What Really Happens During A Brain Freeze

[@hongpingmike]

Those 20 to 30 seconds seem like a lifetime.

[@sheldonxwilliams]

😂😂

[@jaythe90skyd49]

Mines lasted at least 2 mins

[@majdashraf5820]

Today I was drinking super cold fresh milk. Let's just say I got one hell of a brain freeze.

[@len8140]

always have some room temperature water close by. One sip and brainfreeze is gone

[@C.C.N]

0:27

[@jaybird0312]

The immeasurable anger that welled inside me when I found out that not everybody gets a brainfreeze is maddening.

[@Dummigame]

I live near denmark and have brainfreeze I think I'ma explode real quick

[@ZeranZeran]

@@Dummigame Do you get brainfreeze from cold weather? I grew up in southern California (Usually sunny and hot) - but when I go to the snow, I actually love it. My mind seems to work a bit sharper in the cold. But if I was chugging ice cold water from the mountains of Denmark, you'd hear me screaming in pain from below!

[@ewnoid2055]

i never had a brainfreeze lmao

[@cucmberconstable]

Sorry to cause u anger

[@usmanamjad8737]

I didn't ever get a brain freeze so I don't know the pain

[@mausi2432]

I thought everyone got brainfreeze👽

[@iancassells860]

- - they do

[@Radn-eu1cd]

not me

[@aaron8kok]

Me too

[@valentinjianu6943]

Not me

[@streamyyy4506]

Not me

[@DerBambie]

And I thought I'm special .... or brainless

[@colleen4943]

🧠❄

[@blackhole28]

Colleen Hyun Lol

[@jonaphanmareno5518]

I also thought I was special.......

[@2kworld9]

"BRAINLESS" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@betiedu]

Am I lucky or unlucky for never experiencing a brain freeze lol

[@awfullygenericname6783]

Blert Shabani Boi u Lucky

[@shahhimi1431]

You just deal with it brain freezes aren't even that bad

[@UltraAryan10]

I didnt even knew whats that lol

[@kimjisoo8207]

I know right lol

[@Peliha]

I rarely have a brain freeze.

[@aponiaa]

Interesting! I was in a car accident and had a head/brain injury. After this, I started getting migraines. I also started getting brain freezes when I'd never gotten them before. I never knew there was correlation between the two.

[@antonyraj5936]

Your situation is sad for me friend😢

[@koqy]

eeessh

[@sarahbasto6520]

I didn't even know it existed!

[@JustinY.]

It just works

[@krishmistry2608]

*sigh*

[@krishmistry2608]

Justin Y. *wait I actually learnt how to write a bold text*

[@krishmistry2608]

Justin Y. **sigh**

[@hanamichisakuragi9272]

I just wonder... Do you ever sleep?

[@ginaallen5335]

Bro I just saw ur comment on the insider video. U going places lol

[@PraetorianAU]

Something I learned recently is that brain freeze and migraines are almost identical in terms of where the pain is. It's a great way to explain to someone how a migraine feels.

[@ZeranZeran]

Holy crap. This makes me have so much sympathy for anyone who gets migraines. Brain freezes hurt so bad my entire body reacts and I have to stop whatever I'm doing, I couldn't focus on anything if they lasted longer. Seriously one of the most painful things in the world for me. Worse than breaking a tooth, or getting stitches! I'm gonna try to help anyone in my life who gets them, I'm afraid I'll get them someday!

[@PraetorianAU]

@@ZeranZeran I get them once a month on average. It is what it is...

[@ZeranZeran]

@@PraetorianAU Dude brainfreeze makes me turn into a 10/10 "HOLY F***K I NEED HELP" type of pain lmao. You're tough.

[@omegaman3004]

@@ZeranZeran yo you might need to check that or something cause brain freezes aren’t that bad for most people.

[@ZeranZeran]

@@omegaman3004 I think I was just born with a b***ch mouth that can't take cold stuff lmao. I will ask my doctor about it though. It only happens with brainfreeze, never anything else. I'm fine in the snow. but brainfreeze.. KILL ME

[@wheathinzz]

Who else just had a brain freeze?

[@blxeberriez7342]

meee

[@gabriellelastrilla3023]

Meeeee

[@tododekuislife2906]

Meeee

[@alexas3833]

Meee🥺

[@Ana-fx2lo]

😐

[@mlawson7341]

I will say a brain freeze feels very much like a migraine which can last for hours. It can feel like an eternity. So if you know someone who gets migraines and you have had a brain freeze imagine what the migraine sufferer is going through.

[@tyokcu]

I thought a brain freeze was fictional and only used in cartoons. I've actually never experienced one.

