What are some sensory experiences you recall enjoying?

[neenie]

It can be from any sensory modality — auditive, visual, olfactory, gustatory, vestibular, tactile, nociceptive, thermoceptive, interoceptive, proprioceptive, anything.

I'll start: I recall enjoying the sound of a deaf person laughing, petting my cat and hearing her purr, walking all alone during chilly nights, receiving neck kisses, having my front teeth and nose hurt sharply then go numb from sniffing cathinones and eating a healthy breakfast for a study in a sports sciences lab

 

[ShatteredSerenity]

Making love

 

[EvisceratedJester]

Listening to music while high, especially during this one trip I had a while back. It felt better than having an orgasm.

 

[mattoman]

It can be from any sensory modality — auditive, visual, olfactory, gustatory, vestibular, tactile, nociceptive, thermoceptive, interoceptive, proprioceptive, anything.

I'll start: I recall enjoying the sound of a deaf person laughing, petting my cat and hearing her purr, walking all alone during chilly nights, receiving neck kisses, having my front teeth and nose hurt sharply then go numb from sniffing cathinones and eating a healthy breakfast for a study in a sports sciences lab

Music. Either sober or drunk, doesn't matter. And I don't know if this counts, but taking a bite from a hamburger. I don't know why, but it feels so good. While listening to your favorite music.

 

[Namelesa]

Rain World's Ascension endings. The visuals and audio are so otherworldly and beautiful to me.

 

[SVEN]

Smelling fish and chips on the sea front on holiday as a child.
And then, there was always Lesley-Anne ...

 

[foreverlanguish]

Smelling the old apartment I used to live in, and kind of weird I know, but the smell of my cats fur and my Lola. Those are very comforting smells to me.

 

[lamy2006]

cat existing
dog looking at me
finishing my first 5k run - i enjoyed laying on the ground

 

[InversedShadow]

The fresh smell of air during a day with clear sky in a classroom where I knew that I screwd up my physics exam, but I accepted that and I just sit there enjoying the air..
The same experience but with fresh air at morning after I come back from the 6 am mass.. I loved how carefree it used to feel, and how fresh air was

 

[yowai]

Asmr stuff lol, I once fell asleep to my bf clicking and typing as he was setting something up on his laptop because it's so relaxing, also being in a full hot bathtub with or without essential oils, washing hair with cool water in the summer, mint and menthol everything, sweet and pure fresh air without stupid smoke, cats purring, also putting stuff up my nose lol, skin being soft as silk after waxing, eating crunchy rice cakes with flaxseed

 

[Forever Sleep]

I love the smell after it rains. I still think rainbows are like miracles in the sky. I still don't understand the physics. Lots of music I find so beautiful, it makes me cry. I like it in simulation games when my sims are happy. Similarly, I love to see animals happy. That makes me happy. Eating chocolate is sometimes mind blowing and, (NSFW,) orgasms. Lol.

 

[Unsure and Useless]

A sensory experience I enjoyed was when I listened to "First Step" by Hans Zimmer from the Interstellar on max volume with my earphones in for the first time. It was truly like nothing I've ever experienced before. Accelerating my hearing loss was so worth it (*´꒳`*).

 

[crayonscrayons]

taste of weird drinks
listening to MCR for the first time
hugging my cats when i'm tired or scared
panting with acrylic
playstation remote

 

[Green Destiny]

I remember seeing the Movie Coraline in IMAX 3D. It was my first ever 3D Movie experience and it was so captivating to experience first hand. I also liked see a Planetarium mini documentary at a Museum. Felt like flying through space.

 

[Heartaches]

Finding a shell on the beach and putting it in your ear to listen to its sound

The smell of wet dirt

The sound of rain and the cozy coldness it generates

Drinking hot cocoa on a winter night

Punching down dough after leaving it to rise

When it's half rainy and half sunny on the evening and a rainbow appears in the distance

Finding a really cool vintage car in good condition

Those ASMR slime videos, for the sounds and because they look so smooth and silky to play with

Falling in bed after doing a lot of physical activity

Petting a dog or a cat

 

[thronesick]

mourning doves and wind chimes (the sound and the visual) i just remember the glare of the sun off the curtain that would hit the bed. the sound of the doves felt like caress i used to think they died off or just stopped but now i know life got in the way and i just stopped listening.

 

[HereTomorrow]

Many many many years ago I was attending a concert and they had all the singers (~40) surround the auditorium to sing an somber yet hopeful song harmonically. I never cried listening to a song and physically closed my eyes and leaned back on my seat taking in the echos, the perfect blend. No mp3, no pair of headphones or speakers could recreate it.

These performances are incredibly difficult to pull off as when each person is feet apart from each other, they have to carry their own voice instead of depending on the people around them, so any mistakes stick out. No microphones, no speakers. These were straight up professionals.

I've never felt anything like it and I've never felt it again, even when attending professional concerts on world famous stages, they're all directly next to each other so the sound, while great, was facing one direction so the echo is there but not equally all over. I've only been in one other fully surrounded performance but it was a bouncy song so the emotion wasn't really there.

But that harmonic surrounding sounds...I would do a lot of things to have that experience in my ears again.

It felt like I was in heaven, like I died and came back to life. I sound like a Redditor saying this but I'm barely exaggerating when the entire audience stood up and clapped, cheered, I screamed cheering with my hands in the air, the clapping was almost as long as the performance itself. It was that good. I don't know how to describe it in understandable words but I would suggest buying a ticket to these kinds of performances.

 

[Forveleth]

Anything to do with water. Rain, rivers, the ocean, waterfalls. One of my best moments was even in a sensory deprivation chamber (lol) because I was floating in water.
Crawling into bed on fresh sheets.
Visiting snow-covered mountains.
Being in Japan (sights, smells, sounds, all of it).

 

[ropeburns&migranes]

When I was younger, around my elementary school days, I used to love breathing in the fresh air after dismissal from school. Especially if it was winter. Feeling the breeze on my face after being stuck in a stuffy room all day was amazing. It sucks I can't feel that enjoyment anymore despite still being stuck in a stuffy room all day in the present day too.

 

[Blue Dream]

Having my dog rest his chin on me in response to anything. I miss him. Life after him is just not the same.
Freshly baked goods and coffee in the morning.

 

[yousaidimsweet]

being drunk, smelling fresh rain on pavement. this might be a weird one but opening a bag of really hot chips and feeling your mouth water uncontrollably.

 

[EternalLight]

Sitting beside my first love for the first time and holding her hand.

 

[EvisceratedJester]

Listening to music while high, especially during this one trip I had a while back. It felt better than having an orgasm.

I'm high and I'm feeling it again! Lol.

 

[WhiteRabbit]

The smells and sounds of a wood burning fireplace.

 

[daysnumbered]

Sitting in front of a warm campfire.
The sensation of feeling deeply relaxed after dealing with a stressful event.
Temporary relief from anxiety while high on weed.
Having an intense orgasm.
The adrenaline rush from listening to extreme metal.

 

[Mirrory Me]

I myself have noticed that rubbing and bending fingers has a good effect on the control of the body's energy. Move them correctly and the hand loosens and tenses like a spring.

 

[iloveloving]

Letting the sun hit me through windows and experiencing the warm heat.

 

[Pluto]