I live for excitement in life. I think I would die of boredom when life becomes too predictable. I have a fair share of great friends but zero tolerance for dullards. I like meeting exciting new people, even if I know that they are unreliable. I can safely say that I've had my fun back in those days of endless parties, drinks, guys, and etc etc. I have an unusually high threshold level for pain. I could even look at the scringe when the doctors were trying to draw blood samples out of me when I was infected with dengue fever. This, of course, does not mean that I thrive on pain.


I studied quite a bit of Psychology back in college. There was this particular sub-topic that of lately,  I realized I could relate myself to.


"Sensation-seeking". This term reflects on a personality trait and it simply means the pursuit of novel, intense and complex sensations and experiences, and the willingness to take risks for the sake of such experience.


Excerpts from my trusty psychology textbook:

Risk-taking is not the main point of sensation-seeking behavior; it is merely the price such people pay for certain kinds of activities that satisfy their need for novelty, change and excitement. In fact, many of the things that high sensation-seekers do are not at all risky. They enjoy high-intensity rock music, view sex and horror films, travel to exotic places, and party without drugs.

Sensation-seeking can also extend to the physical, involving unusual or extreme sports such as skydiving, hang gliding, scuba diving, auto racing, rock climbing and whitewater kayaking. An interest in participating in such sports describes one subcategory of sensation-seeking: thrill- and adventure-seeking.