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I experience ASMR, and nearly always watch a video before bed. Tapping and brushing are the most relaxing to me. I really don't like "mouth sounds" which are like chewing, saliva-y sounds, and are often in the mukbang videos, so I avoid them. I know some people only get tingles from mouth sounds though, so I sort of get why people watch those... even though it's waaay too much food.
very true! i remember as a child being obsessed with the way the sound of crinkly bags felt, it was super odd to me then but made me super curious. definitely nice to have a name for it now.
Until I was about 18 I thought I was the only person in the world who experienced it, then one day I was trying to describe it to my sister and she immediately said "Oh, you mean the feeling of being measured?". When it hit youtube years later it was nice to see how many people experience it, and surprising to see how varied the triggers are.
For me it was having my hair washed, combed or braided (but not so much the haircut itself) also eye exams: the semi-dark room, the mechanical sound of the slide projector, the ophtalmologist repeating questions in a soft voice, the lenses snapping into place on the frame... I think growing up we receive this kind of care and attention less and less often, and we usually have little to no intimacy with people who are not also sexual partners (like hugs, telling stories to bed, grooming each other etc).That's proably where the crave for such videos come from? Recently a close friend gave me a haircut during lockdown, and it was a pretty intense ASMR experience. Not only having my hair being touched and the buzzing of the clippers but also her breathing close to me and speaking in her usual soft voice. Tingle showers, and I was about to fall asleep. Didn't tell her because I was afraid it would sound creepy...
The whole "well, if it isn't sexual, why are there so many good looking women doing pseudo-sexualized things in so many of the videos" question is explained very easily: For the same reason that ANY advertising or entertainment content tends towards good looking people doing suggestive things - because it sells. Are you telling me that pop music is just short of porn because it tends to have a lot of suggestively dressed hot young women that practice the art? No, the music is the music, but it's also a fact that having a young hot suggestively dressed woman do the singing for that music doesn't hurt sales either. It's the same thing for ASMR.
Attractive people are pleasant to look at - it doesn't even need to be sexual. The ASMR artists I watch don't pout or do bedroom eyes or do any of the stuff in music videos. Their demeanour is kind and attentive, rather than sexual.
The only ASMR RUclipsrs I ever really connected with were all women, and I am not attracted to women at all. They just had very calm and relaxing voices.
I personally avoid the sexy ASMR videos because I don't want to get turned on when I'm just trying to relax. I think some people like to get both at the same time.
"Doctors just don't look like this frankly, we're just not this good-looking," says the very handsome doctor. Don't sell yourself short, Dr Francis. :)
@@blindleader42 I can't believe that good Dr Guilia has been discriminated against like this for her scintilating pulchritude! The University of Essex should be ashamed of itself!
The one thing I noticed about ASMR is there is a diminishing effect much like drugs where you become more immune to the effects the more you encounter them equally proportional to how frequently you encounter them.
Too true! I've only had proper tingles the first times I discovered it. After a dozen hours of listening can only feel a sense of calm, with the occasional gentle tingle.
@@abhilasha9608 Thanks for the suggestion! I used to take breaks until I stopped looking up ASMR entirely, and what kinda helped was finding new things, liked stacked audio, gentle echo or some other experimental stuff; generally the older things I liked don't trigger me like before :)
I find I need to take a break every so often because after a while the same triggers just stop working if I try to listen to them again repeatedly. Or I try to find different varieties of triggers so I can avoid one for a while and then return to that specific trigger another time.
I have Narcolepsy, a sleep disorder (basically intense sleep deprivation due to lack of deep sleep causing extreme sleepiness at all time) that comes with a lot of unpleasant side symptoms (interrupted sleep, “no” deep sleep, nightmares, sleep paralysis, auditory hallucinations, dream related hallucinations etc.) I sleep better, with less interruptions and nightmares (etc.) when I listen to ASMR.
@@claracatlady9844 It's something I noticed about the reasons why people listen to ASMR: they are VARIED. My own story is linked to tinnitus. On windless nights etc, I'd have a constant ringing in the ears. I started listening to low-volume music to keep the ringing at bay. Then audiobooks. Whispered reading. Then ASMR skits and roleplays (mainly fantasy). I'm not some kind of perv that needs a woman washing my hair to sleep, I'm married for god's sake x). I'm always slightly pissed that the small "lonely" part of ASMR audience is shown as the sole profile of people that enjoy ASMR.
It's the same for me. Of course I notice when an ASMRtist is attractice, but it is really not part of the bigger appeal to me. Some of my favorite ASMR videos are of men twice my age. It's really just a soothing background thing, same as someone else would listen to music while doing various tasks.
@@CaptainSweatpants90 Yes I too just choose someone who has a calming and soothing voice like Whispersred or Phonecian sailor and they are much better when you listen to them in the background
You probably just don't like their looks. I also often listen to ASMR in the background. But it rarely happens that I find a video that I want to watch, because the person in it is too beautiful.
I just wanna say that I'm autistic and have this very weird complicated need for physical closeness, while at the same time freaking out when someone touches me. I've noticed that for me asmr has givin me a "safe" controlled way of experiencing closeness while not having to care about offending or making things awkward. In the beginning it was the same excitement I got as from watching a scary movie. But I've noticed that now a days I'm less awkward and skittish about people touching me. It feels less like an obstacle or something I can't handle. I still don't like it tho. And only close family and friends will not trigger me the wrong way. But I used to not even like hugging my grandma. So it's nice I can hug her now without internally freaking out :) I feel that asmr helped me achieve this
I get what you mean EXACTLY. It's like your brain and body are archenemies, being simultaneously touch-starved and Feral Cat: *hissss* DON'T TOUCH ME why you stop
ASMR is a really really strong sensation for me and can last up to an hour! It feels like I’m high. It’s really intense and wonderful and can almost make my vision blur it’s so nice! I feel it all around my head, neck, chest, fingers etc. I get it from people stroking me and acts of kindness lol
Woah I've never felt so envious! An hour! That must be amazing. I get it from my wife running her fingers through my hair but it lasts a couple of minutes max. Which is about as long as the head massage lasts before my wife gets bored and tells me she's got more important things to do 😂
If you tell someone nails on a chalkboard sends shivers through your spine, they don't bat an eye. Tell them you have a similarly synesthetic experience from whispering hand-waving RUclipsrs, and it's suddenly hard to believe.
thorr18BEM Some people are so sensitive to certain sensations (like nails on a chalkboard) that just reading about them can cause them to react negatively.
As an audio engineer I've spent countless hours trying to remove strange mouth sounds from recordings and it baffles me that some people find pleasure in them.
Indeed. As an audio engineer and a misophone, there are sooo many terrible sounds! (Every time someone pours a drink into a glass on a tv show my mind and muscles ball up!)
You would hate one of my favorite ASMRtists, Latte - she is probably queen of what ASMRTists call "the crackles." One of my other favorites did a video on how she prepares her set and she said, "this is gross, sorry" and wiped her mouth out with Kleenex, which set my teeth on edge. If someone's mouth sounds are natural, they actually calm me. On the other hand, I cannot stand the sound of people eating. So, the brain is a funny thing.
Dang! What Giulia said about the roleplays being focused on you, but not personally, really resonated with me; I'd never thought about it like that but that's a good rule for what works for me generally. Also great video man, I appreciate people making the effort to try and understand ASMR, instead of dismissing it as something inherently sexual :) P.S. 10/10 on the ASMR at the end
Julia needs to look at those impersonal asmr videos like "metal sounds" and "soap crushing" though. The kinds that have nothing to do with the viewer during the experience.
Yeah, personally, what works is hard brush on raw woods, voices does nothing to me and tends to stress me out more than anything lol seriously it's super incomfortable having someone whisper in you ear...
I have experienced ASMR in real situations that are “impersonal”, i.e. it wasn’t talking or whispering or whatever. For example, as a teenager I was with a friend who was playing a video game. The sound of him wrestling with the controller in combination with his intense attention on the game, that’s what gave me the ASMR. I had to be with another person to get that sensation though, so I wouldn’t think of it as impersonal. In fact I would consider that to be an intimate moment because he let me be there during an unguarded moment. Or, he was showing me his interest in something. I have never got ASMR just from an object in isolation though- is that what you mean by “impersonal”? I don’t usually watch videos (I listen) but stuff like tapping and scratching can give me tingles, but only because it’s being done by another person. If it was sounds from e.g. a machine made to tap a pen with a plastic nail, I don’t imagine it would have a strong effect on me (if any). It’s interesting!
@@thedead456321 Sorry to necro your comment, I was curious; Have you tried softspoken instead? I have the same issue with whispering but soft-spoken works like a charm for me.
As an autistic person, ASMR is really helpful to me. I can be very sensitive to small noises, like I can't filter them out. As a result I struggle to sleep without some kind of noise playing for me. Music is too active for me to listen to, there's too much going on to sleep to, and white noise exhausts me. I find ASMR videos, especially ASMR in languages that I don't speak, really useful. It just gives my brain something easy to take in so I don't fixate on every small sound happening around me when I'm trying to sleep (I also have a sleep disorder that means I'm often going to sleep during the day). The other way I use ASMR is to help me focus when I'm trying to work on something. My mind has a tendency to wander when I'm trying to do something intellectually-involved, so I have to have sound playing to keep me on task. I usually use music or video essays, but sometimes I need something that I'm less invested in, or I need something visual for my eyes to rest on while I think. There I either use videos of people travelling (either car journeys or walking around cities), or ASMR videos. Idk how much of my experience with ASMR is related to my autism, but it's something I'd love to see research on, with how autistic sensory processing issues relate to asmr.
I’m not autistic myself, but can relate to a lot of the things you do for the same reason although maybe to a lesser extent. I find music to stimulating to get me off to sleep but a podcast will knock me out like a light. I don’t generally find noises over stimulating if that makes a difference. Though I ’ve never described it as ASMR due to lack of a word it’s always just been something I’ve done.
Funny, you brought up sensitivity to small noises but that whispering voice asmr videos love to use drives me absolutely insane. It's almost like nails on chalkboard. I would think sensitivity to that would make asmrs a terrible choice
I have no autistic diagnosis, but especially the sensitivity to sound (and generally the difficulty with processing input), is something I can very much associate with. Though for me, that actually results in ASMR being incredibly unpleasant. Especially the low whispering kind induces a quite strong urge in me to run away, in a sort of primal way. Though I also have issues with other specific kinds of sound (in particular the sound of cutting/peeling apples and other fruit, weirdly enough), so maybe that's a factor as well.
@@MisterCynic18 I prefer soft-spoken voices to whispers, but my sensitivity is a little more complicated than that. I can't really be bothered to explain it, but it's more to do with hearing lots of small sounds.
I just noticed by watching ASMR that watching someone being gentle and calm makes me calm. Just like watching busy and stressed people makes me stressed and restless. That's it. Not much magic to it for me.
Yep, it forces my overly anxious brain to hone in on calm energy. To me it captures the attention of the part of my brain that cannot stop worrying about anything and everything. My medication helps keep my anxiety in check, and asmr has been soothing the residuals.
I think it's an empathic process. For me it's more physical; I enjoy watching deep tissue massage and back cracking (regardless of gender or attractiveness, interestingly enough, though see a lot of thirst surrounding these videos). Seeing and hearing back cracks in particular, or certain deep tissue techniques, feels like a kind of dopamine hit, a bit like I'm feeling the after effects myself. I cant get into any of the auditory asmr, like whispering etc, it makes me uneasy, but it seems that is the most popular type. For me it's both visual and auditory, mainly visual really.
I actually find kind of the opposite personally, maybe not with people who are actually stressed but watching people who are really busy and excitedly rushing about doing something interesting can be quite relaxing as well.
Alright, I'm a fan of asmr. I want to say that your mental state completely changes your asmr responce to a video or real life stimuli. A real life visit to the doctor might not be relaxing for me, because if I'm there it's because I'm sick and I've waited an hour in the waiting room. Or if I'm getting an haircut I might be preoccupied with how my hair is going to turn out instead of feeling relaxed by the experience. While in the video version I can be in a relaxed state because there is no bad outcome possible and I'm not actually sick, which lets me enjoy it. Also the sound can be asmr inducing or cringe inducing depending on the context. By example the end was cringe inducing to me, because it didn't feel genuine
In my experience, IF your mental state Completely changes something... Then that's usually a good sign that your own mind (and its perspective) is doing most of the work by itself (ie. Placebo Effects).
