good to know it has a fancy name

[rone]

I suppose that i'm glad that i'm not the only one who experiences this.  It happened a lot more often when i was a kid.  Nowadays, when it does happen, it seems to happen before and not after.

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Re: Proportions

[notr.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Overall solution strength doesn't seem to be the difference, but I hadn't thought of pH. That would make sense--more acid, more urgent. I'll have to test the hypothesis by seeing if a glass of wine has to come out more urgently than a pint of bitter.

My sense of the shivers has always been that they're directly connected to the action of the sphincter. I bet there's just some weird little motor reflex there.

Re: Proportions

[nixzusehen.livejournal.com]

I've thought about that often, too. My theory is that it's as much a function of how quickly liquid is flowing into your bladder – if you've had a lot of water, you may feel the urge to pee even though the bladder isn't full.

Re: Proportions

[devonapple.livejournal.com]

I base the theory on my own experiences when those few ounces have motivated a trip to the water closer, as it usually burns a teeensy bit.

I suppose if we knew the mechanism behind shivers, we'd be able to apply it to this phenomenon.