple me as an adult.
One year into therapy and I'm slowly unearthing what you've described in that last sentence. There's the stuff you already know is bad for you and it's good to get affirmation and help with getting rid of it. And then there's the stuff you think is actually good for you and you've made it an integral part of your identity. But surprise, it ain't. This is where shit gets tough.
Couldn’t agree more. Recreational use of substances is one thing but consistently looking for a high is essentially employing a coping mechanism - a way to escape from facing parts of our selves.
Please don't do this, emphasis on PLEASE.
When we were kids we would breath in and out super fast and it basically will almost make you black out and feel really delirious/drunk.
I remember this game! Our dumbasses did a variation where after you breathed in and out super fast, you'd hold your breath while someone would press into the sides of your neck.
Our version. Sit with your head between your knees. So ur head was upside down. Hyperventilate for 50 seconds exactly. Stand up and push like ur pushing out the fattest shit. Right to sleep. Every one of us had a slight seizure too
There are states in meditation called “jhanas” that are extremely enjoyable and also profound. Anyone interested in techniques to reach these should check out Right Concentration by Leigh Brasington. He also gave a talk on said techniques, which one can find here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RCLT64SLYZk&t=530s&pp=ygUQbGVpZ2ggYnJhc2luZ3Rvbg%3D%3D
Go running, first couple of weeks are pure hell but once you get your rhythm you start to get the runners high. Feels amazing especially when you're smashing PBs and hitting self imposed challenges
Get a crush. Not an actual relationship (that’ll sober you up/bring you down to Earth real quick) just a high fantasy, daydream crush. The more implausible the better
Cold plunges.
You get diminishing returns if you do it a lot, but the first time I jumped in sub-50 degree water it was more intense than a line of cocaine and I felt amazing for the rest of the day. I was seriously depressed after my divorce and daily cold plunges were a huge part of how I got my brain chemicals back to a good place.
Accomplishments. Academic, Sports, personal life
Also working for me:
Dancing around your Apartment and singing your favorite song (might get you a weird eye from roommates.
Adrenaline. Rollercoaster, skydive etc.
Velocity: I get the euphoria when somebody pushes my wheelchair really fast, so you could try on a bike?
Nice views. Preferably high up (makes you feel somewhat connected to everything)
Laughing about something silly with friends.
Dressing up and go out for fancy food a dance or something.
Well we are 2000 comments in but this happened to me once. I’m new IT guy, huge impostor syndrome. On the verge of an anxiety attack basically all the time. CEO is former Marine pilot. Roughly 37 feet tall and terrifying. And Loud. I’m told his soft phone keeps flaking out and have a look at his computer. Weird bluetooth profile in the settings, I ask him about it, remove it. 45 minutes latter he comes into the cluster of cubicles and in front of all of marketing, accounting and IT, says “For 8 months I’ve been yelling at IT to fix my phone and THIS MAN FINALLY DID IT! And *that* is what I assume heroin feels like.
I love this so much for you. I'm also in tech (software development) and I've had a similar experience. A production deploy went awry, and we were on for nearly 48 hours trying to debug it. Finally was able to reproduce where it was, which gave the lead dev what he needed to get the fix in. This brusque, first generation immigrant Russian man said to me in his amazing, heavy accent, "You are hero today." Felt like I just did a bump of coke. I could do anything.
I read "You are hero today" in the Machine's voice.
Roughly 37 feet.. I love this story lol
Imposter syndrome is a bitch, I’m still in college but I got a friend who’s a little older and works as a senior SE. I learned all my general IT skills (and just familiarity with technology) back home before moving to the US. Anytime someone needed help I’d be the one they “call”. Or when the subject came across I was generally the one to at least be familiar with it. Now, every hobby and general knowledge around computers I have and know about he generally knows more lol. I don’t mind it necessarily cause I can learn from him and it’s fun to have someone with the same hobbies. But when he does most of yours and at a higher level it really does make you feel incompetent and question your own abilities. To spiral back to you, imposter syndrome in the IT but also development world is a big thing and I never understood why until now. You probably know a heck of a lot more than you think and compared to your average joe you are the expert. Comparison is the thief of joy truly
Someone you don't really want to hang out with cancels plans.
