[Charles Mount of Oil]

It happened to me something similar at least two times. Feel so fortunate because the last time was a month ago: I called it unwarranted happiness. I even feared it because it was terribly absorbent. It lasted just seconds, cause i backed...




At least for me, i find so difficult to induce myself in that state being alone. ¡¡and I fucking want moar now!!

[See Above]

Interesting to learn that there is a name for this unnamed experience.

For me I think the trigger is usually thought (it happens in the absence of any other stimulus) and, since I do most of my thinking when I am by myself, I don't usually have companionship at the time, - though, that isn't meant to say that it can't happen while I am alone in a place crowded with people.

It is a cross between lightning and an ocean wave, and it doesn't have any particular physical location (skin, etc.). It is solidly a cascading internal feeling, like my brain just lit up all the tiny incandescent bulbs in every cell of my body The sensation is quite strong. It doesn't happen often (which is just as well) and I never know which kind of thought will trigger it. It certainly makes me pay more attention than usual to that train of thought, though. It generally seems so random that it sometimes crosses my mind that some being, somewhere in the ether, is trying to point at something urgently....although, it is more likely some sort of genetic quirk, I suppose.

[MooseAndSquirrel]

Interesting to learn that there is a name for this unnamed experience.

For me I think the trigger is usually thought (it happens in the absence of any other stimulus) and, since I do most of my thinking when I am by myself, I don't usually have companionship at the time, - though, that isn't meant to say that it can't happen while I am alone in a place crowded with people.

It is a cross between lightning and an ocean wave, and it doesn't have any particular physical location (skin, etc.). It is solidly a cascading internal feeling, like my brain just lit up all the tiny incandescent bulbs in every cell of my body The sensation is quite strong. It doesn't happen often (which is just as well) and I never know which kind of thought will trigger it. It certainly makes me pay more attention than usual to that train of thought, though. It generally seems so random that it sometimes crosses my mind that some being, somewhere in the ether, is trying to point at something urgently....although, it is more likely some sort of genetic quirk, I suppose.

It has a NAME!?! Oh thank god. I thought I was loosing my flipping mind! I've had both type A and B experiences. Type A tends to happen while I'm sleeping or just coming out of sleep and type B is triggered predominantly by music which being a musician I guess makes sense. I had to quote @See Above because that's probably the best (and evocative) description for the effect I experience with this too.

I don't know how rare it is but I know my ESTJ doesn't experience it. I've tried to describe what it's like to her and she's nothing short of intrigued by it.

[Happy about Nothing.]

I think I've experienced this as well. Type A. I have been trying to explain this feeling to people for awhile, but I usually just give up, because I'm helpless at describing it. Thanks so much for posting.

[Chiaroscuro]

Yes this happens to me all the time. I never really thought much about it, though i knew it was strange. I get tingles in the back of my neck and have a little euphoric episode. Well, not really an episodr but for a few seconds i get this huge grin and my mind identifies something really hilarious that i just cant put my finger on. Its amazing really. It really feels like being on a drug for a moment.

[InternalWonderous]

I use to get that feeling (type B) all the time when I was younger. It would only happen when I was interactiong with someone I felt was very different or bizzare. I never really paid attention to it, and I have no idea what that means. Maybe it has to do with my bizzare tastes and interests?

[SirQwertyO]

I tend to experience it during a period of deep thought, or after a sudden rush of emotion. I used to be able to feel it at will after concentrating when I was younger.

[stayawake]

This happens often when I pray, I never knew it was *called* something, or that others didn't share it!
Also when I listen to a friend of mine speak, who is an articulate barritone with an incredible speaking and singing voice
sometimes when I'm out in a forest and all I can hear is the wind in the trees
once it happened when I was floating in a pool, and felt completely peace-filled
hmm.... I am trying to think of other triggers but can't quite place them.

[destiny_laughed]

Thank you for this information and the name for this experience. I have always experienced this. When I was a very young girl, I wouldn't let anyone but my mother touch my hair because I would be embarassed by the strong physical shivers/spasms I would have.

Someone touching my hair, especially at the nape of my neck can still elicit this response in me. It's made for some interesting dates! lol

But, I've also had similiar, weaker reactions while listening to classical music or meditating with breathing exercises.

Wow! So great to know I am not the only one.

[Aelthwyn]

I know I answered before but I keep seeing this thread on the front page, and I didn't say much before anyways.

I get this quite frequently, and always have. I can't exactly call it up, but when I get a hint of that tingling I can usually make it grow stronger and cover more of me if I focus on it or on the thought that triggered it, and can prolong it for several minutes. I think a word I associate with this feeling is 'rapture'. It's usually triggered by a 'profound' thought, a sense of deep understanding or wonder, but sometimes it is kind of random and not triggered by anything I'm specifically aware of. Instrumental music will often cause it as well when I'm really paying attention, and again it's usually a point of the music that feels like it is swelling up with grandure, or in some other way seems very poignant, like when a resolution comes after the moment before has been drawn out till the very last moment. Sometimes it's also caused by touch as I mentioned, in which case it starts where I'm actually touched but can then wash over the rest of me from there. I find the edges of my hair tend to elicit it a well as my spine, particularly right at the bottom of my neck. I did always assume everyone experienced it, and when playing with friends hair would scratch lightly along the edge of their scalp figuring it would make them feel the same as it does me, but perhaps it doesn't. Someitmes it will be so intense that I'll actually shudder, but that's usually when it passe quickly. Normally it lasts longer and feels more like swelling inside and tingling under my skin. Although it feels like the surface of my skin must be tenseing as the hairs raise, it tends to leave me feeling very relaxed.

It seems like I've heard shivers like this mentioned in writing relatively often, so it mustn't be too rare *shrug*