What are your favorite sensations?

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I'll share a few...

Walking in a light rain. Sometimes I'll stop and look up so the rain will fall on my face.
I like hearing rain, too. Especially if I put some cool jazz on with it. Very nice.
Cloud-to-cloud lightning. I like the light show.
Hugs from someone I'm comfortable with (i.e., my friend). Though it would be nice if they lasted longer than a couple of seconds and happened more frequently than once or twice every couple of years.
I like fruity smells, especially strawberry.
I like to run my fingers through my hair, especially when it's wet. It's very soothing. I've worn a buzz cut for the last 15 years or so and I'm growing my hair out specifically for this reason.

Cold stone or metal
Rain, especially the smell
Cool humidity
Cool fabric
Hot water
That ache when you stretch
The smell of copper
The motion/feel from sewing, weaving or crocheting.
Static
Color extremes (really dark, really bright, really vibrant). I think this one though is more because I'm losing my sight and when I don't have my contacts in everything is very muted, even with my glasses on its just not the same.
The feel of writing or typing. Don't care what it is I'm writing or typing, just like to do it. Man I miss that typesetting job.
Audiobooks and non-music podcasts. I use these at work to focus and HAVE to have one going or my shift is just shot.
The way things sound just after your ears pop.
The way acrylics feel to paint with. Personally I prefer the look of watercolors and oils but nearly always use acrylic because of the feel.
Embroidered fabric. I can run my hands over a cross stitch for hours
FABRIC! I don't care what it is, I love how fabrics feels and un-worked fabric looks. Idk, if anyone else is like this, but fabric is better than comfort food to me.
Strobe lights, especially in colors
Sunlight in a slightly dusty room
Swishy skirts
Bare feet on sidewalk (as long as its not sandy or gritty)
Chalk
Fine sand
The weight of a hardcover book (I don't care that they cost more I will get a hardcover every time if I can)

Very soft fabric
back massage
cool weather/cool breeze
good music
the smell of clean hair
certain fragrances (like Pi, which is what I use)
the smell of books
the smell of wood
the smell of winter
playing piano
cuddling (but not with just anybody)

Textures: cotton, velvet, hair and fingerprints.
Smells: gasoline, manure, perfume, and catnip.
Sounds: none.

OK. I will list based on the five senses.

Touch -
The feel of my husband's hair, especially when he has it buzz-cut.
The feel of cat fur against my fingers. Or even dog fur.
The feel of my husband, as I hug him. And when he tickles me, I love that. Lulls me to sleep. I crave it every night.
The feel of silk sheets.
The feel of bumpy surfaces that sometimes tickle my flesh.
I like to run my hands along books, DVD cases, as I search for titles that I might be interested in.
The feel of my bed as I lay on it.
The feel of flowers against my fingers.
The feel of sand as the grains run through my fingers.
The feel of polished stones.
There's more I am sure, but I can't think of any right now.

Sight -
My husband's face, his brown eyes.
A beautiful landscape with Aurora Borealis in the sky.
New York City (Strangely, despite the crowds, the only place I feel comfortable. I can get lost in that city with all its varied culture, food, and things to see. And, though I still get sensory overload, I feel it's under control)
A stormy sky.
A tornado.
Animals.
Artwork.
Cadillacs.
Outer Space.
A controlled campfire or bonfire.
In Fallout 3, when I shoot the abandoned cars and watch them explode. And as for touch, when the controller shakes.
Etc...

Smell -
My husband after a shower.
Fresh laundry.
Pizza.
Chocolate.
Steak.
Vanilla.
Cinnamon.
Fresh bread.
Cookies.
Christmas Trees.
Candles.
Bacon.
Coffee.
Tea.
Jalepenos and salsa.
I remember the smell of tobacco in my Grandpa's house, and, though I don't smoke, it had a strange sweet smell to it. It was the kind he chewed.
Books.
Mustiness of an old house.
Etc...

Taste -
Fruit.
Jalapenos
Pizza.
Salsa.
Mexican food.
(See above for more food items under Smell)
etc...

Sound -
My husband's voice and especially his laughter.
Steve Roach albums.
Depeche Mode albums.
Wolves howling.
Thunder.
Waves crashing against the shore.
Birds singing.
Crickets singing.
Locusts.
Sometimes even the sound of a rattlesnake, even though I wouldn't want to meet one close-up.
Laughter.
The sound of the TARDIS as it materializes and dematerializes.
etc...

I like soft fabrics, soft music...and sand, rice, beans, and anything grainy. I can get lost playing with them. I dont like rain on my skin...it doesn't hurt but the sensation is very overwelming.
expecailly if it is cold dripping drain rather than warm flooding rain. I call dripping rain,"drooling rain"
I like humming sounds, and repetitive ticking sounds and cats purring. I cant hear it because of a hearing loss but I can feel it and it is very soothing.
I like swimming under warm water the total emersion feels like a big hug.
I like to wear natrual fibers only

Having my gf take her finger and then run it down my back from below the neck to the small of my back
The X-rated version of the above!
Smelling strong coffee in the morning
ice cream that is not too frozen, hopefully with chocolate and dry malt added, or vanilla with ginger added
smelling any curryish spices ( garam masala, allspice, nutmeg, mace, cinnamon, clove, coriander, cardamom and cumin)
a great jam that my band and I just nailed
petting the kitties at my band's singer's house
smiling at children (hopefully QUIET ones)
the sense of wonder at seeing colorful sunsets
sometimes putting my bare feet into a creek
Hearing just about anything by Debussy, Count Basie or the Stones
Looking at Impressionist art
Contemplating anything to do with the Fibonacci Series

I find hot baths relaxing.

My bedroom when it is 16°C , I'm pretty sure I worn out the air-con at school.
65Hz through my speakers. Failing that I've got Sennheiser CX300 Headphones and an mp3 player with 65Hz as an mp3
My laptop PSU (DELL PA-12), for two reasons. One - pressure, it has a rubber strap used for keeping the cables tidy, and two - the heat, it is especially nice when I strap it to my arms or my feet.
And I really like those squidgy cushions with foam beads, because they're nice and soft. (I think 10%Spandex and 90%Neoprene )

When I was a kid I loved the sensation of placing my hand parallel to the water and slowly putting it in, feeling the water line creeping up the skin. Unfortunately you can't really feel it once the hand is wet, since the water gets wicked up onto the hand (rather than surface tension pulling the waterline down without submerging the object- a lot like water bugs).

Cat fur. Backs of the hands, arms, and if I'm feeling especially needy, I'll lift my shirt over the cat and enjoy the feeling on my belly/chest. Mmmm, that's the stuff right there. Makes me want to go get a "hit" right now.

I adore the feel of braille, and when I'm out shopping with Mum I'll often go out of my way to choose items that have braille on the boxes. I think it must be something to do with the specific patterns of the braille letters, as other bumps just don't have the same effect. And I really must learn to read it one day, as then I'll be able to buy braille books!

The soft feeling of my cats' fur and their purring

My main favourite sensation would be gulping down hot chocolate during winter while I'm cold and all of a sudden feel warmth spill into you. And feeling the drink go down. Also getting cozy in bed after drenching myself to be squeaky clean, under warm covers during the winter. The problem with that is I don't want to get up out of bed for school because it's too comfortable.

I simply adore petting a live rabbit, too. Their fur is just so soft and they're just so cute!

Well...mainly anything soft, furry and warm to touch. And, maybe if I tried, I'd like petting a live rat, too. I don't know why "normal" people hate them so much.

Sounds? Not a lot. There's more sounds I hate than I like, like I hate the sound of teenage girls giggling and chatting. But I like mainly carnivorous animal noises for some unfathomable reason, like roaring and growling and snarling, or unearthly shrieks. I even try to remember these sounds and replay them over and over in my head.

Taste? As I've found out, humans can only distinguish four separate tastes. But for me, I like chocolate minty treats the most. Sometimes I can't get enough of it. York Mints, Junior Mints and Peppermint Patties are my all-time favourite since they taste slightly different somehow. I don't think the rest of my family can tell.

Sight? Er...for another unfathomable reason, I kind of like gothic clothing to look at. Not that stupid emo-based modern stuff, but the old-fashioned elegant vampire-like wear. I think it's lovely, in its own dark way.

Air conditioning
The smell of a new book, and the crackle sound along the spine when you open a new hardcover book
Velvet, silk, leather, fur
Things that sparkle
Warm fudge out of the oven
The smell of Dr Pepper mixed with vodka (it's sort of spicy, doesn't smell like any other alcoholic drink or like anything else)
Colognes- Samsara, Eternity, Drakkar, Fahrenheit (I've been known to wear men's colognes that smell good to me, because it's definately more socially acceptable than sniffing other people!)
Renaissance paintings (those rich, natural colors, the darker-hued paintings especially)
Meteor showers

my sensory based obsessions (due to my sensory integration disorder, a part of my autism certain things relax me or otherwise make me feel happy) are straps, blood pressure cuffs, tight warm things and places, deep pressure, intense heat, being mummy wrapped, tight hugs, lead aprons, latex, PVC, rubber, silky, neoprene, nylon, rubberized nylon, slobbery kisses, leather, sticky mud, clay, quicksand anything of the likes, restricting my breathing, fat people and their hugs, leather smell, latex smell, pvc smell,

my list updated

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