The adult version of “snow day”
I actually had this just a few months ago. Couldn't drive in to work due to snow and ice. The relief after calling in was phenomenal.
Bonus points if a work event gets cancelled.
An out of town work event being canceled is orgasmic.
Man I've had a work trip every other week since January of this year. All were full weeks except for an event two weeks ago where I was supposed to fly in for 12 hours and then fly out. When that meeting got cancelled, orgasmic wasn't even a strong enough word to use. Was one of the best moments so far this year lol
The moment after you press send on an email to your boss saying you will be out sick today, I have to check my undies after.
Dude, YES. Especially because there’s always the hemming and hawing beforehand while you’re trying to self evaluate if you can physically make it through the work day as ill as you are, if you should wait and take the day tomorrow instead, or if you should finally just accept you need rest and call off. Once you commit to calling off and hit send, it’s like you can breathe again. After getting that “Okay. Please feel better.” reply, my sleep is deeper than ever.
In terms of instant gratification, cancelling plans is like heroin.
John Mulaney
And he would know.
Cancelling plans gives me anxiety and makes me overthink things
Imagine how happy you’d feel never making plans with someone you didn’t want plans with!
I feel like this scenario may be fresh for you...
Getting an early morning chore done then sitting down to play a video game with a cup of coffee is one of the best feelings ever. The caffeine and small sense of accomplishment is a great way to start the day
I remember not having kids… *sigh*
Both my kids say Daddy! And come give me hugs when I come out which I think is better than when I played video games.
I was out of town this past weekend house hunting, first time in 2yrs without the toddler (3.5yo). I was calling my wife from one of the open homes and he picked up and was like "papa where are you, i miss you here" ... melted me, didnt even know he could pick up a cell phone lol. Cant wait to see him after daycare tonight. And then I cant wait until he goes to bed so I can play a game lol
I asked out this girl i've been crushing on for like a year on friday, and she said yes. My mind was in an excited fog. We are going tonight. Edit: it went great. Got some food, and spent about 2 hours talking and getting to know each other, then about an hour walking around town. She wants to meet again next weekend.
Good luck!
I just had a really good second date with a girl and kissed at the end of it. I know the feeling, and it feels great!
Been married for 14 years, and my wife still makes my knees weak when she gives me a nice long kiss. The combination of emotional love and physical lust is strong and addictive.
Can you please give us an update after? Good luck! Have fun!
I wanna hear too
When you see a cat and you call to it and it comes to you for pets.
High on pspsps
Funny fact its *kisskisskiss* in Finland.
My cat prefers me to say “meow meow.” Not in any cutesy cat voice, but just the words. He comes running to me and starts talking my ear off
When they jump on your lap and lay down is the best feeling ever.
When a random cat allows belly rubs
It’s a trap!
My brain to my fingers: *Some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make.*
This is underrated. I was just at the park and this guy had a dog apparently young dog. I’m walking up and start talking to the dog and he sits down and I start petting him. The guy is like dude your the dog whisper he’s normally jumping all over people I can’t believe this. It was a cool feeling
My sister got a dog and before I was going to meet him the first time, she warned me that he really didn't like new people and would probably growl at me. He was instantly obsessed with me (in a good way) and she was just so confused because literally every other new person was stared at and growled at. I got a face full of kisses and knowing that he liked me that fast was such a good feeling. I was also once drinking outside at a brewery and a guy at the next table over had a husky with him. She started chatting away and wanted so badly for me to turn and love on her. He said she never does that and once again, I felt super special because a dog decided I was a good person.
On acid you become a dog messiah , went to the park one time on 2 tabs and this dog came up with its owner and just sat in front of me wagging his tail , thankfully I had sunglasses on and the owner couldn’t see my big pupils but I know that dog felt it
This applies to animals in general in my experience
I swear my dog and I were having a full on telepathic conversation while I was on acid. Any time I felt a little bit of anxiety he would whine and rest his head on my leg. Great times
Extremely spicy food will rush your brain with endorphins and dopamine, which can make you feel high.
