Buzz Inside the Minds of Thrill-Seekers

date? Twenty-four hours of hiking. Weeks later it was a ten-day backpacking trek. “It’s been ten days and you’re with this perso ...

It’s always the dishwasher. But the trust that develops in HSS relationships doesn’t only help strengthen the trust in their eve ...

“If they have the draw toward some kind of adventurous activity and they start dating somebody who doesn’t, that’s defi- nitely ...

not paying attention to how fast I’m going. My husband refuses to be the passenger in the car when I’m driving. He’s like, ‘I ne ...

pufferfish? He, like lots of sensation-seekers, encourages his kid to try the new experiences that he engages in. “I don’t push ...

sensation-seekers still have a wide variety of relationships (maybe more than most), and the way that their behaviors affect the ...

6 ALL IN A DAY’S WORK Imagine plodding through a pool full of beef stew: thick, murky, and carrot-filled. Now add the rushing cu ...

to help drag himself along. This is absolutely as dangerous as it sounds. Jason has found himself trapped inside an underwater c ...

“I crave it. I have to do it. If I don’t do it every so often, I go nuts. Again, it’s that anticipation – getting out there and ...

a job that is arguably the lowest sensation career on the planet, or at least I thought I did. This led me to ask, “What kinds o ...

College professor College student Accountant Civil service – clerical Librarian The investigators then compared the air traffi ...

lifestyle for years, sometimes decades on end, it stands to reason that they aren’t exactly after new experiences. Instead, wher ...

“Race car driver?” “No,” his mother responded. “Police officer!” “No.” “Pyrotechnic?” “No!” “How about firefighter?” “That’s all ...

“What’s the biggest misunderstanding about firefighters?” I asked. “That’s easy. We don’t get cats out of trees.” There are many ...

“There was a group in the ER I worked at that all did back- country snowboarding. I just loved the challenge of that. There were ...

“On the other hand, I’m concerned about people whose primary focus is on that adrenaline rush. That needs to be a part of it, bu ...

than a lot of doctors. Doctors don’t like to be wrong.” Oh, and you have to get used to getting yelled at a lot. Being a high se ...

and collect the money or keep going to maybe get more money. The test measures your risk tolerance or risk aversion. Risk was de ...

I met Olathe, at the fossil table right outside of the meeting room. The fossil table is a demonstration area where you can teac ...

about the loudness of the water when you are in the shower or when you are standing next to an average dishwasher (not the fancy ...