[@gameplaychannel1309]

Lol its true alright

[@ItsAstie]

it happens to me

[@jaythe90skyd49]

@Caleb Mayfield you know they have a special place in hell for people like you. Probably have plenty of hot slurpees there too. 😊

[@jaythe90skyd49]

@Caleb Mayfield lol look who's talking

[@jaythe90skyd49]

@Caleb Mayfield I got u were being sarcastic obviously or I wouldn't have said they probably have hot slurpees in hell 😏

[@mintyfy6025]

Now I can educate my parents every time I get a snow cone

[@kodadrake2008]

Mintyfy IsBad lol XD

[@chevy7850]

koda drake “lOl xD!!!!” Face ass

[@covid19alpha2variantturboc7]

Every time? LoL your parents must have a pitiful memory

[@minhtran6932]

I learn more from this than science at school.......i have human development right now😭

[@aprilmannoli5811]

Human development is easy I promise ya

[@912-pizza4]

Og

[@baileyjane7387]

My brain freeze was so bad it made me look it up on KZbin.

[@jaridkeen123]

I used to get Brain freezes as a Kid but i Rarely get them as a Adult and I Scarf down Icecream and Milkshakes

[@Ohde3d]

It's probably because for some reason as people get older they also react less to pain

[@Faltaire]

@@Ohde3d may be but I think there’s a lot more than that

[@Ohde3d]

@@Faltaire that's true there are so many factors anybody could stop getting them for any number of reasons.

[@Zarafin]

I can straight bite into icecream and have no brain freeze.

[@ZeranZeran]

That's neat! I'm jealous, stranger. It's the opposite for me. I never had a brainfreeze until my 20s and it scared the absolute hell out of me when I got the first one a few years back. I thought I was having a heart attack, thinking "I NEED AN AMBULANCE!" or something and then... about 20 seconds later it went away I felt like such an idiot and had to laugh at myself.

[@thebestworst8002]

I always purposefully give myself brainfreeze because it cures normal headaches

[@itaybron]

What about pushing your tongue against the roof of your mouth? Why does that make the pain go away???

[@anthonya459]

Im guessing because your tongue is closer to body temperature

[@blackhole28]

Anthony Al Right saliva melts ice Making sense tap water melts ice

[@Alaerick1]

I’ve tried and it doesn’t work

[@maggie1000]

itaybron If the brain freeze is a neurological response to the cold then the tongue just helps warm that area faster which makes the response stop so the pain goes away

[@jendycab1428]

That pain is a whole lifetime

[@ebk2raw426]

I’ve never experienced a brain freeze but always wanted to know what it felt like.🤷🏽‍♀️

[@davidgutierrez8297]

If you have ever hit the nerve in your elbow on a corner, its similar to that lingering pain after the immediate sharpness, but in your head.

[@Speedyfrmfkd]

Pain from the brain for a few seconds

[@hi_hello6677]

Same

[@talknerdytome6053]

I had brain freeze for the first time in years today, and as a former chronic migraine sufferer it felt reallllly similar

[@Jusilau]

I used to get migraines a lot and I also got brain freezes. Now, I don't get headaches very often and I can't remember the last time I've gotten a brain freeze. I can see how there's a correlation there. However, I've kind of developed a habit where I don't swallow too much frozen things at once, so that might be a factor for my lack of brain freezes.

[@bellsfiz]

I hate brain freeze. Always feels like I’m gonna die during that

[@Gebieter]

I remember that I experienced brain freeze from time to time as a child, but I don't remember just one time since I am grown up. I don't know if my adult body isn't anymore so sensitive for it or if I just drink cold stuff now intuitively in a way that avoids brain freeze. I guess it's a little bit of booth, but who knows...

[@ZeranZeran]

I never got it as a kid, and when I got it for the first time as an adult I freaked out and thought I was dying. Lmao. Stupid me.

[@hangry3102]

Not only do I get the brain freeze, I get the neck/throat and chest freeze. Actually is unbearable.

