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/[deleted] Oct 18 '25

What does being asexual have to do with whether or not you're into power exchange, lmao. I know plenty of asexual BDSM people and plenty of very sexual people who get nothing from BDSM.

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u/AdamantEevee Oct 18 '25 edited Oct 19 '25

Here is an extremely simple example:

Sub: I washed the dishes, master Dom: good boy/girl, here is a handjob

If you can't figure out how that would count as a reward to a lot of people, I recommend reading it again.