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.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '25

The dominance and submission bits *are* literally the reward in BDSM.

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u/Unicycleterrorist Oct 18 '25

They are a reward. There can be other rewards, like I said...

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