[@javonteshavers4388]

I just wanted to know if excessive brain freeze is harmful in any way, is there any long term or temporary effects that goes along with it

[@sudokuacrobatics]

Your mouth somehow freezing from the ice cream is more likely to kill you, and thats impossible to my knowledge

[@madisontheidel6748]

Imagine trying to explain a brain freeze to someone who doesn't get them

[@Princess-rh4rb]

I dont get brain freezes but i get chest freeze

[@hamstey1603]

I get brain freeze lol

[@nizartabbai1292]

Me too lol

[@Bulletcss]

Lucky you i guess lol

[@mggarel517]

♡Princess♡ me too

[@yamnjam]

I had braces in my 20's and found out afterward that with the upper retainer, I never got brain freeze. My retainer had thick plastic that insulated the roof of my mouth. I loved it. Yesterday I decided to have a frozen margarita & fashioned my own 'retainer' out of moldable plastic. I messed up a bit and only covered half the roof of my mouth. Turns out for some reason this time it made the brain freeze worse and I actually passed out. It could not be alcohol because it happened only 3 sips in. I took the faux retainer out and was ok afterwards. I had no idea that could happen. Maybe the retainer caused the cold to not dissipate as quickly and actually retained the cold, worsening the brain freeze? Weird stuff.

[@aaa-tk6df]

i NEVER had a brain freeze

[@memelord8325]

Same lol

[@Kaylaxie]

Same, my mom and my brother has them though

[@geraldgrooves]

Same

[@subscribetopewdiepie4502]

Same here

[@lmao-xu6ei]

it just feels like a headache

[@smallestboness]

i love learning about random things

[@amyescobarperez]

I get back freezes..just me ok... awkward

[@versaceslife5805]

No me too

[@loyaltyislove_]

Nope me too.... It's a combo of both

[@XenZenSense]

My brain freezes last for 3 seconds only

[@carlosasan2604]

I don’t get brain freezes, I get tooth freezes (I think I suffer from some kind of sensibility) 😅😅

[@xa-xii1316]

sensibility?

[@n4m_co]

Same

[@alurixity2765]

When it goes away it feels so good

[@shrutikirttania4357]

Hey Science Insider, could u tell me what is 'going into a coma'? I hear this stuff but never could i understand what its actually...

[@edwardzhou8590]

wow so it’s just like going out the hot tub to the snow and going back in, that kind of shocking pain. cold body -> expanded blood vessels from hot tub and fast rush of blood -> pain cold roof of mouth -> expanded blood vessels from fast rush of blood -> pain

[@kenshireii]

my teeth too-

[@blackhole28]

rielle asuncion SAME

[@freshfish4447]

Just bad teeth

[@jaded8578]

that's called sensitive teeth it also happens sometimes with hot drinks for me

[@antipeanut1746]

I love your channel. I mostly get your facts from your community! I Subscribed and turned on all notifications. Also ], my friend got a migraine. It was extremely painful!

[@vermoshrank7181]

I just get chest freezes

[@allisonovo]

George Li same

[@mikomihael6478]

lel

[@adelamontesdeoca7673]

Same and then i cough alot

[@jsrv-justsomerandomvids4551]

100k SUBS WITHOUT A VID CHALLENGE me too!

[@lordmayo2621]

You should get that checked out

[@desertweasel6965]

I had the worst brain freeze of my life earlier that's why I looked it up. It was the worst one in my entire life. I was screaming and rolling in the floor it was sheer torture. I ran to the kitchen and turned on the hot water and drank it and it immediately subsided. It is such an unbelievable relief. I do not have migraines. This was like having a steel rod soaked in liquid nitrogen shoved through your entire skull. When it was over I had tears rolling down my face.

[@prakash_77]

Scientists also haven't been able to figure out the science behind tears - why do we cry, why do humans sleep for such long hours compared to other animals and why do our fingers get wrinkly when exposed to water for long.

[@prakash_77]

Yeah, that one was proved by a study back in 2013. My bad.

[@Atomas69]

Our fingers get wrinkly when exposed to water for long beacause whrn cells touch water, water molecules "puff up" (blow up) and they get bigger(also weakening the cells making you more vulnerable to cuts and shraps) so as they get bigger the cells dont get enough room, causing tgem to mount on top of each other and making your fingers wrinkly.

[@mlbblegends3892]

Because human brains need more relaxation than other animals our brain has many function and one of the most powerful brain ...thats why our brain needs more rest than de others

[@mlbblegends3892]

We cry because of our emotions and also sometimes when we have bacterias on our eye or there ia something there our eye tries to wash or clean our eye and thats why our tears is salty jk i dont know

[@aiyachayothin4693]

mlbb legends I love how you pretended to be a scientist for a while and then just give up like 😂

[@user-ys9to2ie7k]

At the 1:40 minute mark it's not that the blood is flooded into but it's caused from the tips of your fingers being so cold it restricts the blood flow and the constant pressure behind those fingers is what gives you the pain. It's not the kidney stone that gives you the pain, it's the kidney stone blocking the fluid which causes the tube coming from the kidney, I hope you like my medical terms, to fill up and that expansion is what gives you the pain. I'll keep watching and make sure you read my other comments!