@@TechySeven Not really. If my hair is being played with or touched in any way, I am relaxed and get tingles. If I'm getting a haircut, or a kid is pretending to give me and "Elsa Braid" or my sister plays with my hair or when my mom used to. BUT, when I get my hair cut they often don't PLAY with it as much as I'd like. Its quick and they are doing a job, not taking their time and also they talk a lot and ask questions which distract you from the physical relaxation of having your hair touched. So with ASMR there is no distractions. And I can rarely find anyone who will actually play with my hair for very long.
@@BrianaLynn7 //"If my hair is being played with or touched in any way, I am relaxed and get tingles."// Then for you, in that circumstance of IF your hair is "being touched or played with", your mental state Doesn't Completely change it. IF it can happen regardless of your mental state, then it's less subjective... less dependent on the person, individual, or perspective. But IF anything that could potentially Alter your mental state can have a strong enough impact on your experience that it Changes it Completely, then it would likely be dependent on your mental state... and thus More Subjective, and More Differing from Person to Person (perspective). Mickael said: "I want to say that your mental state completely changes your asmr responce to a video or real life stimuli." So, Your description of your reaction to having your hair played with, imo... Seems to Disagree more with Mickael's statement. Because you feel as though it occurs regardless of your mental state, but simply that Stylists or Barbers are too quick (or unfocused on it) for you to truly enjoy it as much.
As a chronically ill person who has been dismissed for years - and even made fun of for being bothered by invisible symptoms, I can confirm that having a doctor go the extra mile to actually validate that everything is alright is extremely reassuring. When seeing many healthcare professionals who keep telling you that your concerns aren't logical without any signs from them that they care to even try to investigate it, you get a sense that you're either crazy or just a number on a list so might as well just suffer in silence. Sometimes, it's more about how the professional express themselves and how welcoming they are of your worries than what the actual test results you get.
I think the main problem is that just like most people in any profession, doctors generally hate their job. They just want to go home early. "If I can't understand it, it must not be true" - is their philosophy. If the patient is complaining about something, she must be having some problems. Just because you can't figure out the problem, does not mean that the problem does not exist.
@@debasishraychawdhuri but doctor isn't a career path you gave to go if you don't like it. Most people who don't like their job just don't have an alternative but if you have the resources to become a doctor you might as well have become something else. And I find it especially troublesome to have someone who doesn't care to look after people's health
@@debasishraychawdhuri If they hated what they do they probably wouldn't be doctors, it requires a tremendous amount of time and effort to become one. Most people hate their job because they have no passion for it and don't make decent money. Claiming you have a problem when there is no evidence whatsoever to indicate a problem means your ailment is more likely to be something psychological (short of some incredibly rare nerve disorder or something)
🙌 Hell yes 🙌 after 7 months of suffering, 6 different doctors and feeling like I was going crazy it was VERY validating to finally find a doctor that took me serious and didn’t just say “You are too young to have any serious illness” or “All teenagers are tired! My sons are just like that too.” I have Narcolepsy (chronic sleep disorder), which is very rare (1 in 100 000) and is pretty unknown, so I’m not mad at the doctors that didn’t know what was wrong with me but I am mad at the ones that treated me like I was overreacting, making things up, simulating etc.
As little girls, my friend and I used to give each other ASMR by taking it in turns to fan each other and talking about relaxing things such as lying on a beach in the sun and listening to the waves. Real life activities such as an Indian head massage or a manicure will give me incredibly strong tingles
3:00 That's not just medical check up in space, that's an entire interconnected story on par with MCU, or Harry Potter (just with a greater reduced budget). The video production and special effects are outstanding for just one person to produce in a few short weeks and not even mention the cool story. The channel's called Atmosphere.
"I do it because it is what the patient expects. There's an element of theatre to what we do." Reminds me of Terry Pratchett. A cardiologist without a stethoscope is like a witch without a hat. Headology is really important.
I think people vastly underestimate how big of a deal it is to be the sole focus of another person caring for you. It's a feeling we experience as a child from our mothers (hopefully) and this intimacy never really reoccurs naturally. ASMR is as close as it gets.
That is just one trigger, many people get different triggers. From visuals to sounds to situations. I personally get it from seeing someone focused on a calm activity, especially if it's abstract, something that looks absurd without proper context.
While I see the appeal, because I am one that really misses those simpler moments I had when mom was around, being aware that this is not, you know, *real intimacy* kills it hard for me. Like... I can't turn off the part of my brain that rightfully says "You are using a product to sanate and maybe substitute your necessity of *real human interaction* and that's not okay. It's not real, you are objectively allowing yourself to be tricked because you can't stand not having it". And because of that can't allow myself to just no-brain enjoy it, more than anything it just makes me feel worse.
I got my "better" ASMR response from them. But for me it seems like I have to leave my comfort zone a bit to get (the better) tingles and as soon as I feel comfortable watching this kind of video I need to look out for something new.
Got my MD in 1973. I'm a straight boring party-line MD. I used to get the tingles watching girls wrap gifts. It was not sexual but I was buying a few more gifts than usual. When I saw my fist ASMR video I recognized it immediately. As I got older the sensation became rare. But I still recall standing there watching the wrapping process.
Did they curl those plastic “ribbons” for the gifts using scissors, or was it just the sound of the rustling paper that gave you tingles? I’m asking because when I was a toddler/younger child, I absolutely hated the sound of curling ribbon. Overstimulated would probably be the best description of how I felt, it led to a lot of tears in the weeks leading up to Christmas. My mom curled big curly bows for all the gifts for our extended family. Somehow, it went away when I was older, and now it’s just an annoying sound.
@@baileyanderson6824 I find the horrible feeling I get with certain sounds is actually the opposite of ASMR. Because I get ASMR still in my late 30s from the things that always gave me "tingles", and other sounds (such as scraping the ice off a windshield) to be so horrific that I can't even be around them, like my brain is being shocked.
@@rdizzy1 Yeah, that’s pretty much how the curling ribbon sound made me feel too. I’m not sure if I’m actually much less sensitive or not since I’m not exposed to it often anymore and try to avoid it if I can.
@@rdizzy1 I think that's one of the points in this video -- that people who respond to ASMR might also be overly-sensitive to sounds in general. I hate the buzzing sound some store lights make. I loathe eating sounds. When someone brushes fabric with their hands I have to curl my lips over my teeth. I want to destroy leaf blowers with a sledge hammer. Lawn mowers give me a headache. I sleep with a white noise machine AND a large floor fan running to "blurr" most sounds at night... BUT I once kept a telemarketer on the phone for a half hour because her Southern accent and deep velvety voice made me feel like I was high on something. I had my head on the desk with the phone at my ear and remained just conscious enough to keep asking her questions so she'd keep talking. I think I eventually bought something. My number-one favorite ASMR "style" video is just whispered reading or talking (i.e. Library of Whispers and The French Whisperer). Too many of the other ASMR sounds (like squishy lotions and brushing against the microphone) are sooooo irritating. And eating sounds? EEEEEwwwwww. So, like they say in this video, it may be that ASMR fans are super sensitive to sounds, and sometimes it backfires. Or in your case, maybe sounds can switch channels in the brain, so to speak, at some point and go from tingly to terrible.
I got a lot of MRI's in my life and I find them really relaxing and even sleep-inducing, but sadly when I got a roughly 90 minute one they needed to have me stop and start breathing constantly and ruined the experience completely. (I know I can get a lot more than 90 minutes of head massages for the amount of money a 90 minute MRI is worth)
From personal experience, they vary a lot - presumably depending on the part of the body they are scanning and exactly what they are looking for (also possibly depending on how old the machine is, or who it' s made by?) My first MRI was for a ruptured disk and was both horrifying and dramatic. Horrifying because I am very claustrophobic and only survived the experience by keeping my eyes closed and desperately concentrating on the Beatles mix playing over the headphones. But also dramatic because of the amazing sounds the machine made! Were I a DJ or producer, I'd record those sounds - you could easily make a dance track from them. But that was in a very old machine in a general hospital, so maybe newer ones are different? It also only had an opening at one end and was incredibly narrow, so it was a claustrophobe's nightmare. My subsequent experiences were much less traumatic, as they were in more modren machines, with both ends open, and wider 'tubes'. So different in fact, that I did almost fall asleep in one of them. But the downside was the lack of noise - much less than my first MRI and a lot less interesting. I was really disappointed, as, despite my fears, I was looking forward to that weird experience again. But, as I said, that may be entirely down to it being for a different part of my body (just the upper arm).
There was an old SNL skit where a guy went to a doctor's office in an office building and the doctor told him he had 5 minutes to live. Instead of being discouraged he said he was going to live those five minutes to the fullest. He ran to the elevator. They were on the top floor. A little girl got in and pushed the buttons for all the floors.
How American that my first thought on the reason for doing physical examination before fancy scans is "well, I don't want a $5k bill to be told I'm fine"
I need to take my blood pressure daily because I'm a young person with anxiety related high blood pressure. My diastolic number (bottom number) tends to run high. I will take my blood pressure, and then listen to ASMR while I take it again. These readings will be about 30 seconds apart, and my diastolic number will drop by 8 to 10 points. Honestly, it's shocking to me that ASMR has such a dramatic effect on my blood pressure.
Hey there, audio engineer/sound designer here! As someone who has experienced both ASMR and misophonia their whole life, I have become fascinated with the sonic properties that create these sort of sensations in people. I believe there are some real secrets hidden in our relationships to certain sounds so I love to see this topic tackled from a scientific perspective.
A cardiologist, who watches Ahoy playlist, also tunes into Matt Parker, Dr Becky, Veritasium, Tom Scott (well duh?!) and other interesting channels, with a picture of the LHC in the background is aces in my book. Well done Dr. Francis and great video as always.
If it's any help here is my experience with ASMR: Since I was little my mother used to stand behind me when I was doing my homework, combing my hairs, and cutting split ends one by one. It's a habit she had on her own hair when she was young and then it passed on me. As far as I can remember I always loved it, I think I own all my diplomas to this ritual who went on for many years. I still love to have my hair combed, going to the hairdresser is a wonderful experience for me. When I first learned about ASMR I had a very negative reaction to it. I hated whispers or strange sounds straight away, the worst of all being mouth noises. Then I thought “I like to have my hair combed, maybe I’ll like hair noises” I found waaaay more ASMR video of hair bushing than I ever expected, but it worked. I don’t know how but it can effectively trick my brain and I have the exact same feeling of pleasure on my head than when my hair is combed. It also works without the image for me, sound is enough. I started listening to hair brushing ASMR in the office and it really helped me relax and focus, then I tried watching it at night to fall asleep and it also worked very well. I even think the more I listen to it the more the “trick” works and I can now almost have my “brain orgasm” whenever I want. It’s a real stress relief and pleasure, without alcohol or tobacco 😉 it may sounds weird, but I’ll roll with it.
As someone who is recovering from cptsd from a decade of child sa, I cannot stress enough how much asmr has helped me in my healing. It helped me overcome my extreme fear of being touched (I still struggle but nowhere close to before), it helped me with eye contact with others, it helped me start sleeping again after years of insomnia and most of all, it helped me establish trust with people. I felt loved and cared for, which had been something I never experienced as a child. I can honestly say theres been nights where asmr has saved me. There is absolutely nothing se*ual in it if you dont want it to be. Thats what made it feel even safer for me. (P.S. Gibi ASMR has a habit of asking for consent before “touching” the viewer and that very tiny action used to make me bawl out of the relief I felt. Now I give a small smile :) and constantly refer my friends to asmr.)
Dr Gill, actual doctor who does medical tutorials for education and med school, but has a large ASMR following due to his unintentional ASMR. He’s kind of leaned into it a little bit (emphasis on little), but he’s the full package for actual medical content, that just happens to induce ASMR.
He's a good friend of mine, he really has enjoyed the idea of helping people 'unintentionally' and he did some excellent 'lets reads' but I think it's hard for him make this me to do more of that I nd of content.
Has it been considered that there's a lot of beautiful people doing ASMR because they are the ones most comfortable/confident being up close to a camera for the entire internet to see? And that the absence of men in ASMR is due to society poo-pooing men that are gentle and soft-spoken?
