Kick (psychology)

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A kick (German loan word from: English kick = step, push ) is understood in risk research, among extreme athletes , in fun sports or in experiential education in the figurative sense, a short-term, extremely high nervous and emotional excitement and its intoxicating discharge. The kick search is heading for a peak of excitement.

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The expression "kick" (kicken, Kicker, Kickers Offenbach ), which comes from sports language , especially soccer , has also assumed a meaning in the figurative sense beyond its use in the field of sports: "Kick" is used both technically and colloquially to describe a suddenly occurring strong emotion. It acts like a violent "psychological shock" (joking slang expression: "I think a horse will kick me"). In this respect, the expression kick differs in technical language such as the language used in fun sports, extreme sports or adventure education from the equally exciting processes of " thrill " or " thrill ", which are usually treated indifferently as synonyms in popular lexicons .

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In an article about cliff jumping in Acapulco , Mexico , the authentic report of the Indio Cuadrito after jumping from 35 meters into the Quebrada Gorge is quoted: One and a half, two seconds you are in the air - it felt like an eternity to me. I tensed my body and dipped into the water. And when I got back up, I was elated, as if I'd climbed a peak.

The professional “Clavadista” thus precisely characterizes the kick experience associated with cliff jumping: In contrast to the thrill , which is characterized by a protracted alternating bath of exciting and exhilarating emotional experiences, an explosively discharging high tension is typical for the kick. In contrast to the thrill, this is limited in time to a brief moment. It is an emotional build-up of tension that arises relatively quickly, but its intensity soon flattens again. In experiential education one speaks pointedly (and disparagingly) of a "quick kick". The psychophysical process is associated with high feelings of pleasure. It conveys a brief “feeling of exhilaration” and is therefore particularly sought after in extreme areas, such as by roulette players , extreme sports enthusiasts and cross-border commuters . But it can also already be experienced by children, for example in criminal department store theft or jumping off a three-meter board.

A kick can arise as an isolated individual experience, but also as a climax or conclusion to a thrill experience or thrill. The build-up of tension that is necessary for this usually happens when confronting a danger or risky task. Successfully passing them triggers the kick.

Physiological background

The pleasurable experience associated with the kick is associated with physiological processes , whereby adrenaline , actually a stress hormone for providing energy reserves, plays a special role. Under extreme athletes is often a "adrenaline rush", spoken by physiologists from an "adrenaline rush", as it at the moment of extreme excitement to an increased secretion of the hormone comes the addition beef marrow. The release of endorphins puts you in a lustful state of intoxication.

Kick sceneries

Tests of courage are the most common form of table football for children and young people. They can be entered under valuable and from inferior points of view.

The balconing represents a self-endangering highly shape of Mutbeweises that is practiced especially among alcohol and drugs.

The technically demanding water jumping , cliff jumping , bungee jumping or base jumping are typical kick sports.

The Russian Roulette is one in his classic like latter day modified forms of the highly self-destructive varieties of kick-experience. You will u. a. Described in a literary way by the novelists Graham Greene and Jean Améry from their own experience : Greene, who is prone to depression , remarks in retrospect at the moment when he heard the empty click of the revolver : I remember an overwhelming feeling of happiness, as if carnival lights suddenly flared in a dark one , desolate street on (p. 147), which repeatedly caused him to crave adrenaline (p. 147).

The drug-induced kick has in today's young people already in children, economy , with the preferred drug, depending on the scene distinguished: Sun preferably about the techno scene ecstasy and amphetamines . The punks favor alcohol , while the hip-hops give priority to alcohol and cannabis in order to achieve the desired kick effect.

Kick and thrill in the example comparison

The normal paragliding flight of an experienced pilot is accompanied by an emotional high mood, but not characterized by a kick or thrill experience.

Under the topic of "fear-lust", Siegbert Warwitz also describes a "kick experience" in a paragliding beginner, which makes it clear that kick and thrill can also be combined with the flight experience in certain situations:

The still insecure pilot tries with high concentration and not without fear to open the paraglider and get safely into the air. After he has succeeded in doing this, a characteristic cheer escapes from the tortured chest - acoustic expression for a pleasurable "kick experience".

When paragliding, the successful start phase is usually followed by a problem-free flight. The further flight can, however, also turn into a " live thriller " (Warwitz), a real experience with a thrill character, if, for example, the approaching of a thunderstorm front was disregarded and the pilot with the stabilization of his glider in the difficult weather conditions struggles with unwanted up and down movements or with wind shear at the landing site.

Idioms

The metaphor “kick” has found its way into colloquial language in a variety of ways: The ultimate kick is the fascination of intoxicating experience. Extreme athletes and fun athletes like to use an exaggeration of the term to speak of an “ultimate kick”, an “absolute kick” or the “last kick” and mean a pleasure experience that can no longer be increased. “Getting a kick” is a sudden, highly intense pleasure experience. This kick can also be brought about biochemically , through the influence of drugs . Therefore, among drug addicts the term “get a kick” is common and appropriate. The orgasm during sexual acts can also be understood as a kick in this sense. The expression "adrenaline rush", which is common in sports circles, refers to the physiological processes in the body which, as an adrenaline rush, cause feelings of pleasure after high levels of tension.

literature

  • Ulrich Aufmuth: The pleasure of taking risks . In: DAV, ÖAV, AVS (ed.): Berg 1985 . Alpine Club Yearbook. Munich, Innsbruck, Bozen 1985. ISBN 3-7633-8044-2
  • Michael Balint: Thrills and Regressions . London 1959. ISBN 978-0823665402
  • Wolfram Schleske: The thrill of flying . In: Z. f. Experiential education. 1-2 (1995) pp. 3-8
  • Gerhard Wahrig: German Dictionary . Gütersloh 1970. Sp. 3562
  • Siegbert A. Warwitz: Search for meaning in risk. Life in growing rings. Attempts to explain cross-border behavior . 2., ext. Ed., Verlag Schneider, Baltmannsweiler 2016, ISBN 978-3-8340-1620-1 .

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  1. ^ Gerhard Truig: German dictionary . Gütersloh 1970. Sp. 2019.
  2. ↑ a b Wolfram Schleske: The kick when flying . In: Z. f. Adventure education 1-2 (1995) pp. 3–8.
  3. ↑ Tom Noga: Men on the Edge of the Abyss. In: sueddeutsche.de , March 4, 2011, accessed on February 25, 2017.
  4. ↑ Ulrich Aufmuth: The pleasure of risk . In: Berg 1985 . Alpine Club Yearbook. Munich 1985.
  5. ↑ Graham Greene: A Kind of Life . Vienna 1971.
  6. ↑ Jean Améry: Put your hand on yourself. Discourse on suicide . Stuttgart 1976.
  7. ^ Siegbert A. Warwitz: Flying - the fulfillment of a dream . In: Ders .: Search for meaning in risk. Life in growing rings. Attempts to explain cross-border behavior . 2., ext. Ed., Verlag Schneider, Baltmannsweiler 2016, pp. 87–97
  8. ^ Siegbert A. Warwitz: Paragliding . In: Ders .: Search for meaning in risk. Life in growing rings. Attempts to explain cross-border behavior . 2., ext. Ed., Verlag Schneider, Baltmannsweiler 2016, pp. 151–152