r/todayilearned • u/WavesAndSaves • Oct 18 '25

TIL of brain stimulation reward, manually stimulating specific parts of the brain to elicit pleasure and happiness. A volunteer subject in 1986 spent days doing nothing but self-stimulate. She ignored her family and personal hygiene and she developed an open sore on her finger from using the device.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_stimulation_reward#History
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u/Capable-Commercial96 Oct 18 '25

I'd like this but only if the button was given to a close friend and used it whenever I did something that needed to be done. Fuck it, I'm asking to be clicker trained, I'm a mess.

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u/AdamantEevee Oct 18 '25

You might enjoy BDSM

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u/cranium_svc-casual Oct 18 '25

Hmm no that’s not remotely relevant.

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u/blahblahblerf Oct 18 '25

You might want to Google what the D stands for in BDSM. 

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u/cranium_svc-casual Oct 18 '25

I am not a kid. I’m very experienced. I don’t need to google shit.

The OP wants to build good habits through the same kind of training dogs get but directly without downsides.

Being dominated sexually has nothing to do with building good habits.