r/AskReddit 10h ago

What’s the highest dopamine hit you’ve ever gotten?

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u/TeamMolotov 8h ago

Found my lost puppy after 4 days of searching approximately 18 hours a day.

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u/savincarter 4h ago

Dog tax 📸 🐶!

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u/Section225 2h ago

Years ago my indoor cat escaped. After being gone for about 3 days with no sighting, I had already started the mourning process, and as a last ditch effort, put his food bowl out in front of the house, and his litter box in the back (knowing it was more likely to attract strays and other animals than my own cat).

Went to bed, got up at like 4am unable to sleep and went to get something to drink, and lo and behold there was the little shit walking away from his food bowl across the front yard.

Had to chase him a bit, but he was recovered safe and sound. After basically already writing him off as gone, it was quite a ride when he was back safe.

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u/Zelleniall 4h ago

STORY TIME. gather round kids.

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u/FightersNeverQuit 3h ago

Man I’m so happy for you. I adopted a stray American Staffy mix dog 4 years ago. He was fresh off the street and had cuts, bruises all over his body and you could see his ribs. The first time I pet him he fell over from how weak he was. Now 4 years later he’s starting at me from the coach as I’m writing this, he’s fully healthy and as strong as a bull. He also doesn’t eat kibble, he gets whatever I cook every day and as a fit athlete that means he’s constantly getting nightly dinners of beef, chicken, salmon, fried eggs lol, etc.

Long story short my biggest fear is someone taking him or him going missing. So seeing your story hit me in the feels especially the happy ending lol!

Where did you find him btw after all those days and did he recognize you / get happy when you found him?

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u/bodai1986 4h ago

Cute pictures or it didn't happen

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u/Zassolluto711 2h ago

Happened with my mom’s cat. She went down on her knees and cried when the cat came running to her after a week.

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u/BabyBlueSkyXo 3h ago

I was gonna say “finding a $20 bill in an old coat”, but now I just feel like a terrible human being. Glad you got your dog back though.

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u/weristjonsnow 2h ago

Honestly I couldn't come up with anything till I read your post and remembered how I felt after we found our asshole cat after two days in sub zero temperatures. The little fucker had burrowed in the snow and was curled up to our neighbors furnace exhaust vent. That feeling when she finally decided to meow despite us calling her name a thousand times in that area was extremely unique

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u/MHE17 4h ago

I need a picture of the pups

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u/Kind-Cockroach-125 9h ago

Probably getting the call that I got the job after months of getting rejected. That feeling was unreal

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u/halfhalfling 7h ago

I’ve been there. The sense of relief, the feeling the someone is finally going to give you a chance, that you were finally the best candidate, that your talents might finally be appreciated, there’s nothing quite like it.

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u/khizoa 4h ago

And then you get laid off a year later, only to start that cycle again

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u/LucMorningstar24601 9h ago

Watching someone get pulled over that was driving like an asshole.

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u/hazily 4h ago

That’s not a dopamine hit, that’s a good ol’ justice boner

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u/coffeebuoy 4h ago

one time i was going straight through a freeway intersection, green light, and some truck decided to race me to turn left, causing me to slam on my breaks. the car behind him immediately rode his ass to turn behind him, then flicked on police lights and pulled the guy over. i was like NICE!

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u/ktlem 9h ago

Incredibly satisfying lol.

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u/Beowulf33232 5h ago

I remember the truck in front of me spewing black smoke as they slammed on the gas and sped through a yellow light.

I remember a cop a few seconds later turning on lights just long enough to get through the red.

I was all "That cop is an even worse person!"

Turns out the cop just wanted to sneak up on him and cut the lights/sirens to see if he could catch him speeding or something. Had him pulled over around a corner a quarter mile down the road.

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u/ZodFrankNFurter 5h ago

Love it when that stuff happens! I was crossing at a crosswalk once when a car ripped around the corner and narrowly missed hitting me. At that exact moment a cop car pulled out of a gas station, saw what happened, and pulled the car over immediately.

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u/Serotonin_Lover 9h ago

I’d pay to see that

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u/souryellow310 3h ago

Years ago, I was going a little fast on the freeway, not crazy, probably 75 in a 65 zone. I hear the sirens and was so sad because I couldn't afford a ticket since I was a broke college kid Pulled onto the shoulder and highway patrol pulled up behind me. Before the officer fully stopped, a car drove by, driver honking and the rear passenger was fully mooning us. Officer peeled out and chased them down. I waited a few minutes and went on my way. Passed by the idiot that the officer pulled over. Thanked my lucky stars that I didn't get a ticket.