Sexy sells, anyone with enough talent can perform pop music, but if you want to sell albums every advantage counts, and attractiveness is the biggest advantage of all in a visual medium. There's also the fact that men and women alike tend to find feminine bodies more aesthetically pleasing.
I personally find that I can feel safer watching female ASMRtist because i have too much trauma with the males in my life. Softer spoken people tend to be a bit more relaxing as well.
@@CordovanSplotchVT I don't think its just sexy that sells but yes, beauty sells. Sure some ASMRtists are sexy and wear clothes that show skin, but a lot of women do that everywhere, just in daily life. Personally I don't like to show skin and I don't like to see too much skin, it makes me uncomfortable, so I tend to stay away from those artists and choose fully-covered artists but that's just my personal preference. Nothing against other artists!
@@multicatbear Yeah, I totally get that. Also most societies promote women as carers so we are used to be cared for by women. Personally I just like female voices better, its the same for music, I prefer female singers.
Funny you use that wording because there is a huge similarity between a lot of ASMR and hypnosis. I used to be very interested in hypnosis and even did a few demonstrations of it and a lot of the techniques used in ASMR are the exact same ones I would incorporate in to hypnosis inductions because they are very effective at calming the person I was trying to hypnotise.
Anyone old enough to remember the childhood game “crack an egg on your head and let the yolk run down”? That is pure asmr. Edit: we should copy and send this to the researchers 😉
Thanks. That just explained what ASMR is supposed to feel like. I do remember that game. I wonder if people familiar with the feeling from a physical touch use that connection in their brain to get the same feeling from just the sound.
@@interestedinstuff1499 I can get it watching people in a waiting room flipping through magazines, it’s an odd “reaction” to get from so many different stimuli. The even odder factoid, is that you can become immune to it. 🥺
When I was a child I used to think ASMR was what kindness felt like. I'd get it from sharing my pencils or something, not realizing it was the sound of the crayons on paper that gave me the feeling. When I became a teacher I realised it wasn't kindness because I got it while monitoring detentions or exams.. the quiet scratching of pencils, the movement of hands across paper and the turning of pages.
Having made a few doctor roleplays, I have always wondered what an actual medical professional would think about the absolute jibberish ASMRtists come away with in such videos! 😂 ASMR certainly isn't for everyone, but I am glad to see an informative video about the subject.
It's interesting that she mentions misophonia, because that sounds like my reaction to the sort of whispering ASMR videos that are all too common. In fact, my love of Medlife videos only barely outweighed the instant "nope!" that pops up in my head when I see something titled ASMR. Glad I went ahead and clicked.
Me too! I can't stand people whispering in a video or on tv or radio! It makes me extremely aggressive and I feel the need to destroy my phone/tv/radio. I have the same reaction to certain other sounds, and I always thought I was crazy until one day I read about misophonia.
I find it weird since I do have misophonia for some noises but ASMR noises usually don’t set me off unless it’s a raspy/hoarse voice, or they weird middle ground of whisper and softly talking (it’s very hard to describe but it drives me insane).
GOD the instant response usually i am on top of medlife crisis uploads right as i see them in my feed, but for this one i reaaaally had to think if it was worth watching it
I have ADHD and am extremely sensitive to sensory stimuli. When it comes to ASMR videos, I don’t always get ASMR, but they occupy enough of my brain to allow me to relax. The key is finding the sweet spot between too much and too little stimulation. That being said, some noises for me are absolute heaven, others - such as eating noises - disgust and infuriate me beyond words. Some noises are soothing, others feel like an uncomfortable scratching inside my brain. For those who say they’ve tried asmr videos once and hated it, it is possible that you haven’t found what is to your taste. The first one I heard really irritated me, but another video from the same person helped me sleep after a long period of insomnia. Different videos work at different times and in different moods. You never know!
I also have ADHD and I also suffer from sleep anxiety. The relief I get from ASMR works almost everytime in terms of controlling my overload of thoughts and drowning out outside noises like cars, house settling, others getting ready for work, etc. ASMR occupies my mind enough to help me doze off without thinking about sleeping as well. The tingles are simply a bonus for me.
I first experienced ASMR as a kid, before I had a name for it. I assumed everyone experienced it until years later. I used to get it when my grandfather would read us bedtime stories. His slow, intimate, deliberate, and raspy style would trigger intense tingles in the head.
Yep. If you've ever seen a chimps or other primates blissing out as they comb through each other's hair and pick the parasites off, you'll know exactly why humans like hair play, face touching, soft sounds, personal care - even if only watching it on a video.
The University of Leicester medical exam series with walkthroughs is not only incredibly relaxing, it reminds me of my days as a failing premed student.
The whole concept of this whole video is just exactly as I experienced it. I'm a first year med student and I wanted to find a video about cranial nerve examination and all I found was ASMR 😩
Before ASMR videos were a thing, I used to go sit in the library to read or do homework because I love the sound of typing in a real keyboard. It makes my brain feel nice and helps me focus. I'm glad that this is now being looked at as legitimate because it's something that's helped me for the majority of my life and I know it can help others too
I have experienced ASMR my whole life, I remember being very young the first time I felt it. Interestingly, when I was taking Gabapentin for nerve pain, it was impossible for me to have any ASMR experiences no matter how many videos I watched. Videos that used to give me the tingles suddenly didn't anymore. Once I stopped taking the Gabapentin, the tingles came back. So I think that's a pretty interesting tidbit for doctors who study ASMR to know. Gabapentin being a CNS depressant, you might think it would help relax a person more and make them more likely to experience ASMR, but in fact, the opposite occurred.
The sleep terror and paralysis was horrible when on Gabapentin for CRPS and is a known phenomenon. Haven't needed it since learning about ASMR but interesting insight.
You should try some MDMA, I’m in the army and struggle with my own issues. But there are a few amazing studies being done at Johns Hopkins that explore the role of psychedelics in helping with these conditions.
@@alisioardiona727 I really only watch it at night when there’s no one around and I’m going to sleep, it definitely reduces hyper vigilance for me at night. During the day I guess if I was getting really distressed and had an opportunity to stop somewhere with no people and listen to some asmr it would probably help yea. Unlike other methods that are commonly taught in therapy to calm yourself down, asmr is kind of non ignorable, like my brain is feels forced to pay attention to the noises where as I could have someone I care about trying to calm me or be focusing on my breath and It won’t do anything for my calmness, brains like “piss off we have more important things to worry about” but with asmr u can’t ignore the sensations created by the sounds
I'm not one that goes looking for ASMR videos specifically, but when I'm watching some content that's tech related, or master crafts people making stuff, or even felling trees, I do appreciate those moments where they stop speaking for a bit and I get to hear the sounds they make or experience as they work. The sound of shaving wood for a sculpture, or forging metal, clicking together the pieces of a computer, the sounds of the forest where they are felling a tree.
I totally get that. Love watching quiet videos of a master at work. But do you get tingles? I get a sense of enjoyment, calm, mindfulness...but not the 'tingles' which I definitely do experience if someone gives me a real-life head massage. So I've always considered the feeling I get from the artisan videos to be something different. I'm not sure that's ASMR (for me). Isn't it just...enjoying a video?
@@MedlifeCrisis no, I don't get the tingles. I guess it is just enjoying a video, but I like the way it can sort of transport you to that place just a little bit. I'm a naturally explorative person, so I enjoy the sensation of experiencing things I may not generally get to in normal life. Luckily I live in Australia, Queensland specifically, where the covid rate is extremely low and we can pretty much go about our normal lives with a few small changes. Waves on the beach sounds good for this weekend :)
@ Medlife Crisis: Rohin, perhaps you are capable of the tingle if you watch ASMR barbers, especially an Indian head massage? The Indian and Turkish head massage vids do it for me, as well as shoe shine vids. The others don't elicit tingles for me. Your bit at the end had no positive effect whatsoever. I think you may have done better with a brushing of the mic with your beard honestly. Brushes and tapping of a mic can elicit the response for me as well.
I'm taking credit for this. I suggested a Medlife/Gill mash up on twitter ages ago. I was also one the participants in Giulia's research back at the University of Sheffield. Fantastic video as always!
I've found asmr to be very helpful when dealing with my tinnitus. I just can't sleep in silence because the high pitched mechanical whine that my tinnitus presents as keeps me up until I finally pass out due to exhaustion. Asmr allows me to get a good night's sleep because it distracts from my little phantom noise without being abrasive which would just contribute to my insomnia.
This is true! When I don't wear headphones at night (like I am right now) the ringing in my ears is so loud that it's hard to relax well enough to sleep
The bit about the association between people who simultaneously enjoy ASMR and also have a strong aversion to certain sounds was interesting and relatable to me. I love ASMR and also have a sensory processing disorder where I find certain sensations are positively intolerable. What a bizarre correlation.
I am autistic and I also have sensory processing issues. Sounds can make me really uncomfortable or annoyed, but many others is also very pleasant and nice to listen to. It's wierd lol
I find this super interesting too. For me, part of what makes certain sounds so intolerable is that they demand all of my attention. Nails on a chalkboard, noisy chewing, etc. can make focusing on anything else impossible until the sound stops, which leads to the overwhelmed rage response. But in the context of ASMR, I can enjoy those exact same sounds because they aren't competing against anything else for my attention. The sound of noisy chewing still takes over my whole brain, but I'm able to appreciate every aspect of that intense sensation and enjoy the individual parts of it rather than just waiting for the whole mess of it to stop.
Dude same!!! I often have to leave the dinner table I just can't stand the noise of people eating. Which is why I am always so confused by eating ASMR videos.
I think another part of the appeal of asmr is truly role playing, and imagining oneself in a relaxing situation that doesn't exist or that we can't afford. It's living vicariously a little I think.
@@Theo_Caro well I would categorize doctor role-playing under "a situation that does not exist" because doctors don't whisper to you or stay with you for an hour lol
It might also be particularly good for people with social anxieties who can relax with someone who isn’t responding to their anxious body language in a negative way. Or people who are prone to giving too much and can’t relax during care sessions. I know a few people in each of those situations, although I don’t know if they’re into ASMR. Maybe I should recommend to them!
There are a handful of channels that work as unintentional ASMR for me. Hoof trimming, stealth camping, wood working (on a lathe) channels really help me relax, and are super soothing.
Rohin: “and if I wanted to watch good-looking people dressed up as healthcare professional and make noices...” Me: duh, Grey’s Anatomy Rohin: ... well there are other websites for that.” Me: 👁👄👁
I find ASMR supremely uncomfortable. Not so much the low whispery talking, but the fact that I don't have any emotional connection to the people and it just feels like they're whisper-spitting into my inner ear. It's frankly slightly disgusting.
ASMR videos and sounds are so unsettling for me they trigger my fight or flight response. I believe i've never felt as cringy in my whole life as the one time I tried watching an ASMR vid a friend sent me. It feels like a sudden, deliberate invasion of my personal space
Intrusive. Worse than sitting on the late bus when the drunk next to you suddenly decides to confide his deepest thoughts and right into your unprotected ear.
But that's the whole point. It is supposed to be intrusive, to "touch" you in a way. People (like you guys probably) who are maybe a bit more "up tight" and not quick to give up their personal boundaries, will feel repulsed. Others who want to gvie into it (are more "open") can allow for the connection to happen, and have a completely different experience. Tbh. the first times i was ASMR i had the same reaction, but i started getting into it a bit. When i'm in certain (lonely, emotionally overburdened) mood it helps to put me at ease for a short while. Btw, i'm in the 90th percentile in trait openness so i agree with that womans assessment.
@@taza99 to be honest, all this depends on person to person.
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Oh, cool, she actually mentioned music induced chill. I experienced that when I was in my 20s and it was awesome. Doesn't happen any more sadly! Anyway, its always the way I expect ASMR reponses are.
I feel like some people are more prone to "feeling" things through the screen. I have played games for as long as I can call myself a person, and I can safely say that I feel what my in-game characters feel. If my character is slowed down, or cannot move, then my keyboard and mouse feel heavy, I feel pressured and so on... It's hard to explain, but I often feel what I see. This happens with movies sometimes too; And I think it's not a coincidence that I have a huge reaction to ASMR videos. People talking and things like that make me shriek and make me as uncomfortable as I can be, but rainy sounds put me to sleep in no time. I actually listened to "rain hitting roof" videos to help me sleep when insomnia was bothering me.
