Comment on How can people know what they want at a given moment?
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
Regarding activities, I usually find I crave certain activities when I get burnt out on other activities and need a break from that activity while staying occupied. For instance, if I’m doing a lot of writing at work, I may crave a spatially stimulating activity at home. It is my mind signaling I’m doing too much of one activity and I need a different one to keep from wearing out.
AloneDownUnder@quokk.au 2 weeks ago
How do you experience this craving?
Like what do you feel that makes you realise you want to do a spatially stimulating activity at home?
To me it’s amazing you can tell something like that!
robinadams@lemmy.wtf 2 weeks ago
It’s hard to describe as a physical sensation. Best I can do:
If I’m craving a hamburger, I get a very strong, vivid memory of the feel and taste of biting into a burger, and a strong belief that eating a burger would make me feel very satisfied right now. The same way that, when I’m thirsty, I instinctively know with certainty that drinking is what would make me feel better.
AloneDownUnder@quokk.au 2 weeks ago
I am not able to do something like that…
I can remember things, but usually it’s kindof like a list of facts:
sometimes I can even visualise kinda in my head what a burger looks like, or what the place looks like. But very vague. I cannot remember things like feelings, emotions, taste, smell, those kind of things related to the thing I’m thinking of.
HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Drug addiction can be described this way as well.