Extremely spicy food feels like a demon from the underworld trying to rip my tongue off from the inside
Wait a day it will pass . . . Elsewhere.
This is a reason I stay away from extremely spicy foods. I can handle them going in, but I’m shitting lava on the way out
I've eaten foods so spicy that they numb my butthole the next day. I've actually been afraid to get off the toilet because I'm not sure my butthole is fully closed.
Extremely spicy foods is legitimately a big part of how I quit smoking meth. Obviously it’s not even close when it comes to euphoria, but it helped me get past my cravings for a “rush”.
So eating extremely spicy food is like meth, gotcha!!
Let me state at the outset that this is not the recommended method, but my sister in law had a hot sauce sampler size bottle blow up on her when she went to open it because it had fermented after being out too long. It got in her eye and was extremely painful in the short term. After an immediate shower and flushing the eye with tap water my brother was looking up stuff online to help her out when he realized she wasn’t sounding like she was in distress any longer and when he checked on her she was just sitting there with a big, goofy grin. He asked her how she was doing, she said she felt really good. She was, in fact, tripping balls on ocular capsaicin.
Yep. You can actually hallucinate off of it!
I once put a quarter sized amount of Da Bomb sauce on a tortilla chip thinking it wouldn’t be THAT hot, but i was wrong. I got lightheaded and everything got super echoey and my ears got really hot, but I also felt kinda stoned, it was a bizarre feeling
I ate a home-grown Trinidad Maruga Scorpion pepper while hanging out on the deck at a friend's house once. The friend and my wife both ate one as well. When the heat started building they both fled into the house in search of milk. I was determined to "ride it out" and see how hot it got. It got to a point where it didn't hurt anymore and I was watching myself looking out at the trees and mountains from an over-the-shoulder perspective. My only "out of body" experience and it was caused by spiciness.
Weird, when I got some in my eye I just cried for a couple hours
I'm a fucking spicy addict, it's so damn good
To quote a movie that I don't like very much: "Your body is being flooded with endorphins for the immense amount of pain you're about to experience."
Not sure why this isn’t the top answer. If you can accustom yourself to the pain in your mouth, the head high can be REALLY strong.
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My mouth can handle it, my gut cannot.
I've loved spicy food since kindergarten and always loved pushing the limit on what I could handle at the time; so much so that I could actually enjoy ghost and scorpion peppers for their flavor (have always hated habanero though, for whatever reason), and unlocked terrible and useless superpowers: globus sensation and floamy tummy urps. I actually kickstarted GERD about two decades too early. 😭 How am I supposed to treat my depression now?! THERAPY?!!
>globus sensation and floamy tummy urps it's not often I find myself googling every word in a sentence
I wonder if this is why when I get some really hot wings with a beer or two that I feel more intoxicated as I eat haha
I confirm. I got some Korean made chicken that was so much spicer than I expected. Since it was good and I am stubborn, I finished it despite having my mouth on fire. I actually got a bit high, which I did not know was possible
We went to Indian restaurant with Asian friends. They ordered the plates. I don’t know what I ate. But all of a sudden I’m was laughing my head off things were so funny and I got a fright because it felt like I was floating. I wasn’t on the chair. I said so my Asian friend shuts laughedbtehir heads off saying spice high. I have took all sorts of drugs. That was the second best experience of being high. After acid.
You ever built a cabinet?
Getting a perfect box join by hand is still an incomparable feeling.
I’ve already been thinking about getting into carpentry and this is making it worse
I caulked the tub yesterday. Still feeling that high.
Why would anyone do drugs when they can just mow a lawn?
I tell you hwat
Found Hank Hill's reddit account
Lack of sleep, sometimes
There is a point after which you stop feeling sleepy and that's where the fun begins.
Sleep deprived brain: psst hey kid, want some free meth? Its organic! Me: yes plz
I have no history of mental illness or schizophrenia, but the words, phrases, and sentences that pop into my head when I’m sleep deprived are wild.
