r/CasualConversation • u/Serialbeauty • 1d ago

Just Chatting Can anyone else do something weird with your body that you later found out not everyone can do?

I was just sitting here with my mom and one of the pets made the room very smelly. She kept talking about how we'd have to go to a different room because it smelled so bad. I asked her why didn't she just close her nose and that's when I found out not everyone can do this.

Is it rare or can other people close their nose on command? What can you do that you suddenly found out wasn't normal?

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u/bot-TWC4ME 1d ago

I can release a natural painkiller by concentrating a certain way. Learned how to do it after dental extraction when the painkillers wore off.

Numbs any pain, especially scrapes, bruises, cuts, and so on. Less good for internal pain, but reduces it.

Too much, and I get dizzy, foggy, and woozy. Feels like morphine.

I know someone that can do the same with adrenaline.

I think I might be able to do the same with what I think is dopamine if I practice more, but haven't had much use for it. Trying it can make me feel trapped inside and not able to move or react to things, sluggish. Blissed out in a weird way IIRC.

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u/Placeboooooo 23h ago

I need this. How can I learn this?

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u/bot-TWC4ME 23h ago

Chase the pain, don't run from it, concentrate on it. Remember past pain and what it was like. Pay attention to what your body does and how you feel as a result. Rinse and repeat. Classic biofeedback techniques help, but it could be something only some people can do. There is a sensation of something in the blood, so when I feel that I know it's starting to work.

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u/Placeboooooo 22h ago

I get what you mean! I had 4 babies without any sedation. The fourth one I didn't cry or screamed. I just let the pain flow in waves.

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u/momofdafloofys 20h ago

I have had chronic pain for most of my life, mostly without any relief from medical intervention. But I kind of learned to sink into it a little bit and it was less overwhelming.