Thread: Try This !!! Activate the Amygdala Nuclei in the Medial Temporal Lobes of Your Brain

It's not the same. I know what you're talking about and I actually get that alot, though I have no idea why. It seems that sensation is often caused by watching really epic scenes in movies and stuff though. Like a brain tingling. This amygdala thing is like a surge of happiness more than a pleasurable tingle. It makes you want to laugh, rather than making your scalp hair stand on end.

Man I'm finding it really difficult to get consistent results with this and I still haven't accomplish the "click" yet. I recall mention of alternate techniques from you mcwillis, care to share please?

Do any of you have mirror-touch synaesthesia? Quite a few people do, but aren't aware it's not normal. If I watch someone being stabbed or cut in a particular region, I feel a somewhat diminished response in the corresponding area on my body. Without an external stimulus evoking that, it can also be effected by strong 'visualisation' of a physical sensation in a particular area. I'm wondering if the people this works for, possibly have this, and the ones it doesn't, do not.

It's clear if you do - watching any films with intense, physical body reactions, e.g. fighting, car crashes, visceral murders will have a sort of added realism to 'em.

I'll give this a go based on the above. Strongly visualising a tickling sensation should effect that sensation, especially if you've mirror-touch synaesthesia.

I don't think its necessary to have mirror-touch synaesthesia in order to be able to utilize the imagination for a real effect on the body. As I explained previously, we don't need an attractive, naked person to exist in reality in order to get an erection. The body is unable to tell the difference between imagination and reality, whether or not someone has mirror-touch synaesthesia.

But in answer to your question, no. I have intense empathy but not to the extent of MTS. If I had MTS I wouldn't be able to watch nearly as many violent movies as I do.

Fair point about the imagined woman and erection.

So far this is difficult, I assume, because it's difficult to readily visualise this area, and to imagine 'truly' the sensation of a tickling feather. I will give it the benefit of the doubt and look at some diagrams, and I'll tickle myself with a real feather to facilitate my attempt.

That may help, at this point it would be difficult for me to walk you through the process because I've reached unconscious competence. But I'll try to break it down.

The tickle sensation is meant to create an extremely light, soft sort of tingle. It is meant to direct focus on the amygdala in a soft way. I don't know the proper terminology to use, because while what we are actually doing is stimulating the amygdala to activate the frontal lobes, it feels more like opening a valve and allowing warmth to flow into the frontal lobes. But this feeling isn't forced. It almost seems like they're constipated, and we are relaxing them. Finding them in your brain can be helpful. It may be helpful to relax and be aware of the brain for several minutes. When aware of the brain, one becomes aware of all sorts of typically automatic functions that we actually have control over.

What side did you have success with?

Ok, this is rather bizarre, indeed. I'm not getting any sense of happiness or pleasure, but visualising the tickling sensation makes me repeatedly yawn. This is apparently a sign of 'activation'.

I don't know what's going on or what to believe, but one thing is certain so far... I can make myself yawn repeatedly through visualisation.

Edit: lol this phenomenon alone is mental, I've yawned about 30 times now. As soon as I think about it, it happens. Interesting....

Originally Posted by Wolfwood

What side did you have success with?

It was the right side for me.

I first had success with my right side but now I can do either.

I don't know what to tell you wolfwood, keep experimenting.

can anyone help me with this,
i can't get the feeling that i activated it.

(a picture would be nice showing where the amygdala is from the outside of the head)

how do u guys activating it and locating it?
i read that you need to put your thumb in your ear and your middle finger in the inner eye corner, and where your index finger is is your amygdala but when i do it my index finger is really far from the amygdala

Originally Posted by Wolfwood

Can anyone confirm if the sensation is like ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response)? This feels like lots of intense bubbles are erupting and fizzing over the somatosensory cortex. And it feels amazing - You could say, in a way, it's like a 'brain orgasm'. This is very real, and very intense, and yet as far as I'm aware, no scientific studies exist on this phenomenon. Project anyone? ^_^

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This the same or what?

Funny you should post this. This sounds 100% like what I described on the last page. May not be this amygdala tickling everyone is talking about, but it's neat to be able to put a name to what I feel. Even some of the triggers match up, though now I can trigger it on my own sometimes.

Strange, I have no clue how I could possibly trigger that tingle, but I can easily trigger pleasure by tickling my amygdala.

Be careful guys, if you're actually activating pleasure pathways in your brain by mental thought alone, overstimulation of this region may have addictive properties (which can cause a whole host of other problems). Activities that cause an easy release in dopamine tend to be activities that have the highest danger of addiction, such as video gaming, junk food, sex, gambling, cigarettes.

You will find if you attempt to over-stimulate the amygdala, the return depreciates. This, I noticed rather quickly. I mostly use it just in the morning to jump-start my good mood. But if you don't want the return to depreciate, you have to perform activities which stimulate your frontal lobes more such as doing something creative, intelligent or empathetic.

By stimulating the frontal lobes, you are performing something evolutionarily beneficial. You are making yourself a more fit organism, and what you receive from that is a reward to positively reinforce the behavior. The stimulation of the frontal lobe is not purely to make you feel pleasure, it's to make your frontal lobe more active and to put more focus on it. Accomplishing this, you receive a genetically engineered reward for the behavior. Accomplishing this and then not doing anything with your frontal lobes, this reward will depreciate.

This is interesting! I find myself laughing even though I'm not looking at anything funny right now. Just imagining the tickling sensation in that area makes me laugh, is this it? I've just been skimming through most of this thread so I'll have to go back and check out the research on this.

Happy to see people discussing amygdala self-stimulation. Viewzone has posted the newest article that I've written on this subject, and it clarifies many points. Please take a look at the Viewzone site, under "Tickle Your Amygdala" in newest posts. viewzone.com/amygdala2012/index.html

This is a subject I've been investigating and writing about for 35 years. There are a great many misconceptions about what the amygdala does, and how it fits into the picture of brain and behavior modification-- as well as more esoteric - yet still important- tangents, such as dreaming, lucid dreaming, remote viewing, paranormal processes, etc. I've done my best to approach all of these things in a rational and scientific method- and still have fun with it.

Thanks
Neil Slade
NeilSlade.com

neilslade.com/TickleYourAmygdalabook.html

Absolutely awesome dude to see you here. I got your email the other day about your new book

And also a big thanks to the DV tech admins as Neil probably wouldn't have found this site if it wasn't for DV's Search Engine Friendly url's and Search Engine Optimisation.

EDIT I hope you join in the forum Neil and that your post isn't just to advertise your work as that might upset the moderators.

Mcwillis,

I mentioned the article on Viewzone, because it's free, as is the info on my site. (Yes, I also write books on the subject that are regular published books) I've provided hundreds of online papers, and I don't charge for people to read my posts or articles online. And you don't have to buy anything anywhere to learn or understand how to engage brain self-control.

From time to time, I go online and see what people are talking about in regard to the amygdala and such, and so this forum came up. As a rule, I don't butt into forums that much, but rather just point people in the direction of resources that I might be providing, or try to clarify some points about this whole business of amygdala self-stimulation and what it really means. I prefer to leave people to discuss and criticize on their own- alas, because some people would think that my participation in forums is just to advertise something I might have written.

But people can email me any time, and my email address is not hard to find. I answer all of my emails, usually within a few hours.

Thanks again- and like I pointed out, I think its really cool that people are talking about amygdala tickling and clicking all over the place- it's YOUR amazing brain adventure after all-

Neil

Originally Posted by Original Poster

You will find if you attempt to over-stimulate the amygdala, the return depreciates. This, I noticed rather quickly. I mostly use it just in the morning to jump-start my good mood. But if you don't want the return to depreciate, you have to perform activities which stimulate your frontal lobes more such as doing something creative, intelligent or empathetic.

By stimulating the frontal lobes, you are performing something evolutionarily beneficial. You are making yourself a more fit organism, and what you receive from that is a reward to positively reinforce the behavior. The stimulation of the frontal lobe is not purely to make you feel pleasure, it's to make your frontal lobe more active and to put more focus on it. Accomplishing this, you receive a genetically engineered reward for the behavior. Accomplishing this and then not doing anything with your frontal lobes, this reward will depreciate.

Perfectly understood- it's great to see that people have a good understanding of the process.- N.S.

This all sounds like a unusual sensation, I think i've naturaly done stuff like this before. I'l give it a try
On a side note I might try tickle other parts of my brain to see what kind of sensations I get.

Where exactly is this area of the brain. I think id have a much better experience if i could focus on the correct spot first :p

Okay, I've tried this out several times. The first few times nothing happened. I actually went to Youtube and saw an interview with Neil Slade, and tried it again with him guiding the procedure. This time I had an uncontrollable urge to laugh, and it was non-stop for almost a minute. I think it was the way he described the 'feather' going through your forehead, through the frontal lobe. The first few times i imagined it from the sides. Is this the typical result of this technique?

Originally Posted by Original Poster

Have you ever, even once in your life, given an idea the benefit of the doubt before dismissing it? Have you ever, even once, experimented with a concept or exercise that hasn't been excessively verified? There's no danger is playing with doubt, you know.

For someone like Xei he's so certain that only the truth of highly experimented concepts or excessively verified things are allowed. Almost completely the same as a staunch Christian so certain in his faith; of course.. Xei has a better leg to stand on.. but he's so certain that life has no meaning that anything strange is immediately dismissed.

Originally Posted by Orignal Poster

Now that I know how to do it, it's almost too easy for the positive effect it has. How can your imagination make you feel so wonderful?

Ask a child pre-2000.