I get tingles from candles burning, fingers tapping, whispers from ear to ear, hair brushing, sighing, and moving lights. After the tingles I feel sleepy so I use asmr as a sleep aid.
I was afraid of that, too. I can't stand people whispering in a video or on tv or radio! It makes me extremely aggressive and I feel the need to destroy my phone/tv/radio.
@@nomennescio7571 I get aggressive with the sound of nail filers or sand paper. If someone was sanding something nearby and they wouldn't stop I'd honestly want to grab their filer/sandpaper and toss it in the trash.
Having faced my own mortality several times and even died once, I can attest to the potential for such a discussion with the doctor inducing calmness. Not much in the way of tingles in real life, though.
I get the feeling ASMR has become a bit of an umbrella term. It used to exclusively mean the almost fascinating tingles that came from specific triggers, but now to the majority of the community, it just means "pretty lady takes care of you"
I agree about it becoming an umbrella term. One issue with definition is that people have different responses. Like, I find many ASMR videos satisfying or relaxing but don't get "true" ASMR tingles. So what is it I am doing? Not ASMR, even though I am enjoying ASMR videos. (And I'm not even talking about "pretty lady takes care of you" - I like a lot of the trigger sounds and shiny objects.) Edit: There is a term for it in the autism community - it's stimming.
my first experience with asmr was actually my grandfather reading stories to me and drawing little pictures for me. it’s definitely not inherently sexual
From the moment I saw the title is was praying that dr Gill would be present lol. ASMR is something I’ve experienced my whole life, as you say, in fairly intimate moments. Whether that’s my mum giving me a back massage as a kid, the many opticians appointments I’ve had in my life, being asked questionnaires, and things as simple as a friend drawing me, a weird experience or feeling that it would years until I found the ASMR section of RUclips and finally had validation I guess. Since then it’s just been something to help me relax of an evening, since while I got the dreaded *tingle immunity* years back there is still something reassuring about someone doing something with experience and/or intent
weird because i can get music chills but never asmr. I watch asmr videos but the more intense or asmr-y the noises are (specifically like unintelligible whispers and layered stuff) i just burst into tears.
ASMR devotee for 4 years. It can be so relaxing and help with stress, insomnia and depression. There's a huge range, so take a look around to find what appeals to you!
I've always wanted to know what it really is. I've had it since I was a kid, and people always looked at me like I was crazy when I tried to explain it. I'm really leaning towards that it's connected to grooming instincts. It would mainly trigger around personal attention moments. A teacher, taking time to help me personally, A barber cutting my hair, or a girl friend clicking her nails on my back. I first learned of ASMR videos from a co-worker who told me she also had ASMR after talking about how she triggered it by just helping me clean up at the end of the day. I would say they do a good job at simulating experiences, sounds and visual cues that trigger it, but it's not as vibrant as when it happens unintentionally in real life.
I have GAD(generalized anxiety disorder) and ASMR is one of the best things I’ve found. I struggle with overthinking when I try to go to sleep at night and listening to someone gently whisper to me is so extremely calming and soothing. It’s helped me through many panic attacks. I also have ADD and putting ASMR on while I’m doing school helps me focus so much.
I find it intreresting that Dr Poerio focuses so much on human sources of ASMR and does not differentiate them by sensory input, because it varies A LOT (maybe she does on the extended version, reacting here though). Purely anecdotal: F.e. the strongest ASMR I get is auditory and in order of intensity from 1. picking locks/mechanical repairs 2. trickling water 3. plastic crinkling and 4. chewing. Note that the chewing does NOT have to be by a human, in fact I despise mukbangs. None of these have any social or primal connotations AFAIK And the reason that people dunk on "sexy ASMR" is because it is simply an excuse to hide some softcore erotica in plain sight. I don't get it from those videos, they worry me instead. Orgasm has entirely different origin point, direction of propagation and accompanying effects (such as tense versus relaxed muscles). ASMR of the above categories puts me to limbo within minutes, and I have in fact used it to STOP an erection entirely.
There's one amazing Japanese ASMR channel, Hatomugi. Her voice is the most relaxing I've heard. You can deny it or try and show its "negative side", but that channel has helped me with my anxiety and the insomnia that came from it. Better than stuffing my body with pills and dulling my senses. And no, there's nothing sexual on that channel.
That is actually quite common for people able get triggers from asmr. You might get better respinse from other types of sounds, I for one like tapping sounds but hate scratches and don't care for whispers.
My quite unscientific opinion tells me that ASMR could be related to Synesthesia. When i watch ASMR videos I feel like a part of the puzzle is missing, like it's supposed to be relaxing but it's also fake. My friend on the other hand watches them everyday and claims to be easily affected by them. He also has perfect pitch, which is somehow related to Synesthesia. Just my two cents
Synesthesia is supposed to be constant over a lifetime. When a child sees a number as blue it will stay that way. ASMR tingles fade as you repeat the trigger.
the fakeness can be part of the appeal - it can be like a shared secret, a childlike enjoyment of make believe, or pleasure that someone has taken the time to create ASMR content for your benefit
@@ingrossa interesting, I used to be synesthetic as a child, particularly with pain and sounds. Getting older it was replaced with misophonia, lol Needless to say, I find the ASMR totally disgusting
@@grazegraff Just the weird talking ones or what? What about ASMR videos where people do not talk at all and are based on other sounds, like people making things from wood for instance, or turning pages of a book, etc. The latter is all that actually gives me ASMR tingles to begin with.
@@rdizzy1Ok, I have to confess that I've never tried the other ones. Probably I was biased because I hate the people talking ones sooooo much. They make me feel disgusted, like if you found out a total stranger had pooped on your bed kid of disgust. And people chewing? 🤢🤮 I already want to kill with the crisps TV advertisements. So I have just tried it with an objects ASMR video. I have goosebumps but in the wrong way. The ones with liquids sounds like pouring a coke, mixing paint, bubbles in water, etc have the same effect that hearing someone chewing. The ones with sand, cutting sand, smashing sand, gross me out. The video close ups don't help. The thumbnails showing long nails and 'sexy' poses don't help. There is only ONE video I have found to be pleasant: a clock ticking. Conclusion: I don't like the human factor.
I was chronically ill as a child, spending a lot of time in bed, half-asleep listening to people in other parts of the house, with my mum coming in from time -to-time to check on me, give me medicine, apply a cold compress or brush my hair - just take care of me. While I have no evidence, I am convinced that is why I enjoy ASMR so much: it’s reminiscent of the care, comfort and attention I received during my formative years.
Could be misophonia!!! It’s an ASMR reaction but instead of it producing positive feelings, it produces a super uncomfortable mix of disgust, anger, and fight or flight. I experience it a lot, and ASMR vids def trigger it for me, I can’t stand them. But really good music is able to create an effect for me that I imagine is similar to what ASMR is supposed to feel like. That mix of a arousal and soothing, tingling all over.
Does all ASMR do this for you? I find chewing/wet mouth sounds are unbearably irritating, but slow fingernail tapping/scratching, and “dry” mouth sounds are something I enjoy. Also, hand motions (like when the artist is “touching” your face) I find very soothing. There are hand motion videos with little to no sound; I wonder how you would react to those...
@@ameliabrittain158 I get that with music also! I am affected by ASMR and a really good ASMR-tist will trigger a similar response to hearing music that sends shivers down the spine. For me, I love whispering, cloth sounds, page turning, and scratching. I can’t stand people eating and chewing, so I stay away from Mukbang channels. GentleWhispering and Goodnight Moon are both amazing ASMR-tists as well as Silver Hare (I love his guided meditations).
Weird. I definitely experience the “chills when hearing a piece of music I like” phenomenon, but ASMR is not a thing for me. The music thing? Funny, I remember reading an article in Discover Magazine well over three decades ago about a study concerning it. The researchers found that when the volunteers were administered Narcan (an opioid blocker used for overdoses), they ceased getting that “chills response” to music. So there’s is something going on wrt the whole endorphin system.
On question 5, I actually personally feel it really relaxing to go to the dentist and something like that because it is a professional who knows what they are doing and I have a lot of trust in them
Giulia is looking for volunteers! Do you want to help ASMR research? Full website coming soon, but some info about it here: crowd.science/campaigns/asmrnet-establishing-a-global-research-network-and-prioritised-agenda-for-asmr/. If you're interested and think you have something to offer, drop Giulia an email (address at the end of the vid in the link).
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Doc you are literally gorgeous
Links not working.... is medlife spelled right?
I experience ASMR, and nearly always watch a video before bed. Tapping and brushing are the most relaxing to me. I really don't like "mouth sounds" which are like chewing, saliva-y sounds, and are often in the mukbang videos, so I avoid them. I know some people only get tingles from mouth sounds though, so I sort of get why people watch those... even though it's waaay too much food.
On the contrary, your beard is awesome!
As a boy and a young man, I used to always experience ASMR when getting a haircut. It was pleasant but not at all sexual. Now there's a name for it.
very true! i remember as a child being obsessed with the way the sound of crinkly bags felt, it was super odd to me then but made me super curious. definitely nice to have a name for it now.
Yeah, I got the same thing from eye exams.
I love getting haircuts for that reason, at the same time that I hate getting my hair cut for real.
Until I was about 18 I thought I was the only person in the world who experienced it, then one day I was trying to describe it to my sister and she immediately said "Oh, you mean the feeling of being measured?". When it hit youtube years later it was nice to see how many people experience it, and surprising to see how varied the triggers are.
For me it was having my hair washed, combed or braided (but not so much the haircut itself)
also eye exams: the semi-dark room, the mechanical sound of the slide projector, the ophtalmologist repeating questions in a soft voice, the lenses snapping into place on the frame...
I think growing up we receive this kind of care and attention less and less often, and we usually have little to no intimacy with people who are not also sexual partners (like hugs, telling stories to bed, grooming each other etc).That's proably where the crave for such videos come from?
Recently a close friend gave me a haircut during lockdown, and it was a pretty intense ASMR experience. Not only having my hair being touched and the buzzing of the clippers but also her breathing close to me and speaking in her usual soft voice. Tingle showers, and I was about to fall asleep. Didn't tell her because I was afraid it would sound creepy...
Im going to go ahead and say that this video was supported by your beard and not curiosity stream
Uh oh...(wait till the end)
It is glorious.
I'm sure it's just an April Fool's joke, the beard is still there, right?.....right?.....😬
Facial hair is outlawed :(((
@@forgetfulstranger at least now I’m a rebel with a cause #freethebeard
"Doctors aren't attractive"
- Proceeds to interview an attractive doctor
Hahaha I was thinking the same thing
Clearly he has a type, and it's Shrek
The concpiracy thicken’s
lol
@@jamesblueking9720 There is no conspiracy when shrek is the truth.
The whole "well, if it isn't sexual, why are there so many good looking women doing pseudo-sexualized things in so many of the videos" question is explained very easily: For the same reason that ANY advertising or entertainment content tends towards good looking people doing suggestive things - because it sells. Are you telling me that pop music is just short of porn because it tends to have a lot of suggestively dressed hot young women that practice the art? No, the music is the music, but it's also a fact that having a young hot suggestively dressed woman do the singing for that music doesn't hurt sales either. It's the same thing for ASMR.
Attractive people are pleasant to look at - it doesn't even need to be sexual. The ASMR artists I watch don't pout or do bedroom eyes or do any of the stuff in music videos. Their demeanour is kind and attentive, rather than sexual.
The only ASMR RUclipsrs I ever really connected with were all women, and I am not attracted to women at all. They just had very calm and relaxing voices.
I think he just has a crush on Gibi 🤣
I personally avoid the sexy ASMR videos because I don't want to get turned on when I'm just trying to relax. I think some people like to get both at the same time.
Also plenty of ASMR is men, and non attractive people, or not even showing faces. But in general pretty people get popular in anything.
2:46 - "Doctors just don't look like this frankly, we're not this good looking"
5:47 - starts interview with extremely good looking doctor
She's not a medical doctor, she switched from medical school to psychology (and got a PhD). You're proving my point! :)
"Doctors just don't look like this frankly, we're just not this good-looking," says the very handsome doctor.
Don't sell yourself short, Dr Francis. :)
If Dr Mike sees this he's gonna be so mad.