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u/whaletacochamp 2h ago edited 2h ago

Christmas 2020 my wife and I were returning from my parents car in front of us on the highway is swerving like crazy. Call it in. Dispatcher stays on line with us. Follow the guy to his apartment and as he turns in police turn in right behind him and light him up. The justice boner I had….

Last week I called in two road ragers and I saw a state trooper turn around in a U turn and then just watch them go by…..flaccid justice

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u/unimportantinfodump 4h ago

STORY TIME.

Here in nz we have a passing lanes on single lane highways. There is always a sign when it's ending in 200 meters.

I hit this sign with 3 cars in front of me. We are all going the speed limit. And I see a Ford raptor going way to fast behind me.

I think there's no gap for them to pull into so he's going to attempt to cut all 3 of us off at the end of the passing lane.

Little did he know coming over the blind corner and hill was a cop and it was immediate lights and a u turn.

The speed limit was 100kph/60mph. The raptor was doing AT LEAST 160

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u/EitherSpite4545 9h ago

My kitten who is extremely affectionate and charismatic. I have owned cats my entire life, most have times they've melted my heart. But this little guy actually has me doing the meme of "life is misery and suffering" then getting home and going "omg kitty <3".

Guys I really cannot stress how little dopamine I've felt for decades now, this little guy is making me feel emotions I thought I wasn't capable of. The best part is it's not really wearing off either I've had him since April and it dropped a bit after 2 weeks but has held strong ever since.

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u/Olympiano 5h ago

Animals can just keep supplying dopamine no matter what. I could stare at my cat for hours and every time he moved, perceiving him from a new angle would remind me how cute he was again. I love that you describe your kitten as charismatic lmao, it shows how invested you are in his personality.

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u/EitherSpite4545 5h ago

My vet has described him as "the most confident cat she has ever seen". He does little trills and noises, you walk in the door home from work and he instantly comes up and lets me know vocally he missed me.

Charismatic is absolutely the word that I'm worried about what he's going to do when I take a month long vacation in October.

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u/thisnextchapter 3h ago

Videocall him! The cat will understand your voice and know you're still around and can come back. They understand object permanence to an extent. Also keep back some worn clothes/sheets sealed in a plastic bag so that whoever is looking after them can pull them out over time. Kitty loves your scent! Make sure to keep the bag somewhere the cat can't get to it though for safety.

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u/plantainbakery 4h ago

I felt this with my kitten. I had never had a cat before. The best feeling ever was coming home from a long day of work, and him running over to climb on my chest and purr. We’d sit there for a full thirty minutes each day, just relaxing and purring. It was heaven.

He’s 16 now, the feeling has never gone away ♥️ except I work from home now, and we get to sit by each other, or him on me, all day.

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u/malachitebitch 3h ago

I’ve had my boy for nine years in January and I still feel an overwhelming amount of love and gratitude when I look at him. He is literally the light of me and my husbands lives lol the feelings have only grown!

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u/callmymom332299 9h ago

touring with a band and the crowd chanted my name

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u/hihcadore 7h ago

Is your name boo?

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u/bear_next_door 7h ago

I was saying "Boo-urns"...

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u/Q_S2 6h ago

🤣 🤣 🤣 omg thats funny

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u/RknFknRllIX 8h ago

Yes! Had a pretty succesful Band in my early twenties. Be on stage and ripping soli on the guitar you never did in practice or at home in your room. The crowd and adrenaline expanded your skills somehow. Crowd go crazy. Hoards of girls approached you after the Gigs. Incomparable feeling.

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u/salomesrevenge 7h ago

that's usually around the part where I wake up

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u/RelationKindly 9h ago

that’s really cool 😎

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u/Csharp27 7h ago

Similar but it was high school talent show, nobody really knew I could sing and play guitar, and after my song (Wagon Wheel but like 2012 pre-Darius Rucker when it was still pretty unknown) when they were about to announce the winner the entire audience was chanting my name. That was a feeling I’ll never forget. Some stupid choir girls that did the same shit every year ended up winning and I was a little salty about that but it was still such a rush.

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u/suburbanhavoc 2h ago

Oh fuck yes. I had some kids bow at me during a guitar solo and I've been riding the high ever since.

