Five Senses Analysis

After reading this chapter it really makes a person think about how complex our sensory system really is. It is truly amazing when you really dig into every little detail of it. Normally someone really would not pay attention to what happens when you touch something. Usually you just know that you are touching something and know that you can feel and describe it. This concept applies to any of the five senses and it is astonishing.

One thing that I perceive differently from others is my sense of smell. When I drive by a dairy farm for example, people are normally grossed out and hate the smell. Me, I honestly love the smell. It brings back great memories for me. I grew up on farms my whole life and have been to dozens of dairy farms.

I mean hot in the sense of spicy not in temperature. I often get the spiciest foods at a restaurant and many people are like that is too hot for me. They even go far as to say that will make you sick or you are going to ruin your appetite, but in reality I rather enjoy the spiciest cuisine. One time my buddy had bought some hot sauce that was called Mad Dog or something of that sort and it was supposedly ten or so times hotter than the average jalapeno. Well a couple of my buddies got together and we all thought we would give it a whirl. We all got uncooked noodles and got a tiny dip of the sauce. Once everyone began taking the tiny drop of sauce they had they immediately started gagging. Some threw up, others could not breathe, while others were drinking milk and eating ice. I am not saying I enjoyed it, but other than sweating profusely and drinking water I was not really affected by it the way they were. Maybe it is because I have gradually eaten spicy things my whole life and I have simply developed an immunity or a tolerance of many spices foods. I eventually went on to eat that sauce on two separate occasions after my initial contact with the Mad Dog and it did not have the affect as it did the first time.

In conclusion, I seem to experience several different things in contrast with my friends. It seems that they had just not had the same situations growing up. For example, I spent my whole life around the dairy farms and the smell is rather pleasant to me versus my friends who find it disgusting. As for the sweets, I cannot seem to like anything too sweet in a bulk amount, but enjoy sour things. The same goes for my tolerance of spicy foods. My friends just do not enjoy it, so they cannot take too much in at one