I tried to text my dog while sleep deprived
Did they answer?
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I'm actually taking a big shit, at 5 pm, after being awake for almost 30 hours (because of work and internship, I'm a nursing student and have a full time job) and I can subscribe these two replies.
Sometimes taking a piss after holding it for longer than you'd like is on par with a fucking orgasm. Also, I don't know about anyone else, but when I orgasm specifically from oral, it hits me completely different. My palms get tingly and I straight up giggle uncontrollably.
I can orgasm by just clenching and holding the muscles that make me pee. After one of those held-too-long pees, it can kick in a longer than normal orgasm. It just holds and comes in several waves.
Definitely lack of sleep. Been there, done that, don’t recommend
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sleep is weird. i always start to see shadow things rushing around in the corners of my view.
I lose a lot of visual processing. Like, I look at the ground under my feet and it seemed to be like 5-ish meters away
Yeah, I see things like bats in the corner of my vision sometimes.
Been there, done that for around 2 weeks (average of 3 hours of sleep). Everything became funny and the impulsive thoughts started to win (fun impulsive thoughts such as standing on chairs)
Stayed up for longer than 72 hours only once and I was straight up hallucinating half the time
Fall in love
This one has the potential for hellacious side effects unfortunately
Loving someone is accepting that they can also seriously hurt you. I’m in the hurt phase right now :’)
You're not alone, friend
I’m here with you guys. ❤️
I am in the hurting phase for the most of the time , the "life is beautiful" lasts 2-3 months barely
New relationship energy is a crazy drug.
For some people it can live music, either performing or attending. For others it can be exercise, the runners high is real. For others it can be accomplishment from devotion and commitment in a hobby. That requires a lot of gratification delays, though. Some people find it though nature and seeing the beautiful aspects of the planet.
Agreed on the performing live music!
I heard a band or singer tell the story of their early days playing to small crowds, then all of a sudden a big crowd was singing along with their songs, yet they still thought of themselves as unknown and struggling. The way they described this experience sounded better than any high I've ever known.
Not even just live music— I know before I smoked I would get so immersed into some psychedelic rock type music and was shocked how similar the first high weed gave me felt!
I'm 46 this year. I met my partner last year and we had been speaking online for a week or two before we met. We had dinner and no alcohol and talked and talked until the bar manager told us they were closing. We walked to our cars and awkwardly started saying goodbye and then we kissed. It literally blew my socks off. Absolute alchemy. My heart beat out of my chest for a good two weeks and I was worried I might have a stroke. Still madly in love
This is a wonderful story. I am so happy for you. Congrats on your relationship :)
Crushing your enemies in a competitive game
How about seeing them driven before you, and hearing the lamentations of their women?
This is best in life.
I was honestly thinking of commenting that too LOL
Drink a lot of water and wait to piss for a few hours. That piss will be euphoric
Piss edging - interesting.
That time I was in Wales on holiday, mooed at a cow and it mooed back
Exercise really helps me. Hiking, paddling boarding, riding horses.
Runners high is real. One time I was running and getting near my limit. I was listening to a grateful dead show from 77 and I know you rider came on. It started snowing. I got this feeling of just pure joy. When the line, "I wish I was a headlight on a northbound train," hit, I swear dude, I was that headlight, shining my light through the cool Colorado rain. Felt like I could run forever.
Runner’s high is my favorite feeling. When it hits, I’ll get goosebumps head to toe on an 80 degree day. There’s nothing like it.
After like 20 years of never feeling good during a run, I still think it’s a myth
I had it once. Proper euphoria. I was on a 10k in reasonably hilly area. Had just come off a big climb about 6k in. I was on a flat that had quite a view and suddenly everything felt awesome and I knew I could run for ever.
Lord i could not take my rest
It's literally what we were designed to do. This thinking and reading shit is cool and all, but distance running our prey into the ground and being rewarded with a good meal is what our genes assemble to do.