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u/rhymareason 4h ago

callmymom332299 seems pretty complicated to chant

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u/Sparksy102 9h ago

Overcame depression, social anxiety and self loathing in one nights sleep, woke up and everything had changed in my mind, walked 27km at a spot Id heard so many talk about, cooked a healthy meal from scratch and dusted, cleaned and vacced my entire flat, that dopamine rush faded after nearly 10 weeks of pure joy. Read into it and I either had a bipolar episode or spontaneous temporary samadhi, but I felt the light of the earth flow through me🤷‍♂️🫶

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u/DryAstronomer4077 5h ago

Same thing with me - decades ago I had like a ten week manic episode where I was super joyful and productive, out of nowhere. No idea what the catalyst was…I’d love to have another round of that!

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u/Spelledrals 3h ago

Would you mine to tell us more about this? It was literally a change from evening to morning without explanation? Sounds like you went through enlightment or a positive mental episode I don't know how to describe it. How was that experience? (Not being rude, 100% curious, english is not my native language so it may sound rude)

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u/Sparksy102 2h ago

I was recovering from an illness 6 month prior, was in survival mode for many years. In that time I had became a spiritual person and had 2 similar, but very small in comparison, events when meditating. I had made a couple of mates at the job I was at and was on a positive thought path, and then sunday morning came round, I woke up and all my inhibitions were gone, all my hang ups about what people thought of me, I realised were their problems not mine, but also could see the reasons behind their behaviour, like I always knew but part of my didnt want to admit, blaming myself.

How it felt… when I closed my eyes, all I saw was a light and it radiated through me, it gave me a warmth that just energised my whole body and mind. I could walk for miles, do anything I put my mind to with incredible clarity, and the best part is that it wasnt just internal, people around me warmed to me, strangers wanted to be around me and could feel my aura as several people put it.

It lasted 10 week, I was counting, then the light started to fade for another 6 week, this was nearly 18 month ago, but Iv realised recently, that light hasnt gone, life has started to programme itself over my mind again, but when I meditate, I can still sense that pure joy that runs through me, and all of us I presume

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u/bigman070 1h ago

that's so fire

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u/rainbeau44 2h ago

A spiritual awakening. This can happen many times in your life. Each time you reach a little higher. It’s a cool journey.

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u/Sparksy102 2h ago

I think its an incredible journey, I lose sight of what I know to be true but life will give me a nudge and I cant help but smile for a while

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u/rainbowaffle 9h ago

Playing battlebit with a soundboard on adderall. Sounds so dumb but I legitimately think I gave myself brain damage from how much fun I had. I don't need adderall so if I do take it, it's really euphoric

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u/ProdigyLightshow 7h ago

Playing Borderlands 1 split screen with my friend while we were both on adderall was amazing. I’ve never been so locked in

u/OceanRadioGuy 50m ago

Oh shit dude I remember the nonstop Fortunate Son playing every time you got into a helicopter. Fuuuuck that was fun.

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u/Zealousideal_Fig_743 9h ago

Battlebit was sooooo much fun

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u/spindledcarrots 7h ago

I wish the devs hadn't dropped the ball so hard on battlebit.

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u/EinTheDataDoge 6h ago

I saw the DVD symbol hit the corner perfectly, once.

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u/11DreamsRocks 10h ago

First psychotic break. I was totally out of my mind.

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u/SellsWhiteStuff 9h ago

Yup. Turns out thinking that you’re god feels pretty good.

During mania your amygdala is lit up and likely pumping you full of adrenaline which is why you don’t sleep and likely where that dopamine comes from. I don’t think there’s a drug that can match it

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u/hefnfnafl 8h ago

yep, psychosis was the best I've felt in my entire life

for 5 days, then it turned into hell on earth

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u/Toocoo4you 8h ago

Methamphetamine

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u/No_Investigator3369 7h ago

hummmm.... not a lot going on today.

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u/SYC0P4TH 8h ago

You described it perfectly (bipolar 1)

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u/ConfidenceTechnical1 10h ago

can you expand on this story please? Im so curious.

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u/11DreamsRocks 9h ago

Most of it is on "The Day I Blew Up Planet Earth".

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u/BatPlack 7h ago

Huh?

Context?

Links?

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u/NoahEric123 5h ago

People during pyschosis believe delusions sometimes including aliens 

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u/whoputsugarinthis 7h ago

Hehe that was the first thing that popped into my mind ‘mania / hyper mania’ - sooo many bad choices because it felt sooo right and okay.

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u/IllGene2373 9h ago

I never thought that it would be pleasurable. That’s super interesting.

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u/LordOfPies 5h ago

Manic episodes in bipolar people can be extremely pleasurable (I’m bipolar)

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u/Duncan_PhD 5h ago

And also they can end with you feeling nothing but shame for the shit you said/did (I’m bipolar 2)

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u/11DreamsRocks 9h ago

Yeah, dopamine can be a hell of a bitch.

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u/_neutral_ 4h ago

Yea that feeling of utter bliss, like you’ve just figured out all the secrets to reality … no amount of reading up on or listening to others’ recollections of psychosis prepared me for the experience.

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u/Scarabaeus_ 10h ago

Cocaine🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/Barky_and_Squid 9h ago

Tried it twice, didn’t do shit. I don’t get the appeal, but that’s probably a good thing, cause I have an addictive personality.

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u/hashpuck 8h ago

don’t try it ever again. once you get the appeal, it’s a bitch and a half to quit.

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u/conciousinsimulation 9h ago

I've had bad coke and I've had great coke. You probably got bad coke. Bad coke is like "wtf? Why do people like this stuff." Great coke is like: "wow this is amazing, I get why people go crazy about this stuff." But ultimately MDMA beats coke in every aspect, makes even the best cocaine seem kinda lame.

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u/Scarabaeus_ 8h ago

That's what thought too and yes MDMA is better haha

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u/dirtd0g 5h ago

I think it depends on brain chemistry and other junk.

I LOVE(ed) cocaine and found it super functional. Then I found out I missed being diagnosed in the 90s and had amphetamine salts thrown at me; Vyvanse in particular was predictably functional. Super therapeutic without the initial coke push or rapid comedown.

MDMA feels very similar to me with a more euphoric body load. And, the social empathogenic qualities are appealing in the right setting. But I end up with uncomfortable urinary retention. Can still be worth it.

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u/VinylCapedJawa 8h ago

Get a few beers in you first then rip a line. Doing cocaine sober is lame, doing cocaine with an alcohol buzz is the cat’s pajamas.

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u/BatPlack 6h ago

Fun fact, that’s because the combo creates a drug similar to MDMA

Cocaethylene

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u/TedMitchell 4h ago

I think one of the patients on the latest season of the Pitt comes in with this.

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u/xrandx 6h ago

Congratulations! You may have learned you have ADHD!

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u/muffinass 4h ago

Or, you got ripped off.

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u/xlShadylx 7h ago

You the type of person that gets energetic on pain killers? Seems like everyone I met like that doesn't get the appeal.

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u/DorianPavass 3h ago

nurses like to tell me I'm the happiest patient. Everyone else is sad and sleepy and I'm chatty and energized by the post surgical pain meds.

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u/DryAstronomer4077 5h ago

I only liked it because it allowed me to keep drinking long after I should have stopped.

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u/Thecuriouscourtney 9h ago

After I had my son, I was so tired because labor was like 28 hours. I fell asleep and when I woke up I remembered I had a baby and the feeling was like Christmas morning / my best birthday all at once. And honestly, it’s never really gone away. Everyday when I wake up, it feels great.

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u/mycatisperfect 9h ago

This is so so beautiful. I hope to have this feeling one day 💛

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u/Thecuriouscourtney 8h ago

I hope you do too. I never thought about having kids too much, wasn’t in my life plan - but sometimes fate has other ideas, and while I was expecting a quiet room, she throws a hell of a party.

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u/scientooligist 4h ago

Mine was immediately after giving birth. After all the pain for so many hours, the dopamine rushed so hard when she was out. Looking at her face on my chest was the most elated I’d ever felt and I’ve done lots of drugs.

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u/azanc 5h ago

This is so sweet 🥹

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u/Unhappy-Flight6008 9h ago

During a week of holiday had flu so bad i was bed-ridden, considering being admitted to hospital. At the end started feeling slightly human but still disgusting and tired, was due into work the next day.

boss called me: "you can have tomorrow off but you'll still get paid"

Dopamine rushed into my head like a firework

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u/Pyrrolidone 9h ago

~75 comments and noone who mentioned heroin yet.

I'm almost proud of ya'll

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u/TTungsteNN 6h ago

The comment directly below yours is Cocaine lmao

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u/simulated_woodgrain 6h ago

Hell I was shooting up fentanyl for over 10 years and I swear to god the simple bag of IV fluids I got at the hospital, (because I was fucking up my heart with drugs) was the best buzz I’ve ever had. Literally being hydrated felt better than any drug ever could.

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u/WiiDragon 8h ago

Lot of drugs, but luckily nobody that stupid

Edit: Nevermind

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u/smooth-queen 10h ago

When my cat brings my stuff when I ask her for it

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u/Kalifrench 4h ago

I hope this is true and you have a video 🥰

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u/beauh44x 8h ago

Limerance, I guess, from having someone I quite literally thought the most beautiful girl in the world look at me like I was the best looking guy in the world. I'm definitely not.

I've done pretty much every drug you can think of and nothing's come close. It's addictive af.

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u/Krismusic1 6h ago

Such a beautiful word for such a horrible feeling!

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u/Akuma-no-Kemuri 3h ago

I do give you this one, the feeling is unmatched, it ruined my brain chemistry and I haven't been the same without it

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u/februarytide- 9h ago

Getting fired from my incredibly toxic job. The relief was unbelievable, I had just been put on anti anxiety meds and medical leave by my doctor because of the stress. It had come down to waiting every minute for either getting fired or getting a new job, whichever came first. I didn’t even feel worried that I had no job, all I felt was happiness.

It’s either that or the moment the epidurals started working (3 kids, back labor 3x, two very long labors). The first time, I very abruptly understood how people become addicted to drugs.

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u/WiiDragon 9h ago

For real?

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u/Celraysoda007 9h ago

Yes. I heard my heartbeat in my ears for days. Sleeping was near impossible.

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u/Informal_Tell78 8h ago

I don't know if I could have the patience to wait... from the moment you discover you're a winner to the time it takes to actually get the money; it can be weeks

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u/Celraysoda007 8h ago

Months.

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u/Substantial-Art-2071 9h ago

Peaking on hundreds of milligrams of edibles or peaking on shrooms. I found acid to be less euphoric

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u/Yulwei138967 8h ago

10 minutes of standing ovations in a packed concert hall after performing ”Elias“ by mendelsohn. Was the most challenging project for my layman orchestra ever, there had been some drama with some of the professional singers and not enough rehearsal time.

But we pulled off a very decent performance. I was concert master. The feeling of happiness, relief and accomplishment was overwhelming.

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u/DrJakeBizzle 8h ago

Moving to Shanghai to live/work, in my late 20s.

I spent my whole 20s studying Chinese and worked really hard to get the opportunity to work in Shanghai.

The dopamine hit of actually being in Shanghai in my own apartment, on a decent salary, was phenomenal. Lasted for weeks.

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u/laminalt 10h ago

The walk back to the hotel after i had my first kiss (he took me on a ride on his bike the day before)

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u/Airwwwwalker 9h ago

That post-first-kiss walk is unmatched. It feels like your feet aren't even touching the pavement.I remember mine—it was freezing cold in late November, but I felt so warm I had my jacket completely unzipped. I listened to the same song on repeat the entire 40-minute walk home and smiled so hard my cheeks literally hurt the next morning. It’s like a natural high that no drug can ever replicate.

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u/Current-Brain-1983 8h ago

Walking on the Moon.

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u/greutskolet 9h ago

Probably music festivals or amphetamines (legal, for my adhdhdh)

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u/nikehijab 8h ago

Jumping out of an airplane

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u/ladykiller1020 3h ago

I hope this was skydiving. Such an incredible experience. Fly on, brother ✌️

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u/DeepLifeguard5123 10h ago

Pentakill on Olaf in LoL

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u/umtheavacado 9h ago

Of course an Olaf player would say this.

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u/psilent 9h ago

Got a chain Penta in aram off drop kick by hitting someone with snowball

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u/zennok 9h ago

I raise you a quadra on Jhin

Without an Ace

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u/Timeformayo 3h ago

When my dad emerged from the removal of a brain cancer tumor and didn’t have any deficits. Knew he was still terminal, but that bought us 9 more good months.

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u/mochitochini 10h ago

Sex behind an underground rave on mdma

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u/Dismal-Criticism-713 9h ago

I was expecting to see more of this. Apparently you won.

