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That immensely euphoric state prior to a bowel movement, what causes it?

Just signed up for this thread! I'm female, and have gotten the exact experience described by the OP all my life.
I have recently been interested in ASMR. I had never noticed it in myself, but started watching some videos after hearing an NPR piece about it. Finally got some of the head tingles for the first time the other day, from whispering audio after having fallen half-asleep. But it was pretty mild. Then today the pre-poop thing happened, which made me realize they are very similar! Which is what made me google it. Except the poo-phoria for me is full-body, mostly back and head, waves of tingles and intense good feelings. Sometimes overwhelming--if it is happening intensely I don't want to move. I am very goosebump-sensitive, but this is a different experience. It does not always happen, maybe once or twice a month. I also get a mild feeling of well-being and satisfaction afterwards, but that is different, that's more of a relief/clean feeling. I have never taken drugs so I can't compare.

I also get a non-tingly "high" from coffee. The feeling that the world is pretty awesome and positive and I want to talk to people. Since caffeine often stimulates bowel movements, the feelings sometimes combine.

Interestingly, I have two small children, and once one of them asked why pooping was so relaxing. The smaller one has recently potty-trained, and I notice him sometimes stop what he is doing, curl up and put his head down, kind of trance-like, and when I check with him, he admits he has to go. I suspect he is experiencing the same thing and trying to prolong the feeling, resulting in some rather horrific laundry.
 
maxalfie said:
I can honestly say I have never heard of anything like this before.
A lot of people feel good after having a bowel movement but certainly nothing that could be compared to the feelings that MDMA produce.
Have you ever asked your Doctor if he has any idea of what would produce such a reaction in your body?
It would be very interesting to find out the reason that this happens to you.
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Sometimes I have to put my head inbetween my legs due to sedation and start clenching my jaws/grinding my teeth. Albeit at lower intensity than MDMA, definetly the same.

Other then that: That deuce is hurting your poor intestines and thus serotonin release.
 
OMG!!!! YES!!!! I know exactly what you're talking about, and you described my own experience so exactly, and especially the part about resisting "going" in order to prolong the sensation. I am so amazed that other people have had this sensation too! It feels like for those few moments, your brain is super-charged with creativity and ideas. Then, as soon as you go, it all goes out the window, or down the drain shall we say. I wonder what this is, and I am a woman, so no prostate involvement going on. Thanks for posting this though, I think it is very intriguing, as it's something I've experienced all my life.
 
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That´s too much of dopamine / endorphin discharge.
The comedown is devastating ime.
 
I can't say I've had euphoric sensations, though I often get a sense of bewilderment when I look down and my turd has magically vanished up the back of the toilet plumbing. Who knew such magic was possible.
 
I'm male and I experience the exact same thing as the OP and others in the thread have indicated. I would just like to share a possibility of how the sensation arose in the first place. One of my first memories of the feeling was when I was playing with new action figures while having to use the bathroom. I had wanted that specific toy so I was having an incredibly fun time playing with them to the point I got like a butterfly feeling in my stomach. I have always personally believed that after haveing that process repeated by several different pleasurable activities before using the bathroom that my mind somehow linked the two feelings psychologically. For a specific explination of my personal feelings currently before using the restroom, I would say that it definately still feels like intense butterflies in my stomach, and a feeling that absolutely everything is more fun or interesting than I experienced in the past. I took vicodin after a dental surgery a while ago and the sensation of everything being for fun for both is practically the same to me. As with many other people, I am also triggered quite heavily by ASMR and I admit the feelings seem to be similar so it may not be because of the reason I explained previously. I'm not a great writer either, so sorry if my sentences or grammar offend you. :)
 
Prostate stimulation.

Funnily enough I learned of this last night

I get this when I fart. I usually can't stop smiling n get giddy
 
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Seattle_Stranger said:
100+ views and just 1 response so far, pretty much as I expected!

