I have been having small ones for the past couple of months generally when I finally understand something hard. But by understand I mean at a truly deep level I mean I grok it.
For me it feels like an intense orgasm, but with my brain. It feels as if 100% of the brain is working and I am then exhausted mentally.
So is this how anyone else feels or am I just deluding myself?*
I will not stop even if I am deluding myself, it feels to good.
Wait a minute, I’m getting something…
This thread will soon be moved to IMHO.
Ooooooh, baby, that felt good.
What’s an ‘effen A’?
Ohhhh, you mean an EPIPHANY !!
How does it feel? Dunno, never had one. Sure you haven’t been quaffing too much coffee perhaps?
Keep grokking anyway…(I s’pose) :rolleyes:
There are some who claim that some highly significant epiphanies might just possibly resemble an epileptic seizure.
Since this is a sort of survey, I’ll move this thread to IMHO.
I know exactly what you are talking about.
Some good epiphany material:
Sometimes, the epiphanies kind of go on for a couple of days. When you get a new physical principal and you realize that things you see in your everyday life can all be explained with a couple of simple ideas and your world view adjusts as you apply that new knowledge to those items over the next several days.
I almost forgot about Phi Theory and Golden Ratios… ehmmmm… just kidding.
Epiphanies are ok and it’s great when they happen, except for the three wiseguys that show up with the gold, frankincense and myrrh.
I had a major epiphany two years ago that has changed my life. The “brain orgasm” analogy is a good one–it was almost like that. I was sitting in church, not paying attention to a boring speaker, and it happened. It was like talking with God one on one, and having intelligence literally poured into my mind.
People who knew and liked me two years ago may not necessarily like me now–many don’t–but I sure like myself a lot better. And I’ve got amazing friends now that I didn’t know back then. My life has changed for the better in many, many ways.
Rock on!
Maybe she meant epinephrin?
I don’t reall have epiphanies as such. I mean, the type of understanding etc. that would accompany one, but what happens is that something clicks in my brain, a huge chunk of something becomes really obvious and my mind hits me with a resounding “Well, DUH!”. I then feel stupid for a while after for not having seen it before.
Ouch. Please disregard spelling mistakes, errors in grammar, poor sentence structure and typos in the previous message. I’m not sure what happened there.
Scotth that is exactly what I am talking about it feels so good that you don’t want it to stop and for days after when you see the principal applied it gives you a warm feeling…sort of like cuddling.
The problem is that if it doesn’t pan out or you cannot implement the idea you feel like your partner was faking it.
This happens a lot in law school, particularly in the first year. Certain legal concepts always seem well beyond your comprehension, and then one day…snap…they make sense.
Took me 3 months just to figure out what “jurisdiction” was. Felt great when I got there.