New things scare the heck out of me. After two and a half years in my neighborhood, I still haven't been to most of the restaurants; I keep going back to the ones I know. I watch books and movies over and over. I'm working to take more new challenges so I can expand my comfort zone, but for me it's definitely work.

-- Chris

I am very much towards the low end of the sensation seeking scale-- at least on most things. I don't recall which of Elaine's books has the sensation seeking quiz-- but I score about 3 out of 20 on it.

However, I do like trying new things-- in a sort of "controlled and safe" environment. But no bungee jumping or falling out of airplanes... ;-)

--Peter

this is me. i answered yes to every question. it's hard being and hsp and hss. i'm always walking that fine line between enthusiastic and inspired and exhausted and... hermitlike? :-)

I answer 'yes' to all but #4.

I have watched my favorite videos countless times...

I like knowing the ending-- makes me enjoy the nuances of character, dialogue and scenery all the more.

-Emma

PS- about the lighthouse/monastery... I would love to have visitation priviledges, but be able to leave when I wanted to for dancing or theater or travel.

A definite yes to 1,2 and 5.
i know that i'll thrive better by doing stuff like sky diving, bungee jumping and all the other wonderful extreme sports. i've yet to get the chance to do them though heh. But sky diving is my number one dream activity.

As for 3 and 4, it really depends.

i've wanted to live in the woods before. i also didn't mind the idea of living in a monastery as i appreciate solitude and spirituality immensely. Anyway, i don't like the dogmatic kind of life conducted in religions/ monasteries so i left that idea alone. i would have gone to live in the woods as a hermit if my mom had allowed me to do so. But she didn't, saying i just finished high school, and should further my education.

As for seeing the same movies, i probably wouldn't mind, and will enjoy them only if i find them really thrilling and exciting to begin with. i've seen some movies numerous times (for example, some of the Disney movies), till the extent that my mom would be commenting about how i should be bored with them already.

But i get bored rather easily in most aspects.
i knew from a child that i would never get married. At that time, it was because i only wanted to focus on my spiritual growth, and getting married etc seemed like an extra burden. Now, i don't believe in marriage personally, and it's definitely not for me. i'd probably be bored to death if i ever got married heh.

On another note, i'm so glad i came across the term 'sensation seeker' years ago. It described me well, and then it doesn't feel so strange to read and know why i feel the way i feel ^.^

How do you feel about the following questions?

1) Yeah, I like the excitement of newness though I'm sometimes in the mood for something familiar

2) I I try to avoid bordom by looking at the same thing from a different angle to get more depth. Sometimes I plunge into the depths of something new and become absorbed quickly and deplete the excitment really quickly. When I do get bored I get really bored


3) I cannont imagine myself living a solitary life and even an ordinary peaceful life makes me a little restless at times. Positive human contact and interaction and interconnectedness with the world around me is so key to my life. This is one of the reasons I love playing chamber music. This synergy is so important to me. However, I often feel conflicted with my social inclinations and my need for peace and quiet, I can often burn myself out and get overwhelmed. Usually it's just the noise that burns me out though sometimes I can absorb too much energy/emotion. I really need a balance.

4) I'd like to see a movie twice or more to pic up nuances I missed the first time and look at it from another angle

5) sure, in moderation

Why Yes to all 5.

Interesting....!

I would answer yes to each question without a doubt, except for sometimes #4, I can see a movie twice if there is some time in between viewing like 6 months, or if it is one of my favorite movies (I only have like 5).