@@MedlifeCrisis So, you're saying she got kicked out of Medical School for being too good looking. It all comes clear now. 😋
@@blindleader42 I can't believe that good Dr Guilia has been discriminated against like this for her scintilating pulchritude! The University of Essex should be ashamed of itself!
The one thing I noticed about ASMR is there is a diminishing effect much like drugs where you become more immune to the effects the more you encounter them equally proportional to how frequently you encounter them.
Its weirdly so true
Too true! I've only had proper tingles the first times I discovered it. After a dozen hours of listening can only feel a sense of calm, with the occasional gentle tingle.
@@bloodrayneg Take a break then, let your mind try (?) to forget it and then listen to it again. It might work.
@@abhilasha9608 Thanks for the suggestion! I used to take breaks until I stopped looking up ASMR entirely, and what kinda helped was finding new things, liked stacked audio, gentle echo or some other experimental stuff; generally the older things I liked don't trigger me like before :)
I find I need to take a break every so often because after a while the same triggers just stop working if I try to listen to them again repeatedly. Or I try to find different varieties of triggers so I can avoid one for a while and then return to that specific trigger another time.
Shrek boyfriend roleplay is art in its purest form, free of human malignance and worldly concerns. It's all ogre now. We have peaked
peak cringe maybe
@@Kriae bro that’s the joke
But it's not ogre. It's never ogre.
Omg, I'm dying
you spelt orgy wrong
I really appreciate people taking ASMR seriously as it’s clear that it helps a lot of people. For better or worse, it fills a need.
🚬🗿
IT FILLS A NEED LMFAO YOU DID *NOT* JUST SAY THAT-
@@nefariousvii5255 Don’t be gross...but yeah lol
I have Narcolepsy, a sleep disorder (basically intense sleep deprivation due to lack of deep sleep causing extreme sleepiness at all time) that comes with a lot of unpleasant side symptoms (interrupted sleep, “no” deep sleep, nightmares, sleep paralysis, auditory hallucinations, dream related hallucinations etc.) I sleep better, with less interruptions and nightmares (etc.) when I listen to ASMR.
@@claracatlady9844 It's something I noticed about the reasons why people listen to ASMR: they are VARIED. My own story is linked to tinnitus. On windless nights etc, I'd have a constant ringing in the ears. I started listening to low-volume music to keep the ringing at bay. Then audiobooks. Whispered reading. Then ASMR skits and roleplays (mainly fantasy). I'm not some kind of perv that needs a woman washing my hair to sleep, I'm married for god's sake x). I'm always slightly pissed that the small "lonely" part of ASMR audience is shown as the sole profile of people that enjoy ASMR.
I always play the asmr videos in background so the asmr artist being "attractive" is something that never crossed my mind
I do a lot of the time too, although hand movements are part of what gives me asmr
Same I just have my phone lying next to me. When I sleep I don’t watch the video. When I work I also don’t watch the video.
It's the same for me. Of course I notice when an ASMRtist is attractice, but it is really not part of the bigger appeal to me. Some of my favorite ASMR videos are of men twice my age. It's really just a soothing background thing, same as someone else would listen to music while doing various tasks.
@@CaptainSweatpants90 Yes I too just choose someone who has a calming and soothing voice like Whispersred or Phonecian sailor and they are much better when you listen to them in the background
You probably just don't like their looks. I also often listen to ASMR in the background. But it rarely happens that I find a video that I want to watch, because the person in it is too beautiful.
I just wanna say that I'm autistic and have this very weird complicated need for physical closeness, while at the same time freaking out when someone touches me. I've noticed that for me asmr has givin me a "safe" controlled way of experiencing closeness while not having to care about offending or making things awkward. In the beginning it was the same excitement I got as from watching a scary movie. But I've noticed that now a days I'm less awkward and skittish about people touching me. It feels less like an obstacle or something I can't handle.
I still don't like it tho. And only close family and friends will not trigger me the wrong way. But I used to not even like hugging my grandma. So it's nice I can hug her now without internally freaking out :)
I feel that asmr helped me achieve this
I get what you mean EXACTLY. It's like your brain and body are archenemies, being simultaneously touch-starved and Feral Cat: *hissss* DON'T TOUCH ME why you stop
@@CollecTortoise you just captured it beautifully ✨🥺 thank you. I'm happy that you understand
wow, I'm so happy for you 😊
@@manon8600 :D thanks
@Juniper Jupiter Jr. I'm so glad I'm not the only one :') feels nice
ASMR is a really really strong sensation for me and can last up to an hour! It feels like I’m high. It’s really intense and wonderful and can almost make my vision blur it’s so nice! I feel it all around my head, neck, chest, fingers etc. I get it from people stroking me and acts of kindness lol
On a scale of one to ten, how touch starved are you?
Dodie commenting on a Medlife Crisis video about ASMR is the biggest crossover event in my youtube universe! :D
i enjoy asmr but ive never heard or experienced anything like this lol
Woah I've never felt so envious! An hour! That must be amazing. I get it from my wife running her fingers through my hair but it lasts a couple of minutes max. Which is about as long as the head massage lasts before my wife gets bored and tells me she's got more important things to do 😂
I get tingles from ASMR stuff, but I hate it, it is what I call the heebee jeebees.
"we don't look like that" he says and then proceeds to talk to a doctor who looks like a supermodel.
my moms coworkers look like that. i'm surprised
If you tell someone nails on a chalkboard sends shivers through your spine, they don't bat an eye. Tell them you have a similarly synesthetic experience from whispering hand-waving RUclipsrs, and it's suddenly hard to believe.
FU. I didn't need to read that.
@@paulgoogol2652 that was a strange and rude response to whoever you were talking to.
thorr18BEM Some people are so sensitive to certain sensations (like nails on a chalkboard) that just reading about them can cause them to react negatively.
God I HATE that sound more than anything, maybe that’s why I have a strong negative reaction to ASMR.
@@ameliabrittain158 I feel like the chalkboard thing is pretty universal while only some can get an ASMR.
As an audio engineer I've spent countless hours trying to remove strange mouth sounds from recordings and it baffles me that some people find pleasure in them.
oh my god same, if I hear even the slightest wet glop between takes on my videos I have to whip out the snipping tool
Indeed. As an audio engineer and a misophone, there are sooo many terrible sounds! (Every time someone pours a drink into a glass on a tv show my mind and muscles ball up!)
@@binguscat2514 - it’s a huge trigger. So are ice cubes in a glass...
You would hate one of my favorite ASMRtists, Latte - she is probably queen of what ASMRTists call "the crackles." One of my other favorites did a video on how she prepares her set and she said, "this is gross, sorry" and wiped her mouth out with Kleenex, which set my teeth on edge. If someone's mouth sounds are natural, they actually calm me. On the other hand, I cannot stand the sound of people eating. So, the brain is a funny thing.
Mouth sounds vs no mouth sounds I think is a love it or hate it kind of thing in the ASMR community, like marmite.
Dang! What Giulia said about the roleplays being focused on you, but not personally, really resonated with me; I'd never thought about it like that but that's a good rule for what works for me generally.
Also great video man, I appreciate people making the effort to try and understand ASMR, instead of dismissing it as something inherently sexual :)
P.S. 10/10 on the ASMR at the end
Julia needs to look at those impersonal asmr videos like "metal sounds" and "soap crushing" though. The kinds that have nothing to do with the viewer during the experience.
I thought the same. ASMR is so much more than personal attention and some people don't like whispering or talking at all.
Yeah, personally, what works is hard brush on raw woods, voices does nothing to me and tends to stress me out more than anything lol seriously it's super incomfortable having someone whisper in you ear...
I have experienced ASMR in real situations that are “impersonal”, i.e. it wasn’t talking or whispering or whatever. For example, as a teenager I was with a friend who was playing a video game. The sound of him wrestling with the controller in combination with his intense attention on the game, that’s what gave me the ASMR. I had to be with another person to get that sensation though, so I wouldn’t think of it as impersonal. In fact I would consider that to be an intimate moment because he let me be there during an unguarded moment. Or, he was showing me his interest in something.
I have never got ASMR just from an object in isolation though- is that what you mean by “impersonal”? I don’t usually watch videos (I listen) but stuff like tapping and scratching can give me tingles, but only because it’s being done by another person. If it was sounds from e.g. a machine made to tap a pen with a plastic nail, I don’t imagine it would have a strong effect on me (if any). It’s interesting!
@@thedead456321 Sorry to necro your comment, I was curious; Have you tried softspoken instead? I have the same issue with whispering but soft-spoken works like a charm for me.
@@veradrost9654 I can't say I have any recommandation ?
As an autistic person, ASMR is really helpful to me. I can be very sensitive to small noises, like I can't filter them out. As a result I struggle to sleep without some kind of noise playing for me. Music is too active for me to listen to, there's too much going on to sleep to, and white noise exhausts me. I find ASMR videos, especially ASMR in languages that I don't speak, really useful. It just gives my brain something easy to take in so I don't fixate on every small sound happening around me when I'm trying to sleep (I also have a sleep disorder that means I'm often going to sleep during the day).
The other way I use ASMR is to help me focus when I'm trying to work on something. My mind has a tendency to wander when I'm trying to do something intellectually-involved, so I have to have sound playing to keep me on task. I usually use music or video essays, but sometimes I need something that I'm less invested in, or I need something visual for my eyes to rest on while I think. There I either use videos of people travelling (either car journeys or walking around cities), or ASMR videos.
Idk how much of my experience with ASMR is related to my autism, but it's something I'd love to see research on, with how autistic sensory processing issues relate to asmr.
I’m not autistic myself, but can relate to a lot of the things you do for the same reason although maybe to a lesser extent. I find music to stimulating to get me off to sleep but a podcast will knock me out like a light.
I don’t generally find noises over stimulating if that makes a difference.
Though I ’ve never described it as ASMR due to lack of a word it’s always just been something I’ve done.
Funny, you brought up sensitivity to small noises but that whispering voice asmr videos love to use drives me absolutely insane. It's almost like nails on chalkboard. I would think sensitivity to that would make asmrs a terrible choice
I have no autistic diagnosis, but especially the sensitivity to sound (and generally the difficulty with processing input), is something I can very much associate with.
Though for me, that actually results in ASMR being incredibly unpleasant. Especially the low whispering kind induces a quite strong urge in me to run away, in a sort of primal way. Though I also have issues with other specific kinds of sound (in particular the sound of cutting/peeling apples and other fruit, weirdly enough), so maybe that's a factor as well.
@@MisterCynic18 I prefer soft-spoken voices to whispers, but my sensitivity is a little more complicated than that. I can't really be bothered to explain it, but it's more to do with hearing lots of small sounds.
Fascinating. Ima normie i think. And i cant concentrate on a task when theres noise or music (soothing ones to death metal). So i need silence.
I just noticed by watching ASMR that watching someone being gentle and calm makes me calm. Just like watching busy and stressed people makes me stressed and restless. That's it. Not much magic to it for me.
Yep, it forces my overly anxious brain to hone in on calm energy. To me it captures the attention of the part of my brain that cannot stop worrying about anything and everything. My medication helps keep my anxiety in check, and asmr has been soothing the residuals.
I think it's an empathic process. For me it's more physical; I enjoy watching deep tissue massage and back cracking (regardless of gender or attractiveness, interestingly enough, though see a lot of thirst surrounding these videos). Seeing and hearing back cracks in particular, or certain deep tissue techniques, feels like a kind of dopamine hit, a bit like I'm feeling the after effects myself. I cant get into any of the auditory asmr, like whispering etc, it makes me uneasy, but it seems that is the most popular type. For me it's both visual and auditory, mainly visual really.
I actually find kind of the opposite personally, maybe not with people who are actually stressed but watching people who are really busy and excitedly rushing about doing something interesting can be quite relaxing as well.
Alright, I'm a fan of asmr. I want to say that your mental state completely changes your asmr responce to a video or real life stimuli. A real life visit to the doctor might not be relaxing for me, because if I'm there it's because I'm sick and I've waited an hour in the waiting room. Or if I'm getting an haircut I might be preoccupied with how my hair is going to turn out instead of feeling relaxed by the experience. While in the video version I can be in a relaxed state because there is no bad outcome possible and I'm not actually sick, which lets me enjoy it.
