ASMR - Read this if you get a nice feeling in your head when you watch or hear specific things

[Participant]

ASMR

Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response

This is one of those 'hesitate to post it'-type threads. People will probably take the chronic, but hey-ho!

It seems somehow seedy to get pleasure from weird sounds or actions, almost like it should be classed as a fetish or something. However, when I hear people whispering it gives me very pleasurable shivers in my head and the back of my neck. It doesn't start parties in my pants before you ask, but it does feel 'nice'.

Who else gets this and what's your 'trigger'?

Addendum:

"Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is a physical sensation characterized by a pleasurable tingling that typically begins in the head and scalp, and often moves down the spine and through the limbs.

Most ASMR episodes begin by an external or internal trigger, and are so divided for classification. Type A episodes are elicited by the experiencer using no external stimuli, and are typically achieved by specific thought patterns unique to the individual. Type B episodes are triggered involuntarily by an external trigger, via one or more senses, and may also involve specific thought patterns associated with the triggering event. Both types of triggers vary between individuals, but many are common to a large portion of ASMR enjoyers."

http://www.asmr-research.org

It doesn't seem to have a Wikipedia page.

 

[wildman]

worst I like my GF to whisper dirty words to me while I fap thread ever ?

 

[Participant]

worst I like my GF to whisper dirty words to me while I fap thread ever ?

Haha, no it's not that. That's different. This happens when I hear random strangers whispering, even men. (In before the gay).

Oh god I feel so dirty.

 

[J.B]

Oh my god I think I have this! Sometimes I get an uncontrollable twinge down my spine and neck if I think about certain things, normally a car crashing into me or something falling down.

I wouldn't call it pleasurable though but this is interesting anyway.

 

[Thorper]

Weirdo!

I kinda get the same sensation when clippers are near my ears while getting my haircut...though I think its just me being ticklish

 

[Sunbed]

I get that feeling when men stroke my cheek with the end of their todgers.

No homo.

 

[Scuzi]

What is ASMR?

ASMR stands for Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response and is a physical sensation which can often be felt as a tingling feeling which begins around the scalp and can often travel all around the body particularly down the back and into the persons arms and legs.

Most people descibe it as a tingling in the head.

What can trigger ASMR?

ASMR can be brought on through acts known as triggers. These can be visual or through sounds.

Watching another person complete tasks can induce ASMR with activities such as:

• Nail tapping
• Scratching
• Drawing
• Coloring in pictures.
• Whispering
• Hand movements
• Brushes
• Haircuts
• Massage
• Handling items

When triggered ASMR can be very relaxing for the person and can help them feel a lot calmer and in some cases can be so relaxing that some people may fall asleep.


Possible ASMR triggering videos:

Links:

http://www.reddit.com/r/asmr

http://www.asmr.co.uk/

http://www.soothetube.com/

Use this thread to ask questions about or discuss ASMR. I personally experience ASMR and find that inducing it can massively aid in relaxation and meditation. If I'm feeling stressed or overwhelmed, taking time out to chill and induce ASMR can really bring me back down to earth and better prepare me to get on with things. I find it a very useful tool and an enjoyable thing to do.

Sometimes those who do not experience or understand it consider it to be creepy or borderline fetishist. This is not the case. All reports indicate that it is a distinctly non-sexual experience and I can confirm that from a personal point of view. Consider it more like a tool for personal well-being and an aid for sleep for the insomniacs among us.

Enjoy.

 

[Van Hellseek]

Nice post. But as I said in the other thread, I don't understand why ASMR videos are all so boring. Is that somehow required in order to trigger it, or is it just that people who actually care about it tend to be a little dull.

 

[Scuzi]

Nice post. But as I said in the other thread, I don't understand why ASMR videos are all so boring. Is that somehow required in order to trigger it, or is it just that people who actually care about it tend to be a little dull.

The monotony and procedural nature of "boring" videos can be a massive trigger. For example, some people can trigger ASMR by watching QVC or other shopping channels. Interested parties may not actually find the content of the video interesting but may enjoy the effect it produces.

 

[StriderX]

Best feeling ever.

/fact

Seriously though, i mean it

For the purposes of this thread though, all the videos caused it for me, I am quite sensitive to it, but i am wondering, is the brain simply trying to fill in the gaps of the uninteresting parts of it all, more things going on in other videos for example, like more sounds, more movement, a more interesting environment and so on, the brain is actively disseminating it all, but in these videos, its like there's a surplus that i imagine gets replaced with hormones?

Am I right?

 

[Raymond Lin]

That haircut one is only relaxing because she is good looking. Swap that with someone say.......Susan Boyle then i am not sure it will work.

 

[TheVoice]

Having watched only a bit of some of those videos, they seem to have an opposite effect on me. They just make me anxious, not to mention how annoying it is that they speak so softly I can barely hear them.

 

[MHarrison94]

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[Kosmiche]

I also thought it was just me until today, how common is this?

 

[Scuzi]

That haircut one is only relaxing because she is good looking. Swap that with someone say.......Susan Boyle then i am not sure it will work.

Yup, I think the person conducting the activity definitely has an effect.

Having watched only a bit of some of those videos, they seem to have an opposite effect on me. They just make me anxious, not to mention how annoying it is that they speak so softly I can barely hear them.

I find this really interesting. You're not the only person who finds these irritating. Some people just aren't bothered but others like you seem to be somewhat agitated or irritated by these videos. I think the same triggers are present but the effects are different. The brain is a strange thing!

Huh, I thought I was the only one who gets this! When ever I'm having trouble sleeping I listen to YouTube videos to induce it. Best one I found was a guy with a monotone voice doing a tutorial on some old school WW1 game, forgotten the name of it now but I've probably contributed to half the views haha

I also thought I was the only one to experience this until I came across it on the internet. It's the reason I made this thread - to let others know it's a recognised thing with a large following and community.

 

[Rroff]

Yeah those videos don't do it for me, but actual haircutting does or some videos of it but not that one heh (the girl is actually irritating). A few things have that kind of soporific effect on me, especially watching certain complicated procedures.

 

[MHarrison94]

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[Scuzi]

Also quick question, with the sounds, and especially videos does anyone else find the sound level to be a big factor? With me it's critical, just a bit too low or too high and I can't feel a thing, so I generally sit there for a minute or so getting the perfect level. Very weird! Will be showing my girlfriend this for sure as she just though I was nuts haha

Absolutely. The volume is critical. Too loud and it ends up being too harsh. Too quiet and the effect isn't very pronounced.

It's a very specific, measured but individual criteria for trigger. Quite intriguing!

 

[OminousLatinNoun]

I get this and can remember getting it as a child, but have never really known what it was.

Will watch vids and edit post.

Edit - about 10 seconds in to the towel folding video and it's firing away -- I don't especially find the video interesting, more endearing than anything. Really mindblown by this

Alright, i've just watched the eye test video and got the most vivid and bizarre flashbacks to getting eye tests when I was really young. Welp, thats enough internet for tonight.

 

[StriderX]

I get an obscenely strong effect from people, usually strangers grazing me in no particular manner from what i can tell.

Rather random in fact, beyond that i can keep the feeling going slightly longer sometimes by twisting my neck slowly.