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I'm wondering if I may be on track with something and if someone may be able to relate a similar type of experience
often when I'm listening to music, and it's usually techno/electronica, I've gotten (and have gotten for quite some time, maybe throughout my life, but techno seems to be the most assured "trigger" for this to happen) the goosebumps sensation throughout my body -
I'd really considered it just goosebumps, because it'll happen with music I really looovee - deep thick bass, saw waves, square waves, higher frequencies of larger amplitude...
you know the THX Dolby thing they play before movies?
everyone probably gets that "buzz" throughout their bodies listening to that..
but I'll get sensations that will be like goosebumps up my spine, into my head
it doesn't seem just like a cutaneous nerve stimulation thing
and since I've had a few T/C seizures, and got diagnosed, I'd re-thought these goosebump sensations and wondered if they might actually be music-triggered simple partial seizures of some sort
what makes me skeptical is that it can be very specific - I could probably pick out a few songs and trigger this to happen automatically - and from what I understand about seizures, it doesn't sound that easy
what makes me believe this could be actual is the breadth and complexity of sound waveforms in this type of music
and honestly, that when I was really immersed into this music scene in the 1990's-early 2000's, clubs, raves, I had done a variety of drugs - types of drugs "they" say could be gateways to seizure activity
and I began suspecting that my brain may have synchronized certain sound waveforms, frequencies and things, with this brain activity
I do recall having these types of goosebump reactions to music throughout my life - but it seemed to become more pronounced as I aged
what also makes me skeptical of this phenomenon is that I am acutely aware of my surroundings, and at times can seem to exit this sensation at will, and re-enter at will - as long as the trigger stimulus persists
(like I can come in and out of the song)
I can differentiate between goosebumps and this other sensation/zone
and unless there's a very large spectrum on the goosebump scale, I wonder about it
simple partial? goosebumps?
if it's the prior, I should get to an epileptologist and his EEG with a doobie and Prodigy's "Fat of the Land" and give him plenty of meat for a thesis
for an idea of the tone types I'm talking about
listen to the background, sans lyrics and drums, especially pronounced at about 0:22 of the track
(saw waves through some sort of phaser, or filtering...)
often when I'm listening to music, and it's usually techno/electronica, I've gotten (and have gotten for quite some time, maybe throughout my life, but techno seems to be the most assured "trigger" for this to happen) the goosebumps sensation throughout my body -
I'd really considered it just goosebumps, because it'll happen with music I really looovee - deep thick bass, saw waves, square waves, higher frequencies of larger amplitude...
you know the THX Dolby thing they play before movies?
everyone probably gets that "buzz" throughout their bodies listening to that..
but I'll get sensations that will be like goosebumps up my spine, into my head
it doesn't seem just like a cutaneous nerve stimulation thing
and since I've had a few T/C seizures, and got diagnosed, I'd re-thought these goosebump sensations and wondered if they might actually be music-triggered simple partial seizures of some sort
what makes me skeptical is that it can be very specific - I could probably pick out a few songs and trigger this to happen automatically - and from what I understand about seizures, it doesn't sound that easy
what makes me believe this could be actual is the breadth and complexity of sound waveforms in this type of music
and honestly, that when I was really immersed into this music scene in the 1990's-early 2000's, clubs, raves, I had done a variety of drugs - types of drugs "they" say could be gateways to seizure activity
and I began suspecting that my brain may have synchronized certain sound waveforms, frequencies and things, with this brain activity
I do recall having these types of goosebump reactions to music throughout my life - but it seemed to become more pronounced as I aged
what also makes me skeptical of this phenomenon is that I am acutely aware of my surroundings, and at times can seem to exit this sensation at will, and re-enter at will - as long as the trigger stimulus persists
(like I can come in and out of the song)
I can differentiate between goosebumps and this other sensation/zone
and unless there's a very large spectrum on the goosebump scale, I wonder about it
simple partial? goosebumps?
if it's the prior, I should get to an epileptologist and his EEG with a doobie and Prodigy's "Fat of the Land" and give him plenty of meat for a thesis
for an idea of the tone types I'm talking about
listen to the background, sans lyrics and drums, especially pronounced at about 0:22 of the track
(saw waves through some sort of phaser, or filtering...)