It's actually somewhat embarrassing when it happens for example at work, if my boss comes over to my desk and wants to show me something, so he sits down with me, takes control of my computer and starts just doing something, doesn't even matter what, but something about the whole situation sends a cascade of euphoria over my body and almost puts me to sleep! I start going into a trancy state, melting into my chair, all the while attempting to hold composure. Imagine it like someone dropped molly into your morning coffee, and it starts kicking in as your boss is sitting at your desk explaining something, and you're desperately trying to keep your cool where you would really just love to close your eyes, lean back and bask in it....literally almost a one to one experience I would think.
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OP, I think the reason you were flagged was because your writing style reads like fetish porn. The statement above could have simply read, "I experience a similar euphoria when my boss comes over to discuss something."

Anyhoo, today I googled, "why do I feel such relief after bowel movement" and found this thread, so mods, the OP's question is real even if the intent is not ;) And truth be told, I did not read through all five pages yet...

I very infrequently feel a momentary MDMA-like euphoric effect immediately after what I would call a 'clean' bowel movement and I can intensify this momentary effect by doing a light hip flex while strongly clenching bowels/an*s and eyes (thereby likely extracting more blood from the brain?). By a 'clean' bowel movement I mean one that happens quickly and struggle free. I often read War and Peace while struggling to get a full release. I know I should but have not consulted a doctor re: issues like IBS/IBD/etc and in my boyhood childhood I had encopresis until about the age of 12 as such perhaps even psychologically if not physically I experience an even grander sensation at being able to move bowels so conscious and pain-free.

There is no way to intentionally cause the effect, nor prolong the effect, and certainly it is not not an experience I'd seek out or say you're missing something, but the sensation is unique and euphoric enough from the every-day bowel movement that I figured someone must have asked the question.

My guess is that the experience is largely one of momentarily reduced blood/oxygen to the brain coupled with some perfect storm of variables at the tail end so to speak of physiological movements, nerve sensations and blood accumulation in the seated position. The sudden body/bowel clenching before and sudden release of this clenching after the movement creates a peak and release of the accumulations of blood, nerve and body sensations.

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I understand exactly what you're saying. It's like I can't figure out why I get so euphoric watching cyst popping videos on youtube. I watched them again for 2 hrs last night. I don't know if it's stress release or what, but it's kind of the same euphoria for me in both cases. Maybe something to do with relieving the body of nasty substances?
 
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Seattle_Stranger said:
Thank you very much, I appreciate this. It certainly is a serious quI understand it's hard for folks to resist being silly with such a subject, and I don't blame anyone for cracking a joke or two, it really is quite funny! As long as I'm not being ridiculed for my inquiry, it's all gravy. :)



It's definitely not relief because the sensation occurs BEFORE I drop the kids off.



It's very possible that it's a prostate thing. It sounds like one of the most likely culprits! However, sparing the details, any time my girlfriend and I have attempted prostate stimulation, it's not a similar sensation and is actually rather uncomfortable and obviously invasive. Perhaps if the stimulation of my prostate occurs without having to.....well....you know how....and the pressure comes from within my body without the invasive discomfort, perhaps it is a very euphoric sensory response!


Here's some more info for ya: As we've established, I get this feeling at random when I suddenly have to go #2, this much is understood so far. However, another time I feel it is usually when I just arrive home from work, and I walk into my bedroom, almost like clock work I will get a euphoric, tingly sensation pour over my body that makes me think "I love my house so much" and then guess what happens shortly after.....I feel like I have to poop! It's not an association thing, like my bedroom doesn't make me feel like I have to shit, it's a result of the sensation. It's hard to explain, however it's beyond placebo. For example, I'm about to go home from work for lunch in a bit, and when I walk into my room, I'm suddenly going to get that euphoria, I'll think to myself "Damn, I wish I could just stay here and not go back to work", and then within ~30 seconds after, I'll start to feel like I have to #2. The feeling subsides very quickly though and I suddenly feel like I DON'T have to go #2 and the euphoria will dissipate as well.


