I can do this too at will, and make it stop. It’s a tingle/buzz (a bit like pre-orgasm) in the centre of the abdomen. But I can also move it around my body.
I have noticed the same core “buzzing” feeling when on psychotropics too (though I can’t stop it in that case).
BTW, it might be adrenaline, but I don’t get the same post-adrenaline shakes afterwards, etiher.
I can do this on command as well. It’s sort of like taking “electrical control” of all your muscles at one time and telling them to freeze. I wish I could make it last longer as it only lasts for a second or less.
Well not all your muscles, your heart doesn’t freeze. And this is not a panic attack.
Welcome aboard – yme
OK…this is weird…since many people appear to have it, and appear to be able to control it, would some of you perhaps attempt a description on how to do it?
I figure it may be something we can all do, just most of us have never discovered it. I don’t think it’s ever happened to me, but if you want to provide instructions on what I can do to induce the ‘mini orgasm spaz’ thing, consider me your guinea pig!
No can do.
I would love to be able to tell you, but I just can`t describe the mechanism that initiates it. My best guess is there is a muscle somewhere that contracts on a nerve somewhere. Good luck.
[hijack] speaking of weird things like that, i can make my brain make a noise:
when you yawn, and you get a kind of buzzing in your head above your ears - i can do that at will, it doesnt hurt or anything but i cant do it constantly, its as if it gets tired after a minute or so and stops, that’s as best as i can describe it,
does anyone know what im talking about?
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some of you got it i think (whuckfistle!). but some are describing symptoms that are similar but not the same as mine.
for instance, it does NOT feel like it’s coming from my lower spine. it is definately NOT pre-public speech jitters, although slightly similar. it does NOT help me stay awake… i’ve tried to do it in hopes of it helping but it doesn’t help except for only a couple seconds. (if it is adrenaline, it would definately wake you up) You DO get desensitized the more you do it, in one sitting. it IS similar to the feeling before fight or whatnot, but there is no cold skin feeling, no anxious feeling, and no post-adrenaline jitters.
basically my body feels weak for a couple seconds after doing it.
i think a good symptom to point out again is the slightly blurred vision.
my intuition tells me it has something to do with the CNS. my intuition also tells me it’s not adrenaline. it simply does not feel the same. besides, i don’t think humans can spike adrenaline on command, can they?
there is absolutely no way to desribe to someone else how to do this, sorry.
i have to stop talking about this… i’m gonna kill myself doing this over and over again!
CECIL!
NoGoodNamesLeft…I know what you’re talking about. It sounds almost like you’re in a really windy enviroment, or also static as you said. I can make myself do this also, and it seems to be from tensing up the muslces on the side of the head just above the ear.
Even though I experience it as coming from lower back/tailbone are, I think it’s the same thing. It feels as though an electrical current starts in that area and radiates out. I can do this on command, repeatedly and for anywhere from about half a second to two or three seconds.
I also think it feels like it might be related to an orgasm. My “down there” (pubococcygeus?) muscles contract when I do it, which is probably where I am drawing that connection (along with the “weak right after” part).
To do it, I let my breath out and sort of “let go” (well, that’s how I’ve always thought of it, but now that I’m doing it and trying to describe it, it may be more like squeezing a muscle around part of my spine).
I wonder if the origination point is related to M/F? I’m female.
I do this too, just as Fuel describes. Kinda sad in a way to learn I’m not unique! It seems to me that it is easier to do lying down, when your body can be more totally relaxed, but other than that I have nothing new to add.
It might be similar or related to the sensation known as a “frisson,” which is that sudden rush you get up your spine, causing you to shiver quickly. Maybe it’s just your spinal cord running a diagnostic on your major nerve cells.
I’ve just found this thread. Nice to hear I’m not the only one who can do this, in fact it seems it’s quite common. I didn’t understand what was meant when it was described as a ‘shock’, but having seen the other posts I know what people are talking about.
I’ve just tried it again, now. I can do it for up to about 5 seconds at a time, although beyond 2 seconds requires some effort. If I do it again within a minute or so, the intensity is reduced. The experience itself is not unpleasant, and I can understand why someone would describe it as orgasm-like. The drawback, for me at least, is that immediately after I stop, I feel momentarily ill and nauseous for about 1 second, which I must wait to disappear before I can start again - I cannot just gradually return to normal (although I might be able to with practice). I’ve just noticed that if I do it while looking at a 60Hz monitor, it appears to ripple left and right.
Although it usually originates around the bottom of my rib cage, I can with concentration get a lesser effect from slightly above my tailbone. I can also get the effect from the bottom of my forehead, although this is qualitatively slightly different and may be something else.
ICP9991 - I can do something similar with my ears, but it makes a kind of thunder-like sound. I was thinking about that as well before I saw your post. Another thing I was thinking about is whether anyone else finds that they feel light-headed and things sound louder if they take deep, rapid breaths for about a minute, and whether they also find they can then hold their breath for longer than usual.
Hmm. This sounds very similar to something I’ve been doing since I was a little kid. A lot of the things I’ve read here sound familiar, but in addition my “thing” involves a tightening of muscles around the diaphragm, esophagus and throat, and when I do it (it’s never involuntary) it causes a slightly breathy, non-vocal sound to emanate from my throat.
Somewhere along the way (I have no idea when) some conditioned response or other turned this into a “positive” thing for me; I never do this unless I have reason to be very happy about something, and when I do it sends a slight euphoric rush through my system. I can do it just any old time, but it just doesn’t have the full effect if I’m not feeling genuinely happy at the time.
I too would love to know what this is, and what it does to the system.
Everybody experiences this. You are hyperventilating. By taking these deep rapid breaths you are overloading your body with oxygen. If you kept doing this past the point of dizzyness you would eventually pass out. The reason you can hold your breath longer has to do with the percent of oxygen in your blood. When your oxygen level gets below a certain point your brain tells you to breath. The signals get stronger until you eventually do breathe. After you hyperventilate you have more oxygen in your blood. Then your brain waits longer before making you breathe
You`re all a bunch of wierdos.
Ok… more to clarify. I am not hyperventilating before-hand. I don’t think it’s adrenaline. I usually feel hyper around the times i’m doing it… although its hard to specify whether its the cause or result of the …phenomonon. I can do it for a seemingly long period of time (respectively). 1 or 2 seconds is natural, but I managed to keep it gonig for 11.
To describe how to do it is very difficult. It’s not like the trick where you make your ears pop or anything like that. I first have to sense a sort of ‘potential’ in my core. Then I release it.
As a scientific inquiry,I think those of us who claim to be able to do it should post our sex and where the feeling is. Mayhaps its always around the center of mass?
I’m male and it occurs just below my ribcage.
Sorry,I must add on. It does remind me of being nervous or anticipative. However, it’s the fact that it’s a voluntary thing and that I can do it now that precludes me from saying its an anxiety attack. I’d really like to meet one of these people. Maybe we’re all clones created by the government with big part foot dna, witch gives us and extra mysterious organ. Of course, thats as likely as being struck twice by lightening while wearing a flash t-shirt… which I might add is still more likely than winning the lottery.
I’d describe it as very much like an electric shock – I freeze up and my whole body twitches once. I can’t do it on command nor would I want to, because I hate it. I’ve wondered what it is for a long time, and I hope to find an answer.
Cecil?
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