Skin Orgasm? You're Playing My Song!

I want to rest my head on a pillow made of Morgan Freemans voice.

Certain sounds and frequencies just do it for you. Morgan Freemans voice places me under a trance. And I get the chills to certain songs, Silent Lucidity, Pumpin Blood, In the Valley of Peaches, and a surprising amount of songs on the Shameless US soundtrack are among a number of tunes that tease my skin into orgasm every time.

Known as "skin orgasms", frissons are the goosebumps we get when listening to that song. It's caused by dopamine- our natural "feel good" hormone flooding the system and stimulating an ancient reward pathway in the brain called the Striatum.

Some people do not experience this phenomena, about 50% it's estimated. Smithsonian researchers have found that the brains of individuals who do experience goosebumps or shivers down the spine from music are wired differently. They have ore nerve fibers connecting the auditory cortex- the sound processing part of the brain- to the anterior insular cortex- the feelings processing region. The auditory cortex also strongly links to the parts of the brain that monitor emotions.

The ability to experience a frisson is related to a personality trait called Openness to Experience.

Sad music triggers frissons more than upbeat music. Melancholy songs activate a distress signal which our ancestors felt when separated from the tribe. Strangely though, these sad frisson sessions actually evoke a positive response in the listener. When the brain realizes you are not in danger, it floods you with happy- so the chill remains even after the fear vanished.

Keep a list of the songs which give you skin orgasms and play them whenever you need a "dose". Natural dopamine is the best high ever, and there's zero side effects.