[@aperson-u4l]

🤓

[@upanddowngaming8334]

I never get brainfreezes.

[@michaelhermankeen6162]

In Denmark, everything is cold. We be ballin in the ice every day brother.

[@neringak.6723]

I dont have brain freeze :D

[@coldthrenody]

It's temporary, only when you eat or drink cold food

[@Moi-yb4tu]

U cant freeze something nonexistent

[@Croy617]

I literally just had one, that’s why I came here

[@premitize]

I usually get that in the chest area lmao

[@2LucasKane3]

I actually searched for a video like this because I never had a brain freeze and I finally wanted to know what it is. I can eat ice all day and nothing like this ever happens to me.

[@siyner1103]

Same. That's exactly what I did

[@gabriellesinclair971]

I think having the ability to have a brain freeze is a good thing it means our body cares about what we are experiencing and wants to help us survive. I would be worried if I didn’t have a brain freeze cause then maybe my blood vessels aren’t expanding like they should in cold temperatures to keep my body warm and safe. It happens a little too fast though maybe the body is just over reacting a little. My brain assuming I’m stuck in the snow from eating ice cream too fast 😂 I’ll just eat slower. the migraine thing sucks though idk what’s up with that.

[@riveting42]

...my body doesn't care about me

[@allenmichaeltayong6663]

If I eat ice cream sometime I got a brain freeze I hate brain freeze like headache but the brain freeze is a huge.

[@chestre]

I don't feel it in my forehead I feel it in my neck

[@freshfish4447]

Same

[@Osiris3657]

It's always in the back of my head, lower right side. That specific spot always is the pain zone during brain freeze

[@IMUHBOXER]

Who's here from Loki?

[@naomiwalmsley4030]

Human bodies the worst pain giver

[@the_critique4453]

The intro was good 😊 cute laugh

[@nkemdilimemejulu6952]

I wish you guys had soothing deep voice for videos

[@_always8640]

I get a brain freeze every time I drink\eat cold stuff.And I HaTe ThAt!!😓😢😣😧😥😞

[@Gabriel-ig2ve]

I had brainfreeze today too

[@mellow2879]

Loser

[@mellow2879]

*losers

[@santa9737]

@@mellow2879 😋😋😋

[@abby-fm7zw]

Me watching this video bc I got a brain freeze while eating ice cream, but me also continuing to shovel ice cream down my throat as I watch it and proceed to get another brain freeze

[@azuzazuz4579]

Who is here because of loki

[@lilgruntingbear]

me lmao

[@eugenist3927]

I never got brain freezes but I would feel the similar pain in my throat.

[@charliegilthorpe9081]

Am I the only one that doesn't get brain freezes but instead heart freezes

[@TrapCat]

I get brain freezes but they only last about 5 seconds and aren't painful, but instead feel like a weird feeling of pressure in the front area of my skull

[@legendarialVR]

I think that it depends where nerves are located. Some ppl will feel brain freeze and others will feel tooth pain instead

[@hellohi1089]

I’m watching this bc I just had one of the most brain freeze today. It was so bad right eye went blurred and I got chest pain

[@IO-hh3gw]

I used to feel brain freeze as a kid but as I turned teen it kind of disappeared. Chugging down cold drinks and Ice cream are much more enjoyable now!

[@emmersonmartin]

I just one, haven’t one in ages. Took almost 3 mins for it to disappear, then looked up the video to why my right eye had just given up!

[@ronnieberringer5734]

As a sufferer from cluster migraines.. this is the best way I can explain what it is we go through.. is a brain freeze from hell that does not go away.

[@jjtao]

Omw this blew my mind because between myself and my sibling, I am the only one that gets brain freeze. My mother gets it as well, and both myself and my mother suffer fro terrible migraines. This helped make so much sense of things

[@elizabethdegroot89]

I’m about to be 35 and just experienced brain freeze for the first time in my life drinking a McDonald’s frappe. It was *excruciating.* I was genuinely afraid for a moment a blood vessel had burst in my brain, I couldn’t even see straight. When it subsided I put two and two together. Not fun.

[@Fleecast]

I had one like 5 mins ago while drinking my cold milkshake, and it hurts like hell. Nothing like a normal headache I’d have.

[@tenncyv1303]

watching this while eating ice cream

[@twoduece]

i get brainfreezes from even moderately cold/refridgerated drinks. thats why i always drink my sodas room temp, plus it tastes better to me. also i used to get splitting migrains about twice a month up until about a year ago

[@vaishalirandheer3048]

Oh I see... I usually get brain freeze when I drink McDonald's chocolate milkshake even though I like the flavor.