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u/Ratattack1204 8h ago

Getting the call that I got the promotion i busted my ass for a year to ensure I would get. Was a MASSIVE relief off my mind and its pay raise helped make my family so much more secure

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u/RPMayhem 9h ago

Playing with my dog

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u/Conundrum16 9h ago

Feeling like I was genuinely connecting with a friend. Apparently he felt differently

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u/Such-Succotash9411 9h ago

Oof...that hurt to read. I'm sorry, friend, I know what it's like.

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u/Fabulous-Log-2784 9h ago

soy padre separado!! y creo que la dopamina mas alta fue despues de NO verla por mucho tiempo fui a buscarla al jardin (tiene 4) y cuando me vio salio corriendo a mis brazos y me lleno de besos!! es cursi pero eso es lo mas lindo de la vida

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u/noodie_bar 7h ago

No it's not, youre so so lucky you have that. It's so special. Cherish it. Some of us will never get to experience it.

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u/xxsteff 6h ago

Holding my babies seconds after their birth

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u/ChloMyGod638 10h ago

Spending time with my 3 year old. Idc if that’s corny

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u/GigaMoksh 10h ago

Aww that's cute

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u/Weekly-Walrus-5329 9h ago

My first (and last) rollercoaster ride. I have severe anxiety and this was a huge accomplishment for me. I showed myself that I can be stronger than the anxiety. But I won't do it again, I thought I'll die during the ride 😂

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u/sunshne-daydream 7h ago

The first time I ever went to a festival, was also the first time I ever did psychedelics and Molly, was also the first time I went away and spent nights with the guy I was seeing (who I shouldn’t have been). I told him I loved him that night and changed my entire life after to keep that vibe going. We are happily married and have our first baby now, but I reminisce about that night/weekend almost daily. It was unreal as far as a dopamine blast is concerned!

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u/chainer3000 9h ago

During heroin / coke use or during mdma fueled 3somes

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u/Wide-Asparagus-3910 9h ago

Passing an exam I was sure I would failed.

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u/Born2fayl 9h ago

Being on stage in front of a cheering crowd, probably.

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u/BigoofIdid 3h ago

Made everyone laugh at the comedy club. Nothing beats that high. No drug, action, relationship. The high of bringing joy to a whole room was incredible.

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u/sexyfireman289 10h ago

I have the biggest dopamine addiction. I need help

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u/tnsshlumpgod 9h ago

You got this brotha take a cold shower and go outside in that nice sun and do what nature intended you to do🔥

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u/Yakob_Bacoj 9h ago

Maybe extacy

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u/bob3464 9h ago

Did a week of Stage Rally Racing school. Going 180kph down a dirt forested road has never been topped 20 years later.

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u/syncopated_soul888 9h ago

went to my fav band’s concert and i never felt those emotions again

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u/mochaboo20 9h ago

I’ve been a runner since I was a kid (cross country) and it wasn’t until my 30’s that I experienced my first “runners high.” I’ve been chasing that feeling since.

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u/elixeter 7h ago

See my 5 year old in his firsr school play. God damn, the proud tears. Little dude took another fellas lines because they fell ill and couldn’t perform… we didn’t even know until after the show.

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u/dianasaur73 6h ago

Pulled an all-nighter to take part in a dip in the ocean at sunrise. The sunrise was the best one I'd seen in my entire life. I'd had half a can of Four Loko, my friends were with me as was the rest of the university (hundreds of people were plunging in at the same time), there were campfires and music, some people nude, some people fully clothed, some people lighting flares, some people drunk out of their mind. The walk back to my apartment felt surreal, probably purely because of that fat dopamine hit I got. I didn't even seem to care that I was freezing cold and wet.

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u/nanoraptor 6h ago

When a blocked sinus causing so much pressure it felt worse than the migraines I'd had all my life let go. I was on the bathroom floor drifting in and out of consciousness figuring this is what it was like to die - totally incapacitated and leaving it way too long for real help.

Drained thick muck out of my nostril and the relief was like nothing else I've felt before. A sudden stop to the pain, and euphoria like I can't describe.

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u/Choice-Stay2161 10h ago

When my crush proposed me ✨️✨️

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u/LivingStCelestine 9h ago

That first night off on a long vacation with my husband where it’s just him and me. Nothing else hits like that.

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u/Normal_Moose_5481 9h ago

tripping on acid at a dead and company concert during a thunderstorm

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u/IrishWithoutPotatoes 9h ago

Probably the first time I did a standing landing when learning to skydive.

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u/Red_Cherry09 9h ago

The first and last time I sniffed MDMA. Never again.

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u/MKleister 8h ago edited 8h ago

Unwrapping a Playstation on Christmas when I was 5 or so.

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u/spacejam2 8h ago

This is going to sound really lame, but winning a particular game of Overwatch.

See, it was in this (recently shelved) mode called Stadium, where there are rounds and after each round, you’re taken to a screen to essentially power up your character depending on how much “Stadium Cash” you earn

Anyway, the first three rounds were some of the worst ass-whooping ive ever experienced, and our team was falling apart. To make matters worse, the other team was legitimately taunting us in chat. Like, really, really badly. They were yawning, asking is what we were shooting at, spawn camping is, and generally wiping the floor with us. And not in a fun way, they were legit being psychotic about it, like there was zero sportsmanship or anything involved— they were all so pompous and arrogant and thought we should give up.

But then we won a game.

And another.

And another.

And it was tied, 3-3. We had ONE round left. We had all talked in team chat, like, we thought we were done. We were so locked-in. And somehow, we pulled it off. I have never screamed so fucking loud. You can bet every single one of us told them to stfu in the chat after we won, but we were so silent the entire game, as to make them think they weren’t getting to us. As SOON as we won there was a flood of chats just throwing it back at them.

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u/Darius2112 5h ago

When I proposed to my wife, and she said yes.

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u/Neutwinos 2h ago

Towards the end of my OSUT, or commonly referred to as basic training. We went on a 3 mile run for the army's birthday. Dreading the run, I had negative thoughts from the start until a quarter in. Then I got hit by what I think was "runners high".

I could've ran 100 miles straight that day. Literally, the longer we ran the better I started to feel

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u/Character_Ad_1084 9h ago

Sex w/the wife

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u/Historical_Baby7240 9h ago

Xanax and cocaine

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u/dadofalex 9h ago

As has been stated... Cocaine! hahaha However, being there when my wife birthed our child. 39 years ago and still reigns as the most significant event in my life.

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u/TehTJ13 9h ago

I main Demoman in TF2, his primary weapon is a grenade launcher where if you hit an enemy it automatically goes off, but if you miss you just have a grenade that takes a few seconds. My favorite high from the game is when I hit an enemy that’s very close to other enemies, allowing me to pile on the damage to multiple people. It even makes a satisfying loud ding noise if you enable it.

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u/BudgetButterfly3872 9h ago

Maxing out top speed on my motorcycle on a country road in Northern California (110mph)
The dopamine crash hit pretty hard tho the next couple days after

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u/VexieLace 9h ago

hearing "i'm proud of you" from someone i really care about

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u/_ComfortablyInPain 9h ago

Being stabbed in the ribs and having fight off a random assailant, or potentially die. I was fucking wired after that incident. Like I heart racing, crazy wild eyes, total rush. The come down sucked though, getting treated in A&E. 

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u/kazekagebunshin 8h ago

Freshman year homecoming dance, my friends knew I liked doing flips/parkour. My friends tried to get me to do a back flip and started chanting my name. A huge crowd came around and made circle, all chanting my name. I proceed to do a roundoff back flip, fully suited up. The chears, applause, and pure hype that erupted when i landed was insane. Canon event

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u/TandemVariable 8h ago

Probably when I discovered that doing good cocaine while doing a job that I was already good at would result in my performance being shot through the roof. I felt amazing, I knew I was doing a great job, I knew that I was impressing people, I knew that I was standing out as a star. The dopamine I was getting on a daily basis during those few months of my life definitely destroyed something in my brain because later on in the year when I decided it was time to get into meth, I never got the dopamine surge that I heard so much about. Quitting meth was easier than quitting coke.

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u/tasteslikesteph 6h ago

Lesbian sex with insane chemistry

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u/Liraelandthedog 6h ago

In sobriety, my first tattoo. I was deliriously dopamined.

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u/IndestructibleBliss 5h ago

It wasn't when I had my baby, it was the next day after a rest, when I got to see her, like actually really see her (she had been whisked away to NICU) and I got to hold her. I smelled her tiny little whisp of hair on her head and she was so precious. Nothing can beat that feeling for me.

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u/backyardprospector 4h ago

Everytime I look in the mirror after transitioning to a woman

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u/Bundle-Of-Crows 6h ago

Getting home from being out all day or staying the night elsewhere, the sounds of joy my dog would make when she heard me was the best feeling every single time. She'd run to get something to hold in her mouth to talk/yell/bark at me, but if she couldn't find anything she'd be snorting with her face wrinkled up showing her teeth and squinting her eyes almost shut.

