As soon as they put the lead apron on my at the dentist’s office I could instantly fall and stay quite soundly asleep. They always apologize about it and rush to take it away. I wish they’d forget and leave me there under it for a good long while. Every once in a while I look on ebay for an old very heavy one, but the trend seems to be toawrds more streamlined space aged super light ones.
It doesn’t have to be that specific thing, either. My grandparents had a quilt that instead of regualr batting or feathers was (I am only guessing) quilted onto layers of felt or maybe a couple of wool blankets. It was super heavy and for me equalled instantaneous and unparalleled naps.
For my eargasms I use a nail, or a bobby pin.
I do enjoy a good satisfying pus eruption, but sadly have only about a 50% sucess rate. Sometimes I can tell that a thing isn’t “ready” but once I’ve noticed a thing is there I cannot NOT squeeze it.
The smell of the bit of cardboard you get on the top of a box of chocolates. Best. Smell. Ever… Apart from possibly the smell of unburnt quality tobacco. I should probably buy some, even though I’ve never smoked, but then it’d go stale afer a while and that would be depressing.
This is a good one, but my enjoyment of it increases tenfold if I have just showered and shaved my legs before slipping between the freshly laundered sheets.
I love the taste of a hot cup of coffee right after eating something with a lot of black pepper. When I lived in Rhode Island I used to get these hard pepper biscuts from a Portuguese bakery every morning to have with my coffee.
There is a certain day every year usually about late September or early October when I go outside and it just smells like Autumn. I love that smell, especially the first time of the year.
Also I love the hot, dry Santa Ana winds we get in Southern California. Most of my friends hate them but I harbor a secret affinity.
Glad I’m not the only one who likes the feeling of a Q-tip in the ear!
Oddball smells I don’t normally admit I like:
Ozone in the air just before the thunderstorm hits
The garden chemical aisle (fertilizer, weed killer, etc)
Dry-cleaning fluids (mom worked at a dry cleaners when I was a kid…)
The experience of sitting in a place with lots of vegetation on a hot summer afternoon with the insects droning and the heat almost bouncing off the leaves of the plants induces what to me is a very pleasant lassitude, though I understand most people don’t care for the heat.
The smell of tomato plants, as opposed to the tomatoes that grow on them. That is, the tomatoes smell OK, the plants have a different, distinct and very nice odor.
All of the above are fun, interesting, even shocking (tomato plants? Gah! The chemical aisle in the garden shop? Gah!) examples of unusual, unexpected sensory pleasures.
I would be amazed if there were many…hell, ANY people who didn’t take pleasure from these. No offense, or anything…just not remotely odd or unexpected.
This is a bit hard to explain: I pick at the skin next to my fingernails, and since the skin is slightly thicker there, it will form into a stiff point. I loooooooove the feel of this hardened skin rubbing against my fingers.
My boyfriend’s natural smell, unaided by colognes or perfumes (though I guess that’s not oddball).
The smell of old hardcover books, cigarette smoke, sulfur on a match head, or gasoline. Really chemical-y permanent markers are great, too.
The feeling of the edges of book pages against my fingertips. It has a scratchy quality that I like.
The feeling/sounds of pressing buttons. I love really clicky computer keyboards (and hate that most new ones are so freaking quiet).
Really crunchy kettle chips.
Picking off loose, peeling skin.
The sound of high heels and horse hooves on hard pavement.
The feeling of cracking joints, like my back, neck or knuckles.
There are weighted sensory blankets available or you can make your own. My son who has autism uses it to calm down when going to bed at night because the heaviness of the blanket helps address the sensory processing disorder to calm him down. It works well even if you don’t have autism or SPD.