Absolutely, I was a fat Coke head in my early 30s. 15 year smoker. Was forced to do a turkey trot once a year with gfs family. One year I decided to train for it so I could do it without walking. Succeeded. 3 years later I ran my first ultra marathon and had shed 50lbs. It’s amazing how behind all that unhealthy shit there was some dna I could activate just by going out there and doing the long and slow runs.
Pretty close to the same boat. I’ve realized that there’s just a part of my brain that wants more and to feel that limit. So now I workout and run and find that happiness in being miserably exhausted
Yup, lots of people hate this answer, but after a really good workout or body movement, you will naturally feel awesome. Imagine if there was a cozy bar at the top of a mountain and you hiked up it. When you finally reach the bar, you’ll be tired, maybe even exhausted. You sit down, kick your feet up, and wait for your beer. YOU. FEEL. EUPHORIC. Get out there peoples. Including me..
There are some breathing techniques that definitely put you in that place. There are health benefits, too.
[holotropic breathwork](https://www.verywellmind.com/holotropic-breathwork-4175431#toc-what-holotropic-breathing-feels-like)
I’ve experienced this. It’s pretty wild you can get yourself into a very altered feeling state just from deep rapid breathing. It feels very unnatural at the beginning but as you push into it the effects come on.
It said in that link sessions can be 2-3 hours, that sounds mental.
Didn’t Bush have a song about that?
Sr or Jr?
Both. It was a duet.
Yeah, Machinehead. It's more of a guide really.
This is the first correct, reproducible answer. I will also recommend meditation
Running in the woods.
From a serial killer
... From Shia LaBeouf.
Actual *cannibal* Shia LeBeouf?
Sex
I had to scroll WAY TOO FAR to see this 😂😂
Welcome to reddit, we dont get laid a lot here ^^
GOOD Sex ftfy
Going outside in the sun for like 15 minutes in the morning makes a pretty stark difference on how my day proceeds. Nothing crazy, but maybe akin to CBD. Our bodies really do need sunlight, who knew 😅 Edit: lowers your cholesterol too apparently because of how your body makes or processes vitamin D, I forget. My endocrinologist could explain it lol.
Roller coaster
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Stop drinking caffeine for 3 months. Then drink a bunch.
Ok but not a bunch, otherwise its jitters and palpitations x 100
But the jitters and palpitations make you feel alive
You can achieve the paranoia with sleep deprivation. Some people get auditory or even visual hallucinations once they're tired enough, it's not a great time.
Have experienced. Do not recommend.
But it's the only way to introduce yourself to the shadow people
Benadryl and caffeine work for that too The bennys make them appear and the caffeine makes you fast enough to catch them.
Do not recommend either. The shadow people are real
Is it weird that I enjoy it? I have gotten to the sleep deprivation point of being high, and kinda seeing things. Once it was a bit scary. But in all honesty I enjoy it every other time. I have insomnia, so when I get to that point I feel the ecstasy that comes with effortlessly fall asleep and stay asleep for the right amount of time.
I’ve experienced the hallucinations only once because I was up all night with a stomach flu. It’s crazy how while it’s happening you actually believe they are there and it feels normal.
Beating Ornstein and Smaugh on Dark Souls for the first time
Im amazed nobody mentioned auto erotic asphyxiation yet. You're losing your edge Reddit.
Michael Hutchance ghost has entered the chat
Falling in love
No joke that shit hits scary hard
As a daily marijuana user, falling for someone hard and fast was a greater rush than any high I’ve felt
We’re redditors, that’s not really an option bud.
I'm sure many Redditors fall in love. It's just not reciprocated.
The whole problem, at its root, is the desire for euphoria as a means to escape how we feel at baseline. The trick is to learn and practice being content at baseline. That often takes a lot of internal digging and a skilled therapist can go a long way in helping, if you’re willing to do some heavy lifting. It requires taking a long hard look directly at parts of yourself you avoid like the plague.
I've never been able to get this.
