With all of the pleasurable experiences you describe, I often (usually?) experience a feeling of relief afterward.
After eating a good meal, or sex, or listening to good music, or solving a hard problem, I imagine myself sitting back and letting out a breath—and that moment of reflection is very similar between these activities.
I’m not formulating this very well but it is a direction that I would look for a commonality for pleasurable activities.
With all of the pleasurable experiences you describe, I often (usually?) experience a feeling of relief afterward.
After eating a good meal, or sex, or listening to good music, or solving a hard problem, I imagine myself sitting back and letting out a breath—and that moment of reflection is very similar between these activities.
I’m not formulating this very well but it is a direction that I would look for a commonality for pleasurable activities.