Not sure if mine is the same thing as H.E.
I just heard about this sub, so forgive my ignorance. I feel a sense of motivation and optimism when hungover, but not a lack of pain. Is that the same thing as what’s going on here?
It’s a type of, what I can only think to call, a dopamine rush for an extended period of time, but I am in fact experiencing the thumping headache and physical grossness of a hangover. I’m just in a weirdly positive mood while it’s happening. I’ve always thought this was a variation of masochism, even though I don’t have that kink or proclivity or whatever.
I am/have historically been a bit of a self-loathing person, but fairly disciplined. So I sort of chalked this up to a kind of confirmation of, “well, that’s what you get for your actions, get to work anyway” type thing, and assumed it just manifested like that.
What has stood out to me is, I’ve never said this to anyone else and had them empathize or understand what I am feeling. People simply don’t understand what I’m experiencing, and think it’s insane. Maybe it is, but this sub appears to be the closest I’ve ever known to what happens to me during a hangover.
Am I describing something else here? I’m open to questions, and thanks for any feedback.
I’m not an alcoholic, btw. I do probably drink too often, but rarely to excess.