wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "hugheshugo"
> > <richardhughes103@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Totally fascinating article (long) in the New York Times
> > > magazine. A
> > > > few excerpts:
> > > >
> > >
> > > That is interesting, It reminds me of a time I was out of my
head
> > > on LSD and I became aware that I could change the way I
responded
> > > to events, I could see my superego selecting responses to
things
> > > out of a choice provided by my unconscious, it was pure Freud.
I
> > > could conscioussly decide on a different course of action. The
> > > possibilities for treating mental illness or just achieving
> > > personal desires is amazing. Unfortunately I got distracted by
> the
> > > wallpaper and forgot to take notes.
> >
> > <grin>
> >
> > Apparently the LSD researchers who had to abort their
> > research when LSD became illegal thought they were on
> > the verge of major breakthroughs in treating mental
> > illness.
> >
> > Besides reminding me of witnessing experiences, what she
> > describes also reminded me very much of what it's like
> > to be under laughing gas at the dentist. Choice per se
> > doesn't seem to be involved (unless knowing that you're
> > getting laughing gas invokes some kind of placebo effect),
> > but the experience, or at least my experience, was of
> > feeling pain but not *minding* it, just as the reporter
> > says. Very blissful too, which I suppose is why it's
> > called "laughing gas."
> >
>
> Is it possible that in the case of masochists pain
> induces euphoria?
Well, pain is apparently associated with sexual
arousal in masochists. Not sure that's the same as
euphoria.
My experience of laughing gas, though, is that the
pain stays in the background; it doesn't attract my
attention, although I can tell it's there if I
think about it.
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