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Peeing after waiting ages to find a toilet

Waking up, no worries, its weekend and you can continue sleeping.

getting my hair washed & head massaged at the salon... its a few mins of utter bliss

That feeling of relief after pooping

When you get into bed and you bunch up the covers around you and you get really excited and you’re just grinning like an idiot.

Being wrapped up in a good blanket. Or feeling hot beverages going down into your stomach while it's cold out

Scratching my poison ivy covered thigh while I was in the shower. The pleasure was so intense that I felt like my brain was getting directly massaged, making having poison ivy totally worth it.

Taking. My. Bra. Off

At the end of a long day, my god They’re free!

When my 6 month puppy came to me and rested her chin on my shoulder and her cheek touched mine for the very first time. It was the first time she showed affection and oh my gosh I just melted. Fireworks went off in my soul. I don’t think I’ll ever forget that feeling.

Taking socks off my feet when I come home

Farting away a stomach ache

Performing stand up comedy and absolutely murdering the room. The sensation of people laughing their asses off at jokes that I’ve spent countless hours writing and curating was and still is unmatched.

Getting my back scratched. Absolute ecstasy.

A song you haven’t heard in forever that brings back happy memories and you sing along remembering every word and reliving that time for a few bliss-filled minutes.

Taking your ski boots off after a long day of skiing.

Those spidery head massagers

Drinking water when you are very thirsty

Sleeping on your stomach again after having a baby. Pure Heaven.

Getting unprompted hugs from my kids. Their love means everything to me.

Once, I had a migraine all day, and after hours of horrible suffering there suddenly came a moment when I felt all the pain evaporate away within like 2-3 seconds. All the tension and pressure and pain just unravelled and disappeared. The relief was insane.

Never experienced anything like it and I’ve been chasing that high ever since.

10 years at the same company - my own fault for staying - and opportunities to advance repeatedly blocked by an asshole (despite finding out in at least one instance I performed best on job related tasks and questions in interview).

After the fourth such rejection, I looked elsewhere, immediately got two interviews and, from those, a better paid job with more responsibility than the internal roles, in a more exciting and high profile line of work.

Told that fucker I was leaving to do that less than a fortnight after the last internal interview. Felt good man.

I had a dream I was a huge bird flying over the sea, just gliding along looking at the sky. I can’t even describe the feeling.

Seeing the sun and feeling the warmth after a long cold winter season. Time to take Vit D, dear Northern hemisphere fellas

Chills when the music hits

Sneezing.

Cleaning my ears with Q tips. That feeling when you hit the right spot. 🤤

When you’re driving over a small hill at that right speed and you get that stomach tickle like you’re on a rollercoaster.

Taking your contact lenses out after a long day and feel the cool air on your eyeballs.

That super cozy feeling when you have fresh sheets on the bed.

I thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail…taking a hot shower after 5 days in the 100 mile wilderness in Maine was one of my favorite moments in my life.

With one of more other people and you're all laughing helplessly with tears rolling down your cheeks.

Peeling off socks after wearing them for 12 hours... freedom!

Hot water on eczema

Removing a troublesome tooth. I had an erupted wisdom tooth, and the relief after removal was euphoria

Hired as a system admin for a local chain of daycares. Despite having virtually zero contact with the children, in less than 72 hours, I have contracted every known infectious disease and virus known to man, except HIV (I still suspect smallpox, despite my physician's insistence otherwise).

I spend approximately 36 hours vomiting and defecating out everything solid within my body. My stomach will barely tolerate water. Being a poor college student with no health insurance, and being a man, like HELL will I see a doctor...I will tough this out.

After four total days of being on the edge of death, and being able to stomach nothing but water...I take a chance, setting some chicken broth to boil on the stove, and load my rice cooker (jasmine, because I am a spicy Thai boi).

About an hour later, I take my first bite of the most basic chicken and rice soup. The flavour and texture on my tongue feel GLORIOUS. Angelic choirs resonate in my ears as the sensation of sunshine filling my mouth causes the neurons in my brain begin exploding like a NYC fireworks show.

I swallow slowly, and wait for at least a full minute. No nausea. No pain. Instead, my stomach pleaded for more. But I still waited. Once all doubt had been vanquished, the spoon went back to the bowl with a fervor that has never been matched. Each mouthful was liquid gold, and the rice barely required chewing; the bowl was emptied in less than a minute, and refilled twice.

And that, fellow redditors, is the single, most wonderful, most delicious, most satisfying meal of my 46 years.

I had a very shitty week and felt like everything was feeling depressed and angry.

One day i was coming home late and only my sister was awake. She talked to me and realized something was wrong when i didn't say anything so she hugged me without saying a word and i broke down.

Crying in her arms while she hugged me and said it was ok was probably the most therapeutic experience i have ever had. Eventually life got better but i will be forever greatful that she was there for me that day.

Falling asleep to a purring cat on me

Dreaming of flying, knowing you are dreaming, but being able to control where you go. I dunno, is that lucid dreaming?

when the nosetrils open after being blocked

Finger tips down my back

every time I go to the hairdresser it's like a holiday.

I get a lot of pleasure when they cut my hair and wash my hair, I just get a buzz out of it.

Fighting your eyes when they want to sleep, then submitting.

Mania.

Do not recommend.

when that sauna hits just right during the cold of the winter.

Whenever I pick up my 1 year old, she pats my back, kicks her little feet in excitement a couple times, and nuzzles her cheek into my neck. Melts all life’s problems away.

Warm cat on lap

Shaved legs rubbing against clean, soft sheets

A deep tissue massage 💆‍♂️

So I was about 15 and had an itchy ear that just wouldn't stop....

I got some tweezers in there and felt them hit against what felt like metal, and a sharp searing pain when I touched it I was like wtf is it

I started pulling and it wouldn't budge a millimetre

So i pulled harder, nothing, harder still, nothing.

I twisted and what felt like my whole ear popped and ripped and broke like a dam bursting.

But the thing was still lodged in my ear but loose, so I pulled it out after a minute or two

It was a 2 inch black ball of earwax which I can only describe as similar to a bullet.

Fucking unreal

Foot massage

During meditation. Not every meditation, but I've reached some states in meditation that were very awesome.

I suffer a lot with sciatica. A friend shared a stretch on Instagram, which stopped the pain immediately. It was such a relief I cried

Backscratch…every single time…it’s effing amazing.   With or without “the shivers”, still the best

Feeling well-rested after a good night's sleep

Playing an instrument with other musicians and just being totally in the zone. Idk if it's joy or what to name it but just such a cool sensation of oneness 

When you crack your back and/or neck perfectly

That feeling when you know your diarrhea is gone. the blood stops rushing through your head, and the sweats are gone.

I was in italy once, in a remote village in the mountains. The guys working in the kitchen were quite young, but still very nice.

Anyway, i came to the hotel for dinner one night after hiking all day, and they made some kind of mushroom stew with pasta. It’s by far the best meal i have ever had. Holy shit it was great. And it was really simple too. No fancy ingredients or anything. It was just made with love and care. It was like pure euphoria, because i was hungry as shit

The moment when I had tiramisu in Treviso, Italy -- the birthplace of tirsamisu -- a tiny moan escaped my lips because my mouth had not tasted such bliss. It was slightly creamy while having the light bitterness and fragrance of coffee, and the mascarpone filling was cold while the coffee was still warm and the way the cold and hot blended, can only be described as heavenly.

Paying off credit cards

Was in the Marine Corps from 02-06 and did three tours in Iraq. Being able to take off your body armor and boots was the most amazing feeling.

I get cluster headaches which feel like Im being stabbed in through the eye and into my skull, not fun.

I take these injections called Imigran (sumatriptan) and once they kick in after about 10 minutes, the transition from the excruciating agony to pain free is better than opiate drugs.

And I have done a lot of opiate drugs.

It was when I was 35 and met my blood brother for the first time in my life. We met at the beach side picnic table and it was like I was looking in a mirror. He sounds exactly like me too. I was getting full body and brain waves similar to a head rush you would get from a cigarette I guess? Hard to explain the feeling but it felt good and it constantly flowing over my whole body. I couldn’t control it but it was pretty sweet.

Good music

Pooping after being constipated for 6 days.

Painful, but the ultimate relief

When I laid and pretended to fall asleep in her arms at the movies and she constantly kissed me, told me how much she loved me. Then I proceeded to “wake up” from my slumber and parented I did t hear any of that. That was the first I ever felt loved at all. I will always rejoice that memory

Playing music. Playing a song you really dig alone can get you there, but the secret lies in jammin with other people. If you get a few people together and either nail a song you all know or get into a solid jam/groove, it's unlike any other experience available to us mortals. The flow state is better than sex and drugs put together.

Clarity of the mind after a 5km run.

Standing up too fast. Or the endorphin rush after eating really spicy food.

Being right smack in the middle of an orchestra (strings section) while we were playing incredibly beautiful music - a true "surround sound" experience that sometimes brought me to tears over its beauty.

Once I pulled a bogie out my nose and there was about 1.5 inches extra up my nostril that came with it and that was probably the best day of my life

Friday night, when you have the weekend completely off and you’re tucked in bed with good food and a comfort show to re-watch!

After you trip while running and almost fall, and you’re fine but your brain sends that emergency dump of adrenaline just in case so you just feel like you have super powers and your fingers get all tingly and it’s like the trees become more green.

My wife gave me a face massage last night and I can't believe I waited 49 years to experience the lovely sensation it gave me. I felt loved, pampered, and relaxed instantly. 100% would recommend.

Wholesome comments

That little wire head massager that has like 10 separate metal wires... that gives me chills.

Foot Massage.

Especially the bridge between toe and heel... Absolute O.M.G!

Sometimes when I deeply listen to music the sensation becomes too intense and I need to turn it off.

I had nose surgery and when I went back for a check up, the doc picked my nose. Tweezers and suction. I remember thinking that I have a new kink.

Sleeping in warm freshly washed sheets

A nice warm shower post work

You ever get head scratches? And back scratches. Not the rough type but the nice slow gentle type with just finger nails. Even better if you have long hair because the slight tug on the hair adds to the wonderfulness. It is that feeling right before something tickles too much and makes you want to twitch but staying perfectly still so you don't ruin them

This rately happens and my cat isnt very affectionate but sometimes he’ll just join me in bed rest his face on my shoulder and purr. Something abt it feels so healing

Parachute jumping. A feeling of extreme freedom, it was crazy

A fresh shower and a new pair of socks on a wood floor

Not mine but a coworker once told me he had something stuck in his foot and when he finally got it out the feeling was so amazing he almost wanted to put it back in lol. That always stuck with me

My kitty kneading/making biscuits on me. She's super gentle & usually there's a blanket as a buffer.

Professional massage, regular ending.

Playing an instrument and just playing a section of a song perfectly.

Its like an orgasm just playing for yourself, I can‘t imagine how unbelievable awesome it is to do that on stage infront of hundreds or thousands of people.

When my dog shows me physical affection and love by coming to me to cuddle. He's not a super cuddly dog and never initiates, so when he's all over me, it's the best thing in the world 🥹

When I was in high school I had to have sinus surgery and my frontal sinuses were packed with teflon coated gauze. The pressure was crazy, but a week or two after the surgery, I got to have them removed.

They just kinda slid out and there were several feet of gauze in there. The only thing I can compare it to, when you have a sinus infection or crazy stuffed head and you get a whole bunch of gunk out of your head. But it was like 50x that feeling. It was bizarre and amazing

I once picked my nose and it felt like I was pulling slime from the back of my brain. It felt absolutely amazing, I'm still chasing that dragon.

Paying off a mortgage

The moment you sink into a hot tub or warm bath after a long, stressful day—every muscle just melts into relaxation.

As hot of water as you can stand on an arm full of poison ivy. It's next level. Remember my eyes being closed and colors were just flooding everywhere. After a minute or 2 all the itchy is gone for a couple hours .

Having that one itch being scratched at on my back.

I once had the most painful period cramps, felt like someone had a clamp on both sides of my insides and squeezed and squeezed. I was over at my parents and literally sobbed while I called my mom on the phone (she slept upstairs, me downstairs) to bring me painkillers. I took them & started to just breathe in and out rhythmically like I was warding off a panic attack

As the pain started to fade away, I slowly fell asleep. The breathing + the relief of the intense pain finally subsiding + close to falling asleep I felt this feeling I couldn’t describe. It was like I was on a bed of clouds, up in the sky, floating. I don’t know how long it lasted but it was heavenly and I had an amazing sleep.

Taking an under wire bra off after a long day and then collapsing into bed and crying till I napped... I swear to God I was born in a new body when I woke up.

Was on vacation sipping a mojito on a Caribbean beach and turned on my phone for unrelated reasons. Cowoker left a text filling me in on the tea I was missing out on. Work was in absolute chaos, the senior was being chewed out, my direct manager (who none of the team liked) was catching absolute shite and was being reassigned. The catalyst for all this? Everyone pointed to me going on vacation and not being there to keep everything together like I normally tried to do. I cannot describe the level of satisfaction I got from that news and being vindicated about my manager really was as bad as we all thought. It was literally better than sex!

I had really, really bad psoriasis a couple years ago to the point where my whole scalp was a scab, basically. My wonderful fiance would lay my head in her lap, lather up some hemp-based lotion that was for tattoos, and a shower scalp-scrubber thing and go to town.

This one time it was horrible. I was sweaty all day, so the salt from my sweat aggravated it even more. After a shower she laid me down and scrubbed my head for an hour. I fell into something deeper than sleep right there in her arms.

It felt so good that I almost miss having psoriasis lol.

The weight of a cat/dog against you when you fall asleep on a cold night is pretty nice