Cuddle euphoria... What is happening?

UCpaaHVg6u0UCpaaHVg6u0
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This will probably spark some interesting discussion. I had a cuddle session yesterday evening, probably my twentieth or thirtieth. It was with a pro I've seen before. Something was definitely different this time. I always experience a light amount of euphoria during a good cuddle, but yesterday it's like a switch turned on and I had to take a break to come down. My head was swimming. I guess it's possible that it was some kind of CVA or TIA, but I calmed down and went back to normal (as normal as I get!). Everything else was fine. I wasn't ill, and since my twenties I never ever drink or do drugs, not even cannabis. It felt like it came from the cuddling. All the women who I've done cuddling with are women who I liked but I don't think there is any special connection besides cuddling. Maybe it was just a really good session, but this was intense enough that I needed to stop! Has anybody else here experienced this type of event while cuddling? Also, another possibility is the elevation. I've been living at 7000 feet elevation for a month and a half, and went down to lower elevation to meet up. Perhaps that was part of it, having more oxygen available.

  1. Does cuddling create euphoria?30 votes
    1. Dude, you had a stroke. Get checked out.
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    2. Welcome to the Mile High Club!
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Comments

  • BlueIrisBlueIris Mod

    This is not at all unusual.

    https://www.cuddlecomfort.com/forum/discussion/14037/the-cuddle-high

  • [Deleted User]ClubSamwiches (deleted user)

    Lol @ mile high club

  • MrMarkAndrewMrMarkAndrew

    If you had experienced the mile high club then that would have been worth creating a thread over.

  • UCpaaHVg6u0UCpaaHVg6u0

    @MrMarkAndrew Do you cuddle or you just drop by to share rays of sunshine?

  • Luxx_VLuxx_V

    You picked up their Energy, literally.. and it caused your Body to be Off... They had some Energy blaring really loud, and you experienced it like never before, with anyone...

  • UCpaaHVg6u0UCpaaHVg6u0

    @Luxx_V That is a compelling hypothesis. I like it!

  • CuddleDuncanCuddleDuncan Mod
    edited June 2022

    Do you cuddle or you just drop by to share rays of sunshine?

    Shut down the forum, folks, we have a winner!! =)

    I'm not sure I've ever had to stop, although I've come close to it. I've certainly had to take a few moments at the end of a session to come back to reality because I wasn't safe to go out on the street.

    The oxygen high may have helped, but it's fundamentally the cuddling. Presumably your hypothalamus went into oxytocin production overdrive. Just as well you stopped when you did, otherwise you might have gone into labour.

  • TheFunCartelTheFunCartel
    edited June 2022

    @UCpaaHVg6u0 While it may be nice to hear the speculation of others about an oxygen high or magical energy, which it may be, you should still see a physician, preferably a cardiologist and get a stress test done. I would be more inclined to eliminate that which is life-threatening than guess what unexplained phenomena you experienced. In other words, your long term health should come first.

    When you experience bizarre things, it is often your body telling you something isn’t right. Trust me on this one, I know from experience.

  • robroorobroo

    @Luxx_V I had the same feeling at a Pantera concert 🤘

  • UCpaaHVg6u0UCpaaHVg6u0

    @CuddleDuncan Most people who see me from the waist up assume that I'm about to go into labor

    @FunCartel I certainly do appreciate what you're saying, my friend, but going through the rigamarole for the stress test induces a ton of stress. Actually the last time, they couldn't get me to reach my target heart rate, so they gave me the drug that makes you think you're having a heart attack. F them and the machine that goes BING!

  • BabichevBabichev
    edited June 2022

    What happened? There’s no way to know exactly.

    TIA or similar? No idea. Temporary drop in blood pressure? Interesting effect of hormonal changes i.e. oxytocin, serotonin, dopamine? Your brain just decided to create an interesting effect for reasons that are a complete mystery to us?

    There’s no way to know for sure. I prefer to stay in the realm of just observing and not jumping to conclusions, not putting a veneer of a story over it that’s almost sure to be inaccurate. Some people crave closure and feel better with an explanation, even it’s it wrong. Others, like myself, prefer cognition and accept that often the true answer is we don’t know.

    However, IF you have any sense that there may be a health problem, please get it checked. If there are any lasting symptoms, see a qualified health professional. And if it does not seem your health is in jeopardy - if it were me, I’d accept it as an interesting experience.

  • UCpaaHVg6u0UCpaaHVg6u0

    @Babichev I really wanted to know if there is really such a thing as a cuddle high, and apparently the answer is affirmative. I'm not a young man, and I have nobody depending on me for much. If I suddenly buy the farm one day without warning, that would be bonus. I'm not anxious to part with planet Earth, unless there's spaceships and alien women involved. But if somehow my body decides to bounce without warning, depriving the nursing home industry of Medicaid payments on my behalf to warehouse me and change my diapers for a few years, I'm gonna go with that. Probably I should do the living will thing, to cover all the bases. But what I got out of this thread is that I made the cuddler's winners circle the other day.

  • achetocuddleachetocuddle

    @UCpaaHVg6u0 I thoroughly enjoyed all your posts in this thread. If I can leave this planet with a minimum of suffering and no cost to the taxpayers I will be tickled to death, no pun intended. I'm just glad you had such a good cuddle.

  • UCpaaHVg6u0UCpaaHVg6u0

    @achetocuddle Tickled to death? That's a bold idea! Probably not the best place to discuss it though.
    Thank you for your kind comment, and I thank the others too. I thought there might have been more avid participation because it's about actual cuddling, and not some random unrelated topic. But I really did have a great cuddle session. I guess with any activity, practice makes perfect. I must be getting really good at it!

  • achetocuddleachetocuddle

    @UCpaaHVg6u0 I think you are getting really good at cuddling and more open or something to receiving and experiencing all a cuddle can be for some people. Not that anything similar has happened to me. It makes me wonder what it would be like to cuddle in a space with extra oxygen.

  • BabichevBabichev

    Not tickled to death but the thought once passed through my mind I could literally die laughing. I have mild asthma, it’s mostly well controlled, but laughing can trigger an asthma attack. I’ve only had a handful of full-blown asthma attacks in my life but one occurred at work. A client told me a funny story, I started laughing and it triggered a full blown asthma attack. I could not inhale. Meanwhile, the laughing was causing forceful exhalation and for a moment I realized oh my goodness, I could literally die laughing. Fortunately, I was finally able to catch my breath. For me, it would not have been a bad way to go but it would have been a bummer for the client.

  • UCpaaHVg6u0UCpaaHVg6u0

    @Babichev I believe I know that feeling. It's very unsettling to be deprived of oxygen like that. It induces panic. I was wolfing down a lamb gyro in a restaurant with my buddy, an RN. I was famished. Suddenly I found I had a lump stuck in my throat, and I could just barely get air in. I desperately motioned that I was choking. He weakly did the Heimlich maneuver and my life flashed. Finally it moved enough. I looked over and the restaurant owner was just staring at me, and it struck me as hilarious. The owner never failed to mention that incident after that. I have since been extra careful.

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