Also the sound can be asmr inducing or cringe inducing depending on the context. By example the end was cringe inducing to me, because it didn't feel genuine
Or when you hate people who chew with their mouth open, but still enjoy eating asmr. Idk, it's just the context.
This is so true.
In my experience, IF your mental state Completely changes something...
Then that's usually a good sign that your own mind (and its perspective) is doing most of the work by itself (ie. Placebo Effects).
@@TechySeven Not really. If my hair is being played with or touched in any way, I am relaxed and get tingles. If I'm getting a haircut, or a kid is pretending to give me and "Elsa Braid" or my sister plays with my hair or when my mom used to. BUT, when I get my hair cut they often don't PLAY with it as much as I'd like. Its quick and they are doing a job, not taking their time and also they talk a lot and ask questions which distract you from the physical relaxation of having your hair touched. So with ASMR there is no distractions. And I can rarely find anyone who will actually play with my hair for very long.
@@BrianaLynn7 //"If my hair is being played with or touched in any way, I am relaxed and get tingles."//
Then for you, in that circumstance of IF your hair is "being touched or played with", your mental state Doesn't Completely change it.
IF it can happen regardless of your mental state, then it's less subjective... less dependent on the person, individual, or perspective.
But IF anything that could potentially Alter your mental state can have a strong enough impact on your experience that it Changes it Completely, then it would likely be dependent on your mental state... and thus More Subjective, and More Differing from Person to Person (perspective).
Mickael said: "I want to say that your mental state completely changes your asmr responce to a video or real life stimuli."
So, Your description of your reaction to having your hair played with, imo... Seems to Disagree more with Mickael's statement.
Because you feel as though it occurs regardless of your mental state, but simply that Stylists or Barbers are too quick (or unfocused on it) for you to truly enjoy it as much.
As a chronically ill person who has been dismissed for years - and even made fun of for being bothered by invisible symptoms, I can confirm that having a doctor go the extra mile to actually validate that everything is alright is extremely reassuring. When seeing many healthcare professionals who keep telling you that your concerns aren't logical without any signs from them that they care to even try to investigate it, you get a sense that you're either crazy or just a number on a list so might as well just suffer in silence. Sometimes, it's more about how the professional express themselves and how welcoming they are of your worries than what the actual test results you get.
I think the main problem is that just like most people in any profession, doctors generally hate their job. They just want to go home early. "If I can't understand it, it must not be true" - is their philosophy. If the patient is complaining about something, she must be having some problems. Just because you can't figure out the problem, does not mean that the problem does not exist.
@@debasishraychawdhuri but doctor isn't a career path you gave to go if you don't like it. Most people who don't like their job just don't have an alternative but if you have the resources to become a doctor you might as well have become something else. And I find it especially troublesome to have someone who doesn't care to look after people's health
@@debasishraychawdhuri If they hated what they do they probably wouldn't be doctors, it requires a tremendous amount of time and effort to become one. Most people hate their job because they have no passion for it and don't make decent money. Claiming you have a problem when there is no evidence whatsoever to indicate a problem means your ailment is more likely to be something psychological (short of some incredibly rare nerve disorder or something)
so basically, asmr provides attention, affection, and connection
🙌 Hell yes 🙌 after 7 months of suffering, 6 different doctors and feeling like I was going crazy it was VERY validating to finally find a doctor that took me serious and didn’t just say “You are too young to have any serious illness” or “All teenagers are tired! My sons are just like that too.” I have Narcolepsy (chronic sleep disorder), which is very rare (1 in 100 000) and is pretty unknown, so I’m not mad at the doctors that didn’t know what was wrong with me but I am mad at the ones that treated me like I was overreacting, making things up, simulating etc.
As little girls, my friend and I used to give each other ASMR by taking it in turns to fan each other and talking about relaxing things such as lying on a beach in the sun and listening to the waves.
Real life activities such as an Indian head massage or a manicure will give me incredibly strong tingles
I did the same!
3:00 That's not just medical check up in space, that's an entire interconnected story on par with MCU, or Harry Potter (just with a greater reduced budget). The video production and special effects are outstanding for just one person to produce in a few short weeks and not even mention the cool story. The channel's called Atmosphere.
Thanks for mentioning. I love her Channel so much. She is definitely way more than just a simple asmrtist
I love her lore and especially ephemeral rift's lore too
I know another channel with lore- Goodnight Moon’s Babblebrook Series. I will make sure to check out this space one too though, it sounds cool!
Atmosphere is INTERCONNECTED ???
Oh dang
"I do it because it is what the patient expects. There's an element of theatre to what we do."
Reminds me of Terry Pratchett. A cardiologist without a stethoscope is like a witch without a hat.
Headology is really important.
Sir Terry really was good at what he did 💓😭
+1 for headology
I think people vastly underestimate how big of a deal it is to be the sole focus of another person caring for you. It's a feeling we experience as a child from our mothers (hopefully) and this intimacy never really reoccurs naturally. ASMR is as close as it gets.
Still doesn't explain why credit cards being dragged across a woodblock induces it...
That is just one trigger, many people get different triggers. From visuals to sounds to situations. I personally get it from seeing someone focused on a calm activity, especially if it's abstract, something that looks absurd without proper context.
I have watched ASMR... and no. It doesn’t work like that...
For me at least.
While I see the appeal, because I am one that really misses those simpler moments I had when mom was around, being aware that this is not, you know, *real intimacy* kills it hard for me. Like... I can't turn off the part of my brain that rightfully says "You are using a product to sanate and maybe substitute your necessity of *real human interaction* and that's not okay. It's not real, you are objectively allowing yourself to be tricked because you can't stand not having it". And because of that can't allow myself to just no-brain enjoy it, more than anything it just makes me feel worse.
@@bertholdr2495 Jesus Christ.
Within 5 seconds of the asmr bit at the end I was creeped out and felt very uncomfortable. Well done
I got my "better" ASMR response from them. But for me it seems like I have to leave my comfort zone a bit to get (the better) tingles and as soon as I feel comfortable watching this kind of video I need to look out for something new.
Agreed.
It seems I am not a candidate for ASMR... 🤔
That's totally me!
Same. Unbelievably creepy
same here I get repulsed by it.
Got my MD in 1973. I'm a straight boring party-line MD.
I used to get the tingles watching girls wrap gifts. It was not sexual but I was buying a few more gifts than usual. When I saw my fist ASMR video I recognized it immediately.
As I got older the sensation became rare. But I still recall standing there watching the wrapping process.
Did they curl those plastic “ribbons” for the gifts using scissors, or was it just the sound of the rustling paper that gave you tingles? I’m asking because when I was a toddler/younger child, I absolutely hated the sound of curling ribbon. Overstimulated would probably be the best description of how I felt, it led to a lot of tears in the weeks leading up to Christmas. My mom curled big curly bows for all the gifts for our extended family. Somehow, it went away when I was older, and now it’s just an annoying sound.
@@baileyanderson6824 I find the horrible feeling I get with certain sounds is actually the opposite of ASMR. Because I get ASMR still in my late 30s from the things that always gave me "tingles", and other sounds (such as scraping the ice off a windshield) to be so horrific that I can't even be around them, like my brain is being shocked.
@@rdizzy1 Yeah, that’s pretty much how the curling ribbon sound made me feel too. I’m not sure if I’m actually much less sensitive or not since I’m not exposed to it often anymore and try to avoid it if I can.
@@rdizzy1 I think that's one of the points in this video -- that people who respond to ASMR might also be overly-sensitive to sounds in general. I hate the buzzing sound some store lights make. I loathe eating sounds. When someone brushes fabric with their hands I have to curl my lips over my teeth. I want to destroy leaf blowers with a sledge hammer. Lawn mowers give me a headache. I sleep with a white noise machine AND a large floor fan running to "blurr" most sounds at night... BUT I once kept a telemarketer on the phone for a half hour because her Southern accent and deep velvety voice made me feel like I was high on something. I had my head on the desk with the phone at my ear and remained just conscious enough to keep asking her questions so she'd keep talking. I think I eventually bought something. My number-one favorite ASMR "style" video is just whispered reading or talking (i.e. Library of Whispers and The French Whisperer). Too many of the other ASMR sounds (like squishy lotions and brushing against the microphone) are sooooo irritating. And eating sounds? EEEEEwwwwww. So, like they say in this video, it may be that ASMR fans are super sensitive to sounds, and sometimes it backfires. Or in your case, maybe sounds can switch channels in the brain, so to speak, at some point and go from tingly to terrible.
@@HTNPSullivan Yeah, I don't get any ASMR from people talking or speaking in any manner though, I get creeped out by it personally.
Asmr is an actual specific feeling. Some people can feel it, others not. I don't know how I could possibly make people realize this
It's actually quite hard to define the feeling, isn't it?
It feels like euphoria to me
Like the result of taking a drūg
I can't feel it, but I still like ASMR videos.. They're just nice soothing sounds for me
Basically for me, tingles is just the feeling of goosebumps but instead of feeling cold and annoying it's warm and relaxing
I got an MRI earlier this year - it was a bit like listening to an alien orchestra. dozed off a bit. 8/10, would MRI again.
I got a lot of MRI's in my life and I find them really relaxing and even sleep-inducing, but sadly when I got a roughly 90 minute one they needed to have me stop and start breathing constantly and ruined the experience completely. (I know I can get a lot more than 90 minutes of head massages for the amount of money a 90 minute MRI is worth)
From personal experience, they vary a lot - presumably depending on the part of the body they are scanning and exactly what they are looking for (also possibly depending on how old the machine is, or who it' s made by?) My first MRI was for a ruptured disk and was both horrifying and dramatic. Horrifying because I am very claustrophobic and only survived the experience by keeping my eyes closed and desperately concentrating on the Beatles mix playing over the headphones. But also dramatic because of the amazing sounds the machine made! Were I a DJ or producer, I'd record those sounds - you could easily make a dance track from them. But that was in a very old machine in a general hospital, so maybe newer ones are different? It also only had an opening at one end and was incredibly narrow, so it was a claustrophobe's nightmare. My subsequent experiences were much less traumatic, as they were in more modren machines, with both ends open, and wider 'tubes'. So different in fact, that I did almost fall asleep in one of them. But the downside was the lack of noise - much less than my first MRI and a lot less interesting. I was really disappointed, as, despite my fears, I was looking forward to that weird experience again. But, as I said, that may be entirely down to it being for a different part of my body (just the upper arm).
Sames I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish
In the warm embrace of microwaves is toasty warm and white.
It's like being born and dying at the same time.
ASMRI
MRI's are too noisy for me. CT or gamma camera are much more relaxing.
The "recommended" videos changing during the interviews did not go unnoticed. 😉
Indeed... many greats recommendations!
Terrifying that is exactly the same recommended videos I receive
You enjoy Ahoy Rohin?
@@dohdohbryan who doesn't!
Joel Haver so hot right now
"Like a woodland animal discovering a furry convention..."
Oh that about killed me
There was an old SNL skit where a guy went to a doctor's office in an office building and the doctor told him he had 5 minutes to live. Instead of being discouraged he said he was going to live those five minutes to the fullest. He ran to the elevator. They were on the top floor. A little girl got in and pushed the buttons for all the floors.
Dr. M. Crisis' ASMR is the kinda dark humor we all love, that just made my day :)
Would love to have an Ambulance personnel ASMR take, would be even darker in terms of humor!
ASMR just feels like a warm cup of coffee on a rainy day
Hey, well put.
facts
Even reading that just gives me a warm, home-y feeling
Especially goodnight moon and Jinglejangle ughhh
It feels like a horde of spiders crawling down your back
I want a Dr. Rohin Plushie
Please
@@charlesa9757 galaxy brain
I love the idea of a heart surgeon YouTooz
@@enokii clean shaven with attachable beard and mask
Will it have anatomically accurate insides?
Medlife Crisis: Uploads an ASMR video on April fools
The video: Zoom quality audio.
Yes, painfully bad audio...
@@yiepie9822 ngl it does sound like she's underwater
@@yiepie9822 you're telling me Zoom sounds worse than that?? Why the F does every second person use it?
As a person who is severely touch-starved, ASMR has been the best coping mechanism. It soothes me.
