Is it just a pleasurable sensation when it stops?

Apart from the obviously pleasurable sensation, researchers reckon it also reduces levels of the stress hormone cortisol.

Bitter and sour foods we find unpleasant, while salty, sweet, and meaty tasting foods generally provide a pleasurable sensation.

But if you knock out stress pathways, that won't just affect stress -because those pathways are also for transmitting pleasurable sensations.

Any kind of distraction makes it difficult to focus on the pleasurable sensations that are happening.