Loving Pain from Wearing Braces

Its been many years since I wore heavy metal braces on my teeth. Considerable discomfort was immediately noted when they were first applied, but the ongoing pain, and I mean real pain, came the few days following an adjustment where wires were changed or new kinks were put in the wires to move teeth through jaw bone and tissue to a more proper position. My braces are long gone, but I still wear retainers, mostly at night. However, I have found that the real pain of the braces can be "enjoyed" again by not wearing my retainers for a period of a few weeks. When I finally DO put them in -- after not using them for a while -- my teeth are really tight, but not immediately painful. I love the tightness knowing that the pain is coming soon. The next day, however, that enjoyable pain is present in my mouth as the retainers do their job to draw back the teeth to where they should be. Any other former braces patients ever do this to bring back the memories of the pain and discomfort they had in earlier times?