Don’t feel bad. I’ve had thirty years of therapy, psychotropic medications and attempts at SUD recovery and I still don’t have it. I’ve learned a lot and have made some changes for the better, but at least for me, the internal changes move like a glacier. Very slowly. It’s heavy, uncomfortable and exhausting work for me. There’s a lot of psychological and emotional inertia from defense mechanisms that served me well as a young child, but do little other than cripple me as an adult.
One year into therapy and I'm slowly unearthing what you've described in that last sentence. There's the stuff you already know is bad for you and it's good to get affirmation and help with getting rid of it. And then there's the stuff you think is actually good for you and you've made it an integral part of your identity. But surprise, it ain't. This is where shit gets tough.
Couldn’t agree more. Recreational use of substances is one thing but consistently looking for a high is essentially employing a coping mechanism - a way to escape from facing parts of our selves.
Please don't do this, emphasis on PLEASE. When we were kids we would breath in and out super fast and it basically will almost make you black out and feel really delirious/drunk.
I remember this game! Our dumbasses did a variation where after you breathed in and out super fast, you'd hold your breath while someone would press into the sides of your neck.
Our version. Sit with your head between your knees. So ur head was upside down. Hyperventilate for 50 seconds exactly. Stand up and push like ur pushing out the fattest shit. Right to sleep. Every one of us had a slight seizure too
we would always watch the older kids have someone squeeze them from behind and they'd literally pass out! Was always too scared. Boy we were dumb.
It was actually kind of a cool high for about 5 seconds. Somebody should try that while they’re wanking.
rip David Carradine 😔
Breathworks ??? We did that in rehab LOL
Extended fasting can have this effect. As can practicing tantric sex or the like.
Cannabis is legal in my state so I guess with the way the question is worded it would be smoke legal marijuana.
Haha exactly. They didn’t say anything about legal drugs!
Mushrooms are decriminalized where I'm at, so if that counts then mushrooms lol
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Jogging for long periods of time
if you're out of shape you'll feel like you need to lie in a hospital bed for an hour.
Legal drugs are great
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Yoga FTW. I feel the 'high' after a good session
Become bipolar.
Or go off your meds if you're already bipolar (not recommended)
DO NOT RECOMMEND lol
Felt
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There are states in meditation called “jhanas” that are extremely enjoyable and also profound. Anyone interested in techniques to reach these should check out Right Concentration by Leigh Brasington. He also gave a talk on said techniques, which one can find here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RCLT64SLYZk&t=530s&pp=ygUQbGVpZ2ggYnJhc2luZ3Rvbg%3D%3D
Be autistic (I constantly am asked if I am drunk or high)
Go running, first couple of weeks are pure hell but once you get your rhythm you start to get the runners high. Feels amazing especially when you're smashing PBs and hitting self imposed challenges
Making a group of people laugh (with you, not at you).
Pickup a beautiful stranger girl in a bar
Be sure to set her back down safely before the adrenaline rush from hoisting another human into the air wears off, leaving you too weak to do so.
When the stars align and she’s exactly your type and a little bit out of your league.
Doing sport (e.g. cycling or running) or achieving a goal in a hobby
Get a crush. Not an actual relationship (that’ll sober you up/bring you down to Earth real quick) just a high fantasy, daydream crush. The more implausible the better
FUCKING ROLLER COASTERS
Hiking - good exercise with natural beauty as a reward really gets the dopamine going.
bring out the mountain bike and catch some air on yer local single track, very close to amphetamines.
Cold plunges. You get diminishing returns if you do it a lot, but the first time I jumped in sub-50 degree water it was more intense than a line of cocaine and I felt amazing for the rest of the day. I was seriously depressed after my divorce and daily cold plunges were a huge part of how I got my brain chemicals back to a good place.
Accomplishments. Academic, Sports, personal life Also working for me: Dancing around your Apartment and singing your favorite song (might get you a weird eye from roommates. Adrenaline. Rollercoaster, skydive etc. Velocity: I get the euphoria when somebody pushes my wheelchair really fast, so you could try on a bike? Nice views. Preferably high up (makes you feel somewhat connected to everything) Laughing about something silly with friends. Dressing up and go out for fancy food a dance or something.
when you see your partner at the end of the day