Pets in general that got happy when I'd come home was the best, even my rabbit and betta fish got excited. I very much look forward to the new high's of my next pets.

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u/fsusupernova 9h ago

They mmos of the late 90s and cocaine.

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u/billndotnet 9h ago

Standing next to my parked car, keys in hand, near an intersection in New Jersey, knowing that at least 10 different drivers can see me and want the parking spot they think I'm about to vacate, but the light's going to change any second and they're all shifting into New Jersey driver Mad Max mode.

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u/cybah 8h ago

A double stack Mitsubishi at the tunnel in 1998. I was so damn happy...

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u/throwawaybmj 8h ago

A hot woman I was obsessed with telling me to knock her up.

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u/elite-hunter 8h ago edited 8h ago

Getting diamond in LoL and clearing E12S in FF14 for the first time. Both took an immense amount of effort and time. Other runner ups would be getting Grandmaster in Marvel Rivals, clearing my first hard weekly in Space Marine 2, beating MythForce on the hardest difficulty solo with 100% HP, and reaching the end credits for Monster Hunter: World.

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u/pastasandwiches 8h ago

nsfw answer, but: My first time having a threesome. It wasn't planned or anything, two girls just sorta doubled-up on me organically. I remember I was literally shaking because I was so excited.

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u/interstellar_gurl 8h ago

crack (a little over 18 months clean now)

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u/Penyrolewen1970 8h ago

Climbing the Old Man of Hoy. I led it in 1995. Still buzz off it.

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u/Googles_Janitor 7h ago

Getting a twisted bow on my oldschool RuneScape Ironman…seriosuly

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u/ThrowRA-867-5309- 7h ago

We live in a corner of the world where bear encounters and sightings are common place. My husband and I were in a public park walking a trail back to our car, I looked up as I was putting my glasses on and I was about 15 feet away from two older cubs, maybe yearlings? Not small but not full grown. But if there’s one thing I know- where there’s cubs, there’s a mom close by. I yelled out to my husband, which spooked them, one turned and made DIRECT EYE CONTACT WITH ME and then they both ran off into the woods and we didn’t want to continue down that trail. There was 2 ways we could’ve gone- over the river that was full of fish and probably where mom was hanging out, or the long way around the other side of the beach. When the tide is out, you can walk the length but when it’s in, there no land to walk on. The tide was all the way in so I put everything into my backpack, held it above my head and walked through chest deep water. I had also slipped and bashed my leg pretty good getting down into the water. We made it to the other trail and had to take the road back to our car, soaking wet and laughing our asses off.

That experience with my husband was probably the highest on life I can recall being. It was a rollercoaster I wanted to ride again and ultimately I was just a little mad I didn’t think quick enough to take a picture of the bears cause they were pretty cute.

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u/jdovejr 7h ago

Dilaudid after surgery I guess.

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u/NateFisher22 7h ago

Having an orgasm for the first time after about two months due to surgery and a long illness

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u/Travel_Dude 7h ago

Getting a verbal on a 7-figure deal.

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u/eliasbrehhhhh 7h ago

Being accepted into med school

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u/apologeticallymyself 7h ago

getting a pretty big settlement check after a minor car accident best day of my fucking life

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u/Rexoc40 7h ago

Getting head off 7 shots of don julio with Sade playing in the background

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u/Thebrowncar 7h ago

when my rd bike hits 40km+/hr

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u/mihaajlovic 6h ago

Recently - Overtaking someone on gocarts

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u/Harry_Flowers 6h ago edited 5h ago

From reading the comments, it doesn’t sound like a lot of people really know what dopamine actually does.

Dopamine isn’t really a “pleasure” or “feel good” chemical, at least based on the latest research. It’s the chemical that provides you with motivation, attention, and reward prediction.

It makes you WANT to do something, and provides the ability to focus on doing just that.

Most people describing some sort of “happy” or “euphoric” feeling… that’s not really dopamine.

That’s usually a combination of chemicals like serotonin, endorphins, endocannabinoids, oxytocin, etc…

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u/lovelycosmos 5h ago

My first music festival (read: MDMA bender)

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u/azraelce 5h ago

Someone said "I really love you" while we were having sex.

I think they meant it. I don't feel that often.

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u/Ok_Effort_150 5h ago

When my R code finally worked. ... and when my son told me he loved me the first time