[@Historyjewels]

It feels like your temperature dropped from 37°C to 1°C for a second ...a painful second

[@haykalplanespotter1753]

i get brain freeze when i finish an ice cream in one bite

[@jondabron5496]

I have never experienced this

[@twisxted1737]

I always wanted this video to come out!

[@lpsvanessa8432]

I never get brain freezes

[@markusdez1748]

I never had a brain freeze and I’ve always thought I wasn’t normal because I just got a cold feeling in my chest

[@dragonfire5663]

I get chest and throat freezes I've never experienced a brain freeze oddly enough

[@MysticNessly]

I used to get brain freeze as a kid and now as an adult, I never get them! can drink iced-cold beverages / slushes / ice cream fast with no problem. Forgot all about "brain freeze" until people around me hold their head in anguish as we enjoy treats. lol

[@nickrose8251]

I usta get brain freezes when I was a child but I don't get them anymore, but also I've had many teeth pulled and I belive that has something to do with it after hearing this..

[@meowww2707]

Slowest and most painful 20-30 second of your life.

[@12kenbutsuri]

Never had one before so I can't even imagine how it feels like...

[@quattrobajeena135]

Damn I was trying to describe it. But I’m failing it just hurts really bad. Like someone is taking a cold drill behind your eyes into your brain. I suggest trying to freeze the roof of your mouth and see if you can get one

[@samblasco2359]

I never had one, I can put a whole popsicle in my mouth and not getting a brain freeze. Yeah, my mouth is terribly cold that hurts, but it's a matter of 10 seconds and doesn't effect my head at all, only the mouth. I've never knew someone with brain freeze problems. I'm surprised it's more common than I thought it was!

[@bonsekinsbonsekins405]

I like how people are saying they never get brain freezes but here they are watching a what causes brain freeze video

[@user-ys9to2ie7k]

Ok I'm going to explain it... first you have to take into account that when you swallow sometimes it doesn't go all the way down but gets lodged just after you swallow and fills just at the base of your throat and can be regurgitated. Some may recall and experience how you can bring this up when eating something cold like ice cream and it's still quite Frozen. When this builds up with an ice-cold substance it freezes the nerves that run up into the back of the head and give you brain freeze. I suspect there's a medical term used when referring to the nerves when affected by Ice or the contraction of blood vessels.

[@thomaslilly5834]

Now I know why I like icecream so much, why I can eat it much quicker than my friends: I have literally never heard of anything like this ("brain freeze"), and for sure never ever felt it!

[@j0nnie5]

Brainfreeze really sucks, especially it hits especially sharp while in public. Haha I love David Anderson. Such a soothing voice 😂.

[@LumosVeil]

My brain freeze only gets triggered if I eat or drink something too fast. Like if I drink something cold too quickly my upper throat and head get a freeze. Is that just me?

[@terrybaptist795]

Sitting in front of a fan that has been turned on high will make brain freeze way less painful.

[@shsshshhs1974]

To be honest I’ve never had a brain freeze in my life when all my friends get it and i don’t know what it feels like

[@Hex488]

u dont wanna know...

[@mellorocko_o6716]

I used to get them when I was 3-11 yrs old, by the time I turned 12 that torture ended

[@Princess-rh4rb]

Ok but these characters are so cute 2:42 like she so pretttyyy

[@Sparklewolfgirl67]

♡Princess♡ I'm your 3rd sub

[@Princess-rh4rb]

@@Sparklewolfgirl67 i have subbbs?

[@anres1002]

Blood vessels don't widen, but constrict to preserve body tempature

[@NibblyBitz]

Sorry this is wrong 1:39. The body does not peripherally vasodilate. Your extremities are less important in the grand scheme of things for our body function. At the time of decreased core body temperature to compensate and maintain homeostasis our body actually peripherally vasoconstricts. This constriction keeps the warm blood and heat inside our bodies. Causing less heat loss through our extremities and returns it to our core where it is needed most. It's a defense mechanism for extreme colds. If you peripherally dilated all that blood will just cool down rapidly through conduction of the colder air.

[@yousufriend]

Opened this clip while experiencing brain freeze

[@ceph042]

ever had the opposite of a brain freeze. It’s hell

[@clarypop2422]

I’ve been trying to induce brain freezes just to know what it feels like cuz everyone always complains about it but I never get any 💀

[@boohookid]

I have the worst brain freezes on the planet, like roll on the ground pain, but have never got a migraine. I get headaches like once a year

[@Crix_Gaming]

What were you drinking/eating just now that made you come here immediately after getting the worst brain freeze of your life just now.? Mine was an iced coffee.