ASMR - Do you have it?

[falafel]

I watching a video about shinning shoes (don't judge) and the title of the video included "AMSR" at the end. I started noticing that a lot of seemingly unconnected videos also included ASMR in the title. I had never heard of it so I looked it up.

ASMR = Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. Its best described as a physical sensation of tingling that often begins in the scalp and moves down through the spine and sometimes to the limbs. It is a pleasurable feeling that some would call relaxing. Its also known as AIHO (attention induced head orgasm) or AIE (attention induced euphoria).

The feeling of ASMR is triggered by a number of different stimuli, and the effective ASMR triggers can differ from person to person. Some common triggers include:

• The sound of lips smacking, such as when eating.
• Slow or soft speech patterns. Whispering, too.
• Receiving personal attention from someone, such as having your hair done, having your make-up done, receiving an eye exam, receiving a massage, etc.
• Having someone play with your hair.
• Certain sounds may trigger the effect, like fire crackling, paper scratching, white noise, running water, etc.
• Watching someone who is performing a meticulous task, like fixing an electronic, working origami, making tea, etc.

This link has a list of videos that commonly cause ASMR in people. . I didn't have a response to any of these, but I think I've had an ASMR to a head massage before. The fountain pen video is strangely interesting, even if it didn't trigger ASMR for me.

So, do you have it?

[Commando]

I think this is what people refer to when they talk about how they love the sound of leaves crunching in autumn. I found out about asmr watching Daily Soup w Chris Hardwick (?) or something and he was going off on a tangent about how asmr videos drove him nuts- so naturally I went down an internet wormhole looking into it. It's crazy-- there are dozens of dedicated ASMR "artists" who are youtube celebrities making ok money doing videos of them whispering and clicking their fingernails-- millions of views. Not recommended viewing if you are hyper vigilant and want to punch people who smack their lips.

Some of the comments are hilarious, along the lines of "I was watching this and my gf came home so I panicked and switched it to porn because it's easier to explain."

[Lost Student]

Watched half the video, got bored. No head orgasm for me.

[old_gregg]

Watched half the video, got bored. No head orgasm for me.

just go read some of su's posts

[falafel]

I think this is what people refer to when they talk about how they love the sound of leaves crunching in autumn. I found out about asmr watching Daily Soup w Chris Hardwick (?) or something and he was going off on a tangent about how asmr videos drove him nuts- so naturally I went down an internet wormhole looking into it. It's crazy-- there are dozens of dedicated ASMR "artists" who are youtube celebrities making ok money doing videos of them whispering and clicking their fingernails-- millions of views. Not recommended viewing if you are hyper vigilant and want to punch people who smack their lips.

Some of the comments are hilarious, along the lines of "I was watching this and my gf came home so I panicked and switched it to porn because it's easier to explain."

This girl looks like one of those. I'm not sure how I would explain this is my wife came in.

I will admit that some of this stuff is relaxing to me, but I'm not having any headgasms either.

[Moliere]

Am I supposed to watch the videos with my pants on or off?


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[falafel]

Am I supposed to watch the videos with my pants on or off?


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Personal preference.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

I heard the comic Nikki Glaser talk about these videos last summer, I watched a couple and found them boring.

[old_gregg]

I heard the comic Nikki Glaser talk about these videos last summer, I watched a couple and found them boring.

she is funny, i like her

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

she is funny, i like her

I agree.

[clackamascoug]

She could put anything up and people would watch it. And I guess they do.

[falafel]

She could put anything up and people would watch it. And I guess they do.

You seem like a guy that would have some experience with AMSR. Have you ever been mesmerized watching Bob Ross?

[Commando]

You seem like a guy that would have some experience with AMSR. Have you ever been mesmerized watching Bob Ross?

I have. I also have been mesmerized watching this.

[Northwestcoug]

As always, there's a podcast about this:

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radi...1/tribes?act=2

Pretty interesting stuff. But a warning; be careful before you dive into youtube looking for these ASMR videos. Mrs. NWC spent a couple of hours obsessed with them.