"Here is what happens in a nutshell. While listening to certain sounds, which in the past have always consisted of a person's voice, or most recently sounds my cat makes while grooming, I'll start to get this weird tingly feeling in my brain, eventually, if I focus long enough on the specific sound, I get the most euphoric and satisfying feeling in my brain."
This happens to me too. I'm 24 and I think it first started happening 12 years ago but it happens more and more all the time. Now it's about once a week. I'm not concerned but very curious as to the cause, especially because I believe it's neurological. For me it happens more often with female voices. I go into a trance-like state and it's so euphoric - I want to stay in it forever. It's a little similar to the sensation of someone softly playing with your hair - the tingling of the scalp except obviously this is inside my head. Additionally, after the person stops speaking the sound resonates for about 30 seconds and I feel tingly and so happy and calm and it really feels like I'm moving back slowly to reality.
I also don't know the cause, but clues for me are that it almost always happens when someone is speaking calmly to me. It has happened over the phone. It's been strangers as well as good friends but more often its people I don't speak to on a regular basis. Sometimes if I feel it coming on I can focus to make sure my brain gets to that good feeling. If there's a lot of background noise or something else distracting it's very difficult. When I respond to the person talking it doesn't break the spell but it does decrease the power of the feeling.
It's so great to have finally found someone who has this same experience! Now, did anyone ever figure out the cause? Lianad?
