Zeke Newbold
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There's a fascinating `think piece` penned by a poet (or poetess if you prefer) in the current Independent which seeks to account for the pleasure many of us get from being indoors and cosy - when there is a rain and or thunderstorm raging outside the window.
A term for it has even been coined: `Chrysalism`.
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/thunderstorm-last-night-uk-love-why-weather-b2082581.html
There is talk of the situation as reminding us - subconsciously - of being in the womb - in darkness and buried away from the sound and fury from the world outside.
It might be related to, but not identical with, the ASMR sensation that has ben covered on these boards elsewhere.
I can't help but speculate that the noise of thunder and the wind could be reminiscent in some way of the sound of a mother's heatrbeat and blood circulation and breathing that a proto-baby will have been aware of during it's time in the womb - and that that is a part of the pleasure. But it's not even that simple because we don't even need a storm to get this effect. I for one can derive pleasure from drifting off into a light slumber whilst people are around me are talking (just as one did as a young child). I think this may be the reason why it is so easy to fall asleep in front of a television or when speech based radio is on. There's something pleasurable about being exposed to (non-threatening) sounds but not partaking in them.
I am also reminded of a branch of fetishism which consists of placing oneself in an inflated rubber suit of some kind and then sitting in a water filled bath. (I am not a devotee of this amniotic sensation seeking myself - , but I do kind of `get it`).
Furthermore , there is an offshoot of the Youtube ASMR craze which consists of ambient soundscapes supposed to relax you - and courtesy of Nemos' Dreamscapes - these often feature forties jazz sounds `from another room` and the sound of rain or thunder from outside. Here's one:
A term for it has even been coined: `Chrysalism`.
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/thunderstorm-last-night-uk-love-why-weather-b2082581.html
There is talk of the situation as reminding us - subconsciously - of being in the womb - in darkness and buried away from the sound and fury from the world outside.
It might be related to, but not identical with, the ASMR sensation that has ben covered on these boards elsewhere.
I can't help but speculate that the noise of thunder and the wind could be reminiscent in some way of the sound of a mother's heatrbeat and blood circulation and breathing that a proto-baby will have been aware of during it's time in the womb - and that that is a part of the pleasure. But it's not even that simple because we don't even need a storm to get this effect. I for one can derive pleasure from drifting off into a light slumber whilst people are around me are talking (just as one did as a young child). I think this may be the reason why it is so easy to fall asleep in front of a television or when speech based radio is on. There's something pleasurable about being exposed to (non-threatening) sounds but not partaking in them.
I am also reminded of a branch of fetishism which consists of placing oneself in an inflated rubber suit of some kind and then sitting in a water filled bath. (I am not a devotee of this amniotic sensation seeking myself - , but I do kind of `get it`).
Furthermore , there is an offshoot of the Youtube ASMR craze which consists of ambient soundscapes supposed to relax you - and courtesy of Nemos' Dreamscapes - these often feature forties jazz sounds `from another room` and the sound of rain or thunder from outside. Here's one: