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What's that 'rush feeling' called?

  • 07-09-2003 12:43am
    #1
    Pigman II
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    Here's something I've always wanted to know. Is there a medical name for that 'sensation' you get when you hear a great song or see an emotionally effective scene in a movie etc.

    You know the thing I'm talking about, it's like a tingling feeling around your shoulders and the back of the head and it causes the hairs on your arms and the back of you neck to stand up on end through the sheer coolness of the experience you've just watched/listened to? It only lasts a second or so but when you get it you really feel it!

    I've always just called it a 'rush' but I'm sure there's some exact name for it so perhaps someone here knows it?

    Thanks!


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  • #2
    PrecariousNuts
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    for me its called

    F-I-N-A-L-L-Y K-I-L-L-E-D T-H-E L-A-S-T W-I-T-N-E-S-S


  • #3
    dod
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    Vertigo :p


  • #4
    Jaden
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,393 ✭✭✭Jaden


    It's an Adrenaline Rush. WYour body produces adrenaline very quickly in reaction to a potential "fight or flight" situation.

    It way also be an Endorphin rush, the "feel good" chemicals of the body.


  • #5
    GuanYin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,552 ✭✭✭✭GuanYin


    Its based on the emotional perception of the limbic system that surrounds the brain stem (that is the amygdala, hippocampus and hypothalamus). Based on emotional the situation at hand neurochemicals are circulated which send an appropriate signal to our autonomic nervous system (ANS). Basically, ANS has the job of maintaining balance in the body (homeostasis) and has a hand in the regulation of most organs and metabolisms.

    The ANS will take the signal from the brain and react by making appropriate metabolic and chemical changes throughout the body. The manifest as physical reactions to situations such as flushing with embarassment (temperature), goosebumps (temp again)to the rapid pulse and rush of adrenaline after a fright).

    Because neurochemicals such as dopamine ("reward" neurotransmitter ) and epinephrine ("fight or flight") are involved in the signalling of the ANS, these physical reactions are often accompanied by feelings of pleasure (dopamine) or adreniline (which is also called epinephrine).


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