Day after the scene: How do your senses shift?

[superlittlegirl]

Two nights ago, we played really, really hard. Harder than we've ever played before. What started out as a playful spanking turned into a full-on experience with his belt and my book (Man Crazy by Joyce Carol Oates, in softcover. A lovely implement!) It was incredible, particularly because it was mostly unplanned and all the elements just clicked into place. I don't think he thought I could go where we went, but we most certainly did. Afterward, I was so keyed up I couldn't sleep until 6am, and then I zonked out until mid-afternoon.

When I went out to get lunch yesterday, I had to send my food back to the kitchen because it tasted like someone had dumped handfuls of salt into it. The food they brought me as a replacement was also too salty. At that point, I started to think, "Is it the cook, or is my sense of taste too acute?"

He and I ate dinner together last night, and my soup was unbearably salty. He tasted it, and said it tasted normal.

So, it seems that I'm now overly sensitized to salt. Has anyone ever heard of something like this happening as a result of an intense scene? I'm getting ready to go eat lunch in a few, so I'll see if the funny effect lingers.

 

[Marquis]

Nerve damage.

If you start seeing spots go to the hospital.

 

[Aeroil]

yeah that doesn't sound right at all, I agree with marquis. Perhaps it's a very minor head injury, that has damaged your sense of taste, it's all I could think of. but, yeah, in short, nerve damage is what it sounds like.

 

[Kajira Callista]

Heightened senses because of the hormones released during play is not abnormal... at least for me. If you are concerned or think something is wrong see a doctor.

 

[redelicious]

Heightened senses because of the hormones released during play is not abnormal... at least for me. If you are concerned or think something is wrong see a doctor.

I was wondering if it couldn't be hormonal as well - sort of like how food tastes different during pregnancy.

 

[Marquis]

I thought I was kidding.

 

[superlittlegirl]

There was no head trauma, and I don't think it's likely to damage taste nerves by beating an exceptionally well-padded ass.

I didn't post because I'm scared or concerned-- I'm just a scientifically-minded kind of girl who likes to observe the curious phenomena of her body. I might be concerned if my ability to taste salt was absent, but it's just the opposite. If the sense is more acute, that seems quite counter to the notion that my nerves sustained damage.

 

[Kajira Callista]

There was no head trauma, and I don't think it's likely to damage taste nerves by beating an exceptionally well-padded ass.

I didn't post because I'm scared or concerned-- I'm just a scientifically-minded kind of girl who likes to observe the curious phenomena of her body. I might be concerned if my ability to taste salt was absent, but it's just the opposite. If the sense is more acute, that seems quite counter to the notion that my nerves sustained damage.

Pay closer attention to your other senses too...you will surely find it interesting.

 

[Aeroil]

hmm....well I'm not entirely sure how it could be a hormonal thing, but if you didn't get hit in the head at all then you should be fine. something like your salt receptors being sensitized is very odd, and I just don't see how a night of sex could make your hormones enhance something that obscure. Then again I'm an IT student not a medical student

 

[Never]

You over stimulated your endogenous opioid system.

 

[superlittlegirl]

I love you, Never.

Can you explain further? I would have hypothesized that overstimulation would result in a lessening of receptivity, not an increase.

You over stimulated your endogenous opioid system.

 

[Miss Diva]

I tend to feel restless and cannot concentrate after a session. I sort wander around. Well that was my exprience...

 

[Never]

Superlittlegirl:
"I love you, Never.

Can you explain further? I would have hypothesized that overstimulation would result in a lessening of receptivity, not an increase."

Endogenous opioid system is stimulated by pain fibers, sweets, and salts. The salty taste is different from other tastes in that the cells have ion channels that open and close. Think of them like little mouths on your taste buds, the wider they're opened the saltier everything will taste.

Your perception of hot peppers might have changed as well.

 

[Marquis]

Never, so I got this cough right...

 

[Aeroil]

Superlittlegirl:
"I love you, Never.

Can you explain further? I would have hypothesized that overstimulation would result in a lessening of receptivity, not an increase."

Endogenous opioid system is stimulated by pain fibers, sweets, and salts. The salty taste is different from other tastes in that the cells have ion channels that open and close. Think of them like little mouths on your taste buds, the wider they're opened the saltier everything will taste.

Your perception of hot peppers might have changed as well.

hahaha, well he sure made me look stupid lol .

 

[s'lara]

Good to see you posting here again slg. You too Never.

The reactions to heightened physical trauma and emotional spiking can certainly affect your senses and motor skills hours or even a day later. Sluggishness, cotton mouth and a host of other small sense related reactions can crop up. my sense of smell increased and my mouth had trouble forming words, which is strangely like being intoxicated. If i had to call your experience something, i'd say you had some residual subspace reactions.

After looking up opiod's and how they relate to sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami, Never may be on to something regarding your sensitivity to foods containing sodium. What i'm interested in is how pain triggers or stimulates the opioid system to be more receptive to salt rather than say sweets.

One good thing about it slg, is that by virtue of your sensitivity to salt, you will lower your sodium intake and that isn't a bad thing unless it is for protracted period of time.

During your next session, please be sure to keep something to drink (water or juice) around so you can hydrate yourself.

lara