Just as a little disclaimer, I'm quite experienced with not only drugs and the feeling that they produce, but also with my body, it's patterns, functions and language. I know this forum is FLOODED with noobies screaming about this crazy high they got from Tylenol and Ibuprofen, only to eventually try real drugs and realize what it REALLY feels like when you're off baseline, when brain chemistry is altered, when something is ACTUALLY happening as opposed to when you're just plain feelin' naturally good and are experiencing placebo. This sensation has been present my entire life in the exact way I describe it, and it's FAR beyond placebo. As a matter of fact, when I first tried opiates, this is the feeling I compared the drugs to. Then I tried MDMA and realized the crazy similarities in the feeling! Also, like I said, after I abused a lot of MDMA, this feeling escaped me for many months.
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I'm dying to know if there's some way I could trigger this on command. Like some kind of alteration in my diet, certain vitamins to take, activities to do, etc.. It's definitely stronger sometimes than others, sometimes not present at all, sometimes surprisingly strong!

Thank you for all the mature replies thus far. :)
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i am a woman and i have the same euphoric effct when i have to poop you are explaining it to a tee so i really dont think it has to do with the prostate
 
I signed up to this site just to reply to this thread! I've had the same sensation you've described since childhood and had no idea other people experienced it too. It was a bit of a problem as a kid, as I would wait for too long whilst playing or doing something else and end up in embarrassing situations as a result. It's a really odd, floaty feeling - but in a good way. Sort of reassuring and tingly all at once. I checked out some of those ASMR videos and and handful of them produce the same effect. Mostly the talking roleplay videos where the speaker is close to the camera and whispering. I used to get the same feeling when I had to visit the optician or doctor. Something about the darkened room and a 'safe' person leaning in really close to examine me in detail just makes my spine and brain go crazy! I'm fairly certain I would enjoy trips to the dentist a whole lot more if they turned off the lights and whispered to me the whole time. I might take along an eye mask and ASMR tracks next time!

The poophoria thing (good name) is an odd one. I did wonder if it was something to do with having an overly sensitive prostate gland. I'll admit I still tend to deliberately hold it when I know I'll need to go a lot or don't have to be in the office, just because it feels really good. I've never tried drugs, but I imagine it's a bit like getting high! It's interesting what people have said about it being intensely personal. I can't imagine sharing this with anyone (anonymously on the internet doesn't count) as it's more of a connection with my own body over anything else. I also can't imagine trying to explain it to another person in a way that wouldn't make me sound like a weirdo!

It's definitely not like anal sex. I've tried prostate massage with an ex and it wasn't comparable at all. The closest thing I can compare this sensation to is being out in the snow during the winter and getting really cold and exhausted and then coming in and curling up in front of a fire in warm clothes. It's a mix of an intense secure and happy emotion along with my nerves getting really sensitive (especially at the base of my skull and lower spine). Almost a constant low level electric shock.

I'm lucky in that my current girlfriend has a wonderful 'ASMR' voice when she is half asleep in bed or talking quietly (well spoken old-school British accent and quite breathy at the same time - does anyone else really notice accents in other people?) and sometimes (I haven't told her this and won't) I will put off going to the bathroom at the end of the day and get her to run her nails up and down my spine while we talk in bed. My senses go into overdrive, but it's not at all a sexual thing. I could stay like that for hours just melting into the mattress (or, as usually happens, until she falls asleep herself). The only problem is having to get up and run to the bathroom if I get too desperate, which quickly ends the euphoric feeling. I also want to avoid any awkward conversations about why I waited that long! I guess I should just consider myself lucky that I have a free and easy way to completely unwind at the end of a stressful day! :\
 
I've noticed that when I eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, my excrement is a lot softer and smaller in girth. In turn I experience less of the euphoric feelings as described by the OP. I believe the harder and thicker the stool, the more stimulation you will experience upon defecating.

Researchers have revealed why, for some, going to the bathroom can be ‘like a religious experience or an orgasm’.

A Princeton doctor has revealed the key is the passing of a large stool.

This, he claims, can stimulate nerves in the body more usually associated with orgasm.

‘The stool high is relatively safe, but can become an addiction for some, warns Princeton gastroenterologist Dr. Anish Sheth, the co-author of the book ‘What’s Your Poo Telling You?’.

He said the key to the phenomenon was passing a stool large enough to distend the rectum so it literally touches a nerve.

‘The distention of the rectum that comes with the passing of a large mass of stool causes the vagus nerve to fire.’
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I've experienced the same thing ever since I can remember. But not everytime just if its been a while since a BM or Ive eaten something that makes me need to go it'll hit. It's kinda similar to an orgasm for me but shorter and not as intense. But I've been having them since I was really young. Like I'll feeling it coming on and if I squeeze my legs tight it'll come and pass and it's only before I've had a BM
 
The same thing happens to me, but not every time mostly in the morning, it feels like the pressure is what does and being relaxed from sitting. idk its a really bizarre feeling and definitely not something you would openly talk about....I didn't notice it in my early years, maybe more now that I'm older or maybe even now that I am with a someone who really turns me on just by thinking of him...
 
My age is somewhere close to the mid point between 0 and 60, I also dealt with opioid induced constipation and experienced the relief of finally being able to take a shit. Having said that, at no point did I experience some "immensely euphoric state" prior to a bowel movement. Perhaps that is something I get to look forward to as I age.
 
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I can't say I get euphoric prior to a bowel movement, but sometimes I get a sense of nervous excitement, like the feeling that I might get before going on an important job interview or something.
 
:| No "euphoria" here...IF I manage to have a bowel movement without BM meds, it feels as though I've anally birthed a bowling ball wrapped in barbed wire.

Upon further inspection, it's more of a raisin...wrapped in barbed wire. No pleasure, only PAIN!
 
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I really like taking a huge shit but more its about the relief afterwards and of course feeling like a real man by taking a huge dump (men are always worried about how big their shit is ;)). I also enjoy farting probably too much. My guess is that the prostate is somehow stimulated or its just a feeling of relief.
 
I had to join this website just to reply. I've always wondered if other people experienced this, but I've never heard anyone talk about it, and I've always been too embarrassed to bring it up myself. I'm a straight male, by the way. My experience is: A few minutes before I have to defecate (could be sooner), I can feel things getting ready down there, I'll get all tingly over my body, almost an orgasmic feeling, and I mean everywhere. The back of my neck, my thighs, underarms, etc. I've never taken drugs, so I can't compare the feelings like others have. I'm here now because I just had that sensation, and it's been a good 10 minutes, and I still feel tingly almost "high", even light headed. However, I don't feel the need to go to the bathroom right now, and I'm not holding it in. The only thing I can compare the feeling to is an orgasm, but just so you know, this isn't an arousal feeling, not sexual, I don't "get hard" or turned on, and no, it doesn't make me want to have anal sex, and am not into ass play or anything lol. However, sitting here and focusing on the feelings, a lot of it does seem to be radiating from the buttock region. The main areas seem to be around the anus and the back of my neck, although I feel sensitive and tingly all over, like someone sprinkled "pixie dust" all over me, if you know what I mean. It's actually distracting and hard to type now, my arms and fingers feel drunk, even I feel a little drunk and totally relaxed and post-orgasmic, even though it's before. Very weird, but I love it and am happy to know I'm in a special minority.

Also, in a related "vein", does anyone else out there get this feeling after urinating? I'll be standing in front of the urinal, or even sitting down, taking a whiz, and at the end, when I'm trying to squeeze out the last few drops, I'll get this same tingly orgasmic feeling all over my body, to the point where sometimes I shiver, have to close my eyes, and even jerk a little, as if I WAS having an orgasm! Again, it isn't an orgasm, I don't have wood, I'm not turned on...it's just pure feelings, and afterwards it goes away quickly. I don't feel it while I'm peeing, just the last few moments, and it doesn't always happen, but I'd say a good 75% of the time it does. Again, I've always wondered if any other people experienced this; I always assumed they did, but I never brought it up, and wouldn't even know how.
 
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