What is touch starved
@@spazz2019 Nobody touches you
How American that my first thought on the reason for doing physical examination before fancy scans is "well, I don't want a $5k bill to be told I'm fine"
I need to take my blood pressure daily because I'm a young person with anxiety related high blood pressure. My diastolic number (bottom number) tends to run high. I will take my blood pressure, and then listen to ASMR while I take it again. These readings will be about 30 seconds apart, and my diastolic number will drop by 8 to 10 points. Honestly, it's shocking to me that ASMR has such a dramatic effect on my blood pressure.
Hey there, audio engineer/sound designer here! As someone who has experienced both ASMR and misophonia their whole life, I have become fascinated with the sonic properties that create these sort of sensations in people. I believe there are some real secrets hidden in our relationships to certain sounds so I love to see this topic tackled from a scientific perspective.
So basically you‘re going to be the supervillain scientist that tries to take over the world with ASMR after discovering the super-trigger?
Cool.
Frequencies and shit
@@raylast3873 that honestly sounds better than the current state of things lol
@@Mitchell4892 a lot of things are better than the current state lmao
@@Mitchell4892 you mean the jabbidy-jab?
A cardiologist, who watches Ahoy playlist, also tunes into Matt Parker, Dr Becky, Veritasium, Tom Scott (well duh?!) and other interesting channels, with a picture of the LHC in the background is aces in my book. Well done Dr. Francis and great video as always.
If it's any help here is my experience with ASMR:
Since I was little my mother used to stand behind me when I was doing my homework, combing my hairs, and cutting split ends one by one. It's a habit she had on her own hair when she was young and then it passed on me. As far as I can remember I always loved it, I think I own all my diplomas to this ritual who went on for many years. I still love to have my hair combed, going to the hairdresser is a wonderful experience for me.
When I first learned about ASMR I had a very negative reaction to it. I hated whispers or strange sounds straight away, the worst of all being mouth noises. Then I thought “I like to have my hair combed, maybe I’ll like hair noises” I found waaaay more ASMR video of hair bushing than I ever expected, but it worked. I don’t know how but it can effectively trick my brain and I have the exact same feeling of pleasure on my head than when my hair is combed. It also works without the image for me, sound is enough.
I started listening to hair brushing ASMR in the office and it really helped me relax and focus, then I tried watching it at night to fall asleep and it also worked very well. I even think the more I listen to it the more the “trick” works and I can now almost have my “brain orgasm” whenever I want.
It’s a real stress relief and pleasure, without alcohol or tobacco 😉 it may sounds weird, but I’ll roll with it.
As someone who is recovering from cptsd from a decade of child sa, I cannot stress enough how much asmr has helped me in my healing. It helped me overcome my extreme fear of being touched (I still struggle but nowhere close to before), it helped me with eye contact with others, it helped me start sleeping again after years of insomnia and most of all, it helped me establish trust with people. I felt loved and cared for, which had been something I never experienced as a child. I can honestly say theres been nights where asmr has saved me. There is absolutely nothing se*ual in it if you dont want it to be. Thats what made it feel even safer for me. (P.S. Gibi ASMR has a habit of asking for consent before “touching” the viewer and that very tiny action used to make me bawl out of the relief I felt. Now I give a small smile :) and constantly refer my friends to asmr.)
Dr Gill, actual doctor who does medical tutorials for education and med school, but has a large ASMR following due to his unintentional ASMR. He’s kind of leaned into it a little bit (emphasis on little), but he’s the full package for actual medical content, that just happens to induce ASMR.
He's a good friend of mine, he really has enjoyed the idea of helping people 'unintentionally' and he did some excellent 'lets reads' but I think it's hard for him make this me to do more of that I nd of content.
Has it been considered that there's a lot of beautiful people doing ASMR because they are the ones most comfortable/confident being up close to a camera for the entire internet to see? And that the absence of men in ASMR is due to society poo-pooing men that are gentle and soft-spoken?
A great point
Sexy sells, anyone with enough talent can perform pop music, but if you want to sell albums every advantage counts, and attractiveness is the biggest advantage of all in a visual medium.
There's also the fact that men and women alike tend to find feminine bodies more aesthetically pleasing.
I personally find that I can feel safer watching female ASMRtist because i have too much trauma with the males in my life. Softer spoken people tend to be a bit more relaxing as well.
@@CordovanSplotchVT I don't think its just sexy that sells but yes, beauty sells. Sure some ASMRtists are sexy and wear clothes that show skin, but a lot of women do that everywhere, just in daily life. Personally I don't like to show skin and I don't like to see too much skin, it makes me uncomfortable, so I tend to stay away from those artists and choose fully-covered artists but that's just my personal preference. Nothing against other artists!
@@multicatbear Yeah, I totally get that. Also most societies promote women as carers so we are used to be cared for by women. Personally I just like female voices better, its the same for music, I prefer female singers.
ASMR feels hypnotic. I don’t know how else to describe it.
I always thought it was like the feeling an animal gets when it's charmed. So I totally agree
Funny you use that wording because there is a huge similarity between a lot of ASMR and hypnosis. I used to be very interested in hypnosis and even did a few demonstrations of it and a lot of the techniques used in ASMR are the exact same ones I would incorporate in to hypnosis inductions because they are very effective at calming the person I was trying to hypnotise.
Anyone old enough to remember the childhood game “crack an egg on your head and let the yolk run down”? That is pure asmr.
Edit: we should copy and send this to the researchers 😉
Thanks. That just explained what ASMR is supposed to feel like. I do remember that game.
I wonder if people familiar with the feeling from a physical touch use that connection in their brain to get the same feeling from just the sound.
@@interestedinstuff1499 I can get it watching people in a waiting room flipping through magazines, it’s an odd “reaction” to get from so many different stimuli. The even odder factoid, is that you can become immune to it. 🥺
Exactly.
Why in the actual **** would you want to crack an egg on your head and let the yolk run down!?
@@peao010109 you put your fist on their head then tap it, open your hand and run your fingers down their head
When I was a child I used to think ASMR was what kindness felt like. I'd get it from sharing my pencils or something, not realizing it was the sound of the crayons on paper that gave me the feeling. When I became a teacher I realised it wasn't kindness because I got it while monitoring detentions or exams.. the quiet scratching of pencils, the movement of hands across paper and the turning of pages.
Or maybe true kindness comes from giving detentions and exams
Wow
yh i kinda get u
Having made a few doctor roleplays, I have always wondered what an actual medical professional would think about the absolute jibberish ASMRtists come away with in such videos! 😂 ASMR certainly isn't for everyone, but I am glad to see an informative video about the subject.
Shorty! So glad to see an ASMRtist I watch weigh in on this.
@@Miss.Elaineous Ahh thank you for watching my videos! ❤️
It's interesting that she mentions misophonia, because that sounds like my reaction to the sort of whispering ASMR videos that are all too common. In fact, my love of Medlife videos only barely outweighed the instant "nope!" that pops up in my head when I see something titled ASMR. Glad I went ahead and clicked.
I'm prone to both ASMR and misophonia. Things that I have control over bring about ASMR while things that I can't control bring on misophonia.
Me too! I can't stand people whispering in a video or on tv or radio! It makes me extremely aggressive and I feel the need to destroy my phone/tv/radio. I have the same reaction to certain other sounds, and I always thought I was crazy until one day I read about misophonia.
I find it weird since I do have misophonia for some noises but ASMR noises usually don’t set me off unless it’s a raspy/hoarse voice, or they weird middle ground of whisper and softly talking (it’s very hard to describe but it drives me insane).
I can’t bear whispering voices.
GOD the instant response
usually i am on top of medlife crisis uploads right as i see them in my feed, but for this one i reaaaally had to think if it was worth watching it
I have ADHD and am extremely sensitive to sensory stimuli. When it comes to ASMR videos, I don’t always get ASMR, but they occupy enough of my brain to allow me to relax. The key is finding the sweet spot between too much and too little stimulation. That being said, some noises for me are absolute heaven, others - such as eating noises - disgust and infuriate me beyond words. Some noises are soothing, others feel like an uncomfortable scratching inside my brain. For those who say they’ve tried asmr videos once and hated it, it is possible that you haven’t found what is to your taste. The first one I heard really irritated me, but another video from the same person helped me sleep after a long period of insomnia. Different videos work at different times and in different moods. You never know!
I also have ADHD and I also suffer from sleep anxiety. The relief I get from ASMR works almost everytime in terms of controlling my overload of thoughts and drowning out outside noises like cars, house settling, others getting ready for work, etc. ASMR occupies my mind enough to help me doze off without thinking about sleeping as well. The tingles are simply a bonus for me.
I first experienced ASMR as a kid, before I had a name for it. I assumed everyone experienced it until years later. I used to get it when my grandfather would read us bedtime stories. His slow, intimate, deliberate, and raspy style would trigger intense tingles in the head.
I thought others experienced it to !
The "Grooming Behavior" theory has always made the most sense to me. Close attention, touches, whispering, focusing on parts of a person...
Yep. If you've ever seen a chimps or other primates blissing out as they comb through each other's hair and pick the parasites off, you'll know exactly why humans like hair play, face touching, soft sounds, personal care - even if only watching it on a video.
Sweet sweet oxytocin
Yeah but people get ASMR from other thing too, like soap crushing or wooden blocks.
a lot of asmr videos i watch have none of these lol
Exactly (for me)
The University of Leicester medical exam series with walkthroughs is not only incredibly relaxing, it reminds me of my days as a failing premed student.
The whole concept of this whole video is just exactly as I experienced it. I'm a first year med student and I wanted to find a video about cranial nerve examination and all I found was ASMR 😩
One option could be search on google and use " -ASMR" to remove anything with ASMR mentioned, its not perfect but it may help
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@@NothenThanks I will definitely try this!
Check out geeky medics for those exam videos
You could find "unintentional ASMR" and they would probably be real cranial nerve exams.
Asmr is still not sexual. Being attractive is just pleasant to look at in many contexts, it makes us trust the person
Trusting someone by attractiveness already shifted to the opposite end as far as I'm aware
Society is biased towards attractive people.
plus, what ugly ass people would have the confidence to give personal attention to a hd 4k camera, its literally no different to most media lmao.
@@QuentinKarentino I feel called out 😅 lol
@@RachelAnnPotter pretty much the only reason i haven't tried it myself... 😂😂😂
Before ASMR videos were a thing, I used to go sit in the library to read or do homework because I love the sound of typing in a real keyboard. It makes my brain feel nice and helps me focus. I'm glad that this is now being looked at as legitimate because it's something that's helped me for the majority of my life and I know it can help others too
I have experienced ASMR my whole life, I remember being very young the first time I felt it. Interestingly, when I was taking Gabapentin for nerve pain, it was impossible for me to have any ASMR experiences no matter how many videos I watched. Videos that used to give me the tingles suddenly didn't anymore. Once I stopped taking the Gabapentin, the tingles came back. So I think that's a pretty interesting tidbit for doctors who study ASMR to know. Gabapentin being a CNS depressant, you might think it would help relax a person more and make them more likely to experience ASMR, but in fact, the opposite occurred.
ASMR isn't relaxing for me at all. I've always been confused when people say that in comments. I can go to sleep but it is not because of relaxation
It's impossible to experience "tingles" when under stress, so it's probably some psychological trigger as well.
The sleep terror and paralysis was horrible when on Gabapentin for CRPS and is a known phenomenon. Haven't needed it since learning about ASMR but interesting insight.
Heh, what kind of lame science RUclipsr would be an expert consult on ASMR content lol
It is truly a mystery
@@MedlifeCrisis its probably the vicoden
Rip
I was diagnosed with PTSD, asmr is the only thing that was able to let me sleep and sleep without nightmares usually.
Can confirm.
You should try some MDMA, I’m in the army and struggle with my own issues. But there are a few amazing studies being done at Johns Hopkins that explore the role of psychedelics in helping with these conditions.
Does ASMR specifically reduce your hyper vigilance ?
@@alisioardiona727 I really only watch it at night when there’s no one around and I’m going to sleep, it definitely reduces hyper vigilance for me at night. During the day I guess if I was getting really distressed and had an opportunity to stop somewhere with no people and listen to some asmr it would probably help yea. Unlike other methods that are commonly taught in therapy to calm yourself down, asmr is kind of non ignorable, like my brain is feels forced to pay attention to the noises where as I could have someone I care about trying to calm me or be focusing on my breath and It won’t do anything for my calmness, brains like “piss off we have more important things to worry about” but with asmr u can’t ignore the sensations created by the sounds
Yeah helps mine too
I'm not one that goes looking for ASMR videos specifically, but when I'm watching some content that's tech related, or master crafts people making stuff, or even felling trees, I do appreciate those moments where they stop speaking for a bit and I get to hear the sounds they make or experience as they work.
