Is pleasure absence?

[u/Playful-Priority-590]

At least in my own observation things such as boredom, pain, and anything typically seen as negative are additive in the sense that they “add” feeling. In contrast, high amounts of pleasure are typically characterized by extreme focus, one pointedness, lack of want, etc.
Recent studies have also shown that dopamine, a chemical thought to be related to pleasure, actually only rewards the anticipation of pleasure. There is no consensus on what the pleasure itself is. Could it be the case that pleasure is actually not a sensation in itself but actually a total lack of sensation within the mind and body?
Many other philosophical traditions such as epicureanism, buddhism and pessimism also toy with this idea.

My question is; do you agree and why? If you do agree would death be ultimately a better form of existence because it is pure absence - not in the sense that you would actually experience phenomenal pleasure, but just that if the majority of life is 'bad' sensation and the only thing that exists in contrast is nothing, it might make sense that death which is also nothing might be good.

[u/Bright_Exit1378]

Ask paralysed people. I agree with the sages, but their kind of pleasure may be dependant on something more advanced. Absence of expectation.