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Physiology & Medicine / Re: Is it common or useful to be able to control goosebumps, and pulse, at will?
« on: 17/09/2010 05:06:44 »
I've been able to raise goose-bumps at will since childhood. And I'm curious if anyone can learn this behavior as I did.
In my case I would get goose-bumps by running my fingernails down a chalkboard. Also found a more intense reaction came from doing the same on an old car whose outer paint has begun to oxidize.
After a while (a few months I think) I could raise goose-bumps merely by thinking of doing this. Now I can do it at will, sending the "pulse" mentioned in some of the above posts to specific areas of the body.
For me the feeling is a combination of pleasurable and cleansing. Like a good physical work-out.
In my case I would get goose-bumps by running my fingernails down a chalkboard. Also found a more intense reaction came from doing the same on an old car whose outer paint has begun to oxidize.
After a while (a few months I think) I could raise goose-bumps merely by thinking of doing this. Now I can do it at will, sending the "pulse" mentioned in some of the above posts to specific areas of the body.
For me the feeling is a combination of pleasurable and cleansing. Like a good physical work-out.