The sound of shaving wood for a sculpture, or forging metal, clicking together the pieces of a computer, the sounds of the forest where they are felling a tree.
I totally get that. Love watching quiet videos of a master at work. But do you get tingles? I get a sense of enjoyment, calm, mindfulness...but not the 'tingles' which I definitely do experience if someone gives me a real-life head massage. So I've always considered the feeling I get from the artisan videos to be something different. I'm not sure that's ASMR (for me). Isn't it just...enjoying a video?
@@MedlifeCrisis no, I don't get the tingles. I guess it is just enjoying a video, but I like the way it can sort of transport you to that place just a little bit. I'm a naturally explorative person, so I enjoy the sensation of experiencing things I may not generally get to in normal life.
Luckily I live in Australia, Queensland specifically, where the covid rate is extremely low and we can pretty much go about our normal lives with a few small changes. Waves on the beach sounds good for this weekend :)
@ Medlife Crisis: Rohin, perhaps you are capable of the tingle if you watch ASMR barbers, especially an Indian head massage? The Indian and Turkish head massage vids do it for me, as well as shoe shine vids. The others don't elicit tingles for me. Your bit at the end had no positive effect whatsoever. I think you may have done better with a brushing of the mic with your beard honestly. Brushes and tapping of a mic can elicit the response for me as well.
I'm taking credit for this. I suggested a Medlife/Gill mash up on twitter ages ago. I was also one the participants in Giulia's research back at the University of Sheffield. Fantastic video as always!
I was surprised to get the email. I'm really trying to learn from how he runs his channel 😊
You can take credit! It is shared with the science youtuber I mentioned who is also a big fan of James's.
I've found asmr to be very helpful when dealing with my tinnitus. I just can't sleep in silence because the high pitched mechanical whine that my tinnitus presents as keeps me up until I finally pass out due to exhaustion. Asmr allows me to get a good night's sleep because it distracts from my little phantom noise without being abrasive which would just contribute to my insomnia.
This is true! When I don't wear headphones at night (like I am right now) the ringing in my ears is so loud that it's hard to relax well enough to sleep
The bit about the association between people who simultaneously enjoy ASMR and also have a strong aversion to certain sounds was interesting and relatable to me. I love ASMR and also have a sensory processing disorder where I find certain sensations are positively intolerable. What a bizarre correlation.
I liked that too. I am really bothered by loud noises, but love listening to people with English accents whispering.
I have a sensory processing disorder too! I wonder if this is a common theme for people with sensory problems?
I am autistic and I also have sensory processing issues. Sounds can make me really uncomfortable or annoyed, but many others is also very pleasant and nice to listen to. It's wierd lol
I find this super interesting too. For me, part of what makes certain sounds so intolerable is that they demand all of my attention. Nails on a chalkboard, noisy chewing, etc. can make focusing on anything else impossible until the sound stops, which leads to the overwhelmed rage response. But in the context of ASMR, I can enjoy those exact same sounds because they aren't competing against anything else for my attention. The sound of noisy chewing still takes over my whole brain, but I'm able to appreciate every aspect of that intense sensation and enjoy the individual parts of it rather than just waiting for the whole mess of it to stop.
Dude same!!! I often have to leave the dinner table I just can't stand the noise of people eating. Which is why I am always so confused by eating ASMR videos.
“Long winded set up for a bad joke” Bahahaha it was worth it
AS MRI machines will wind up their magnets longingly
Your empathetic perception of your patient is astounding. Thank you for being a humane doctor, which appears rather rare in the US.
"She maybe looks like she could be Indian perhaps, so, you know, she probably is a doctor in real life"
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Omg RACEISM
@@hebinpun4912 It's only racist if the person saying it isn't Indian, if he is it's a relatable joke for the Indians in the audience ;P
@@SomasAcademy are u blind there is no such things as jokes.
There it only SOCIAL JUSTICE (SWJ)🙃🙃🙃🤪
@@hebinpun4912 You're very irritating and not particularly funny or clever.
@@SomasAcademy oh if u don't agree with me Then U must be RACIST.
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 🙃
#SJW
I think another part of the appeal of asmr is truly role playing, and imagining oneself in a relaxing situation that doesn't exist or that we can't afford. It's living vicariously a little I think.
If you can't afford to the doctor, you might be american.
@@Theo_Caro well I would categorize doctor role-playing under "a situation that does not exist" because doctors don't whisper to you or stay with you for an hour lol
It might also be particularly good for people with social anxieties who can relax with someone who isn’t responding to their anxious body language in a negative way. Or people who are prone to giving too much and can’t relax during care sessions. I know a few people in each of those situations, although I don’t know if they’re into ASMR. Maybe I should recommend to them!
@@hawleyrigsby3123 definitely! I forgot some people even use them to practice eye contact!
@@nanamiharuka3269 ooh yeah! That’s a good tip!
There are a handful of channels that work as unintentional ASMR for me. Hoof trimming, stealth camping, wood working (on a lathe) channels really help me relax, and are super soothing.
Rohin: “and if I wanted to watch good-looking people dressed up as healthcare professional and make noices...”
Me: duh, Grey’s Anatomy
Rohin: ... well there are other websites for that.”
Me: 👁👄👁
Me: "Oh he's the good looking person dressed up as a he..."
Rohin: ... "well there are other websites for that"
noice
I find ASMR supremely uncomfortable. Not so much the low whispery talking, but the fact that I don't have any emotional connection to the people and it just feels like they're whisper-spitting into my inner ear. It's frankly slightly disgusting.
ASMR videos and sounds are so unsettling for me they trigger my fight or flight response. I believe i've never felt as cringy in my whole life as the one time I tried watching an ASMR vid a friend sent me. It feels like a sudden, deliberate invasion of my personal space
Intrusive. Worse than sitting on the late bus when the drunk next to you suddenly decides to confide his deepest thoughts and right into your unprotected ear.
But that's the whole point. It is supposed to be intrusive, to "touch" you in a way. People (like you guys probably) who are maybe a bit more "up tight" and not quick to give up their personal boundaries, will feel repulsed. Others who want to gvie into it (are more "open") can allow for the connection to happen, and have a completely different experience.
Tbh. the first times i was ASMR i had the same reaction, but i started getting into it a bit. When i'm in certain (lonely, emotionally overburdened) mood it helps to put me at ease for a short while. Btw, i'm in the 90th percentile in trait openness so i agree with that womans assessment.
Every time I hear asmr videos I'm ready to kill. I don't believe my friends when they tell me they watch them 'to relax' or whatever. It's weird
@@taza99 to be honest, all this depends on person to person.
Oh, cool, she actually mentioned music induced chill. I experienced that when I was in my 20s and it was awesome. Doesn't happen any more sadly! Anyway, its always the way I expect ASMR reponses are.
I feel like some people are more prone to "feeling" things through the screen. I have played games for as long as I can call myself a person, and I can safely say that I feel what my in-game characters feel. If my character is slowed down, or cannot move, then my keyboard and mouse feel heavy, I feel pressured and so on... It's hard to explain, but I often feel what I see. This happens with movies sometimes too; And I think it's not a coincidence that I have a huge reaction to ASMR videos. People talking and things like that make me shriek and make me as uncomfortable as I can be, but rainy sounds put me to sleep in no time. I actually listened to "rain hitting roof" videos to help me sleep when insomnia was bothering me.
I think I spent about 4 years unable to sleep without rain noises! You’re not alone :)
super seduction clashes with impossibly disastrous diagnosis delivery in a hilariously successful attempt at inducing asmr
Yep, definitely caused a tingle somewhere! ;)
I legit needed to watch it twice, the first time had me howling with laughter 🤣
Something about dying at the end kind of did it for me
It was slightly tingly, but mostly just made me giggle.
I get tingles from candles burning, fingers tapping, whispers from ear to ear, hair brushing, sighing, and moving lights. After the tingles I feel sleepy so I use asmr as a sleep aid.
Love that she talked about the hatred of sound that comes with being receptive to ASMR,lot of the time I see most people look over that part.
I was kind of afraid he would do the whole video in ASMR-style, because the one time I tried it, it gave me horrible headaches.
I was afraid of that, too. I can't stand people whispering in a video or on tv or radio! It makes me extremely aggressive and I feel the need to destroy my phone/tv/radio.
@@nomennescio7571 misophonia, as mentioned in the video
@@nomennescio7571 I get aggressive with the sound of nail filers or sand paper. If someone was sanding something nearby and they wouldn't stop I'd honestly want to grab their filer/sandpaper and toss it in the trash.
OMFG I LAUGHED SO HARD AT THE ASMR SPOOF IM CRYING!!!
The only problem with the ASMR at the end was it was actually effective.
Having faced my own mortality several times and even died once, I can attest to the potential for such a discussion with the doctor inducing calmness. Not much in the way of tingles in real life, though.
I get the feeling ASMR has become a bit of an umbrella term. It used to exclusively mean the almost fascinating tingles that came from specific triggers, but now to the majority of the community, it just means "pretty lady takes care of you"
Or even "Pretty lady comes on to you" - there seems to be a growing number of overtly erotic/sexual ASMR videos appearing - no doubt market-driven.
Which is counter productive, given that asmr and horny are opposed ends of the neural arousal spectrum
@@grantm6514 is that even asmr? Sounds like a cam girl. Nothing wrong with that but idk if that would actually be asmr
I agree about it becoming an umbrella term. One issue with definition is that people have different responses. Like, I find many ASMR videos satisfying or relaxing but don't get "true" ASMR tingles. So what is it I am doing? Not ASMR, even though I am enjoying ASMR videos. (And I'm not even talking about "pretty lady takes care of you" - I like a lot of the trigger sounds and shiny objects.)
Edit: There is a term for it in the autism community - it's stimming.
@@tiddlypom2097 you may just enjoy the relaxation, but didn't get the tinkle.
my first experience with asmr was actually my grandfather reading stories to me and drawing little pictures for me. it’s definitely not inherently sexual
From the moment I saw the title is was praying that dr Gill would be present lol. ASMR is something I’ve experienced my whole life, as you say, in fairly intimate moments. Whether that’s my mum giving me a back massage as a kid, the many opticians appointments I’ve had in my life, being asked questionnaires, and things as simple as a friend drawing me, a weird experience or feeling that it would years until I found the ASMR section of RUclips and finally had validation I guess. Since then it’s just been something to help me relax of an evening, since while I got the dreaded *tingle immunity* years back there is still something reassuring about someone doing something with experience and/or intent
Hey, you are always fun to watch! We ASMRtists need some medical knowledge, some of them desperately haha
weird because i can get music chills but never asmr. I watch asmr videos but the more intense or asmr-y the noises are (specifically like unintelligible whispers and layered stuff) i just burst into tears.
ASMR devotee for 4 years. It can be so relaxing and help with stress, insomnia and depression. There's a huge range, so take a look around to find what appeals to you!
This is great! Journey to Hogwarts. RUclips won't let me post a link.
I've always wanted to know what it really is. I've had it since I was a kid, and people always looked at me like I was crazy when I tried to explain it. I'm really leaning towards that it's connected to grooming instincts. It would mainly trigger around personal attention moments. A teacher, taking time to help me personally, A barber cutting my hair, or a girl friend clicking her nails on my back. I first learned of ASMR videos from a co-worker who told me she also had ASMR after talking about how she triggered it by just helping me clean up at the end of the day. I would say they do a good job at simulating experiences, sounds and visual cues that trigger it, but it's not as vibrant as when it happens unintentionally in real life.
I have GAD(generalized anxiety disorder) and ASMR is one of the best things I’ve found. I struggle with overthinking when I try to go to sleep at night and listening to someone gently whisper to me is so extremely calming and soothing. It’s helped me through many panic attacks. I also have ADD and putting ASMR on while I’m doing school helps me focus so much.
The world needs more of your deadly relaxing ASMR style videos!
I find it intreresting that Dr Poerio focuses so much on human sources of ASMR and does not differentiate them by sensory input, