Do you ever experience an unexpected surge of joy?
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November 20th, 2010
This happens to me sometimes when I come out of the shower.
I experience it when I’m in my robe. I laugh quietly with my mouth closed, sort of similar to when you have your mouth closed, but are smiling with your teeth showing and exhaling from your mouth.
What does this mean? is it some sort of memory/reptilian function that makes me remember when I was a little boy and my mom was drying me with a towel and tickling me at the same time? or am I going crazy?
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I get similar fits of mania. And I consider it to be just that: manic fits of positivity.
I frequently experience a quick surge of joy. For me, all it takes is a sunny day and a bird like a robin or a mocking bird singing its heart out. Makes mine sing too.
Few are the moments when I do and more are those when I experience a looooong lasting surge of misery.
Our true nature is joy.
Sadly, most only get glimpses in those rare moments when the ceaseless chatter of mind shuts up long enough to allow something cosmic to come through.
Don’t overthink it; enjoy it.
I experience this sort of thing quite often. I cherish those moments and look forward to them.
I get that when I meditate and when I am out in the woods:)
When my kid(s) says….“thanks Dad!”
Every time that I finish a Job :)
Me, too.
I often experience brief surges of enthusiasm, lasting as long as a shiver. It seems more like a quirk of my autonomous nervous system than like emotion proper, if that makes any sense. It’s an energetic and tense state. It actually feels a bit like panic, except it has a positive affect instead of a negative one. And it comes in bursts that settle down again immediately. A momentary spike.
Does that sound like your surges of joy?
The circumstances for that aren’t as specific as you describe; it’s not just one particular situation. It seems they can be triggered by fond memories, hopeful prospects, or thoughts of recently discovered or acquired cool things.
I’m an introverted person, so memories and prospects and thoughts often affect my mood more than direct real-world experiences. Maybe for you physical sensations are more powerful.
At any rate I’d advise holding off on declaring yourself crazy. ;)
“Crazy” is just another term for “poorly understood”, anyway. Or maybe a subgenre. When crazy is properly understood, it gets a proper psychological diagnosis.
Every day I mark another day off of the calendar and get closer to this deployment being over brings me a huge surge of joy, almost enough to make me cry.
When I spray a little windex on a few windows and suddenly the sun is streaming in streak free I am deliriously happy!
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Happens to me quite often since I remarried. : ))
Every day there’s a little something. Just enjoy. I’d probably have more showers if I was you.
Yes, I have very often over something my kids or grandkids do.
Sometimes when I learn something new or suddenly “connect the dots” on something like a series of events that cover a long time and bingo a new idea happens.
I do, indeed. Enough to bring tears to my eyes. I find it happens most often when I am really focused on the moment at hand. I should probably try to achieve that focus more often…
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