adrenaline
əˈdrɛn(ə)lɪn/
One of the few words, I had trouble pronouncing as a child. I called it Ardenalin, if that even makes sense.
Adrenaline, the feeling of being high (not that I would know), the rush of wind against your face and above all sense of bliss.
Under usual circumstances, normal people (emphasis on normal here) derive the above mentioned adrenaline from physical activities like Paragliding, Para sailing, Zip lining and any other such activities. A numerous number of people in my life have mentioned how thrilling these activities are, time and again. Every time they said something along these lines, I just leaned back and smirked my usual way, like I knew exactly what they were talking about. Except for the small fact that, I didn’t actually know what they were talking about.
Being a couch potato and an overall lazy person, adrenaline rushes came to me in a different form. I had long given up on ever being athletic or even having the guts to try my luck at them. Hence I found my adrenaline rush in other forms. I should warn you here, I did NOT find it at the bottom of a bottle or in drugs, I found it in the most innocent of activities.
I found my adrenaline rush in the pages of numerous books.
I think it started with Harry Potter. I started the series a tad bit late, at the age of 10. But that did not stop me from finishing the then six series book within a week. I experienced a fast gust of wind and the sensation of flying. I felt as though the universe's secrets had been revealed to me.
It did not stop there. My innocent tryst with adrenaline went on to a lifetime of reading and re-reading (when bored) and hasn’t stopped until now. There were times when I had to lessen the pace of my reading and warn myself to go slow and not inhale them all at once.
But this has been my only constant source of Adrenaline. Others come and go. There was the time I decided to climb on the highest tower I could find (turns out, I am afraid of heights), the time I decided to be rebellious to a teacher (that was a disaster) and finally the time I tried to be nice to everyone. (People gave me weird looks and started questioning my sanity).
What was your source of Adrenaline Rush?
Adrenaline, the feeling of being high (not that I would know), the rush of wind against your face and above all sense of bliss.
Under usual circumstances, normal people (emphasis on normal here) derive the above mentioned adrenaline from physical activities like Paragliding, Para sailing, Zip lining and any other such activities. A numerous number of people in my life have mentioned how thrilling these activities are, time and again. Every time they said something along these lines, I just leaned back and smirked my usual way, like I knew exactly what they were talking about. Except for the small fact that, I didn’t actually know what they were talking about.
Being a couch potato and an overall lazy person, adrenaline rushes came to me in a different form. I had long given up on ever being athletic or even having the guts to try my luck at them. Hence I found my adrenaline rush in other forms. I should warn you here, I did NOT find it at the bottom of a bottle or in drugs, I found it in the most innocent of activities.
I found my adrenaline rush in the pages of numerous books.
I think it started with Harry Potter. I started the series a tad bit late, at the age of 10. But that did not stop me from finishing the then six series book within a week. I experienced a fast gust of wind and the sensation of flying. I felt as though the universe's secrets had been revealed to me.
It did not stop there. My innocent tryst with adrenaline went on to a lifetime of reading and re-reading (when bored) and hasn’t stopped until now. There were times when I had to lessen the pace of my reading and warn myself to go slow and not inhale them all at once.
But this has been my only constant source of Adrenaline. Others come and go. There was the time I decided to climb on the highest tower I could find (turns out, I am afraid of heights), the time I decided to be rebellious to a teacher (that was a disaster) and finally the time I tried to be nice to everyone. (People gave me weird looks and started questioning my sanity).
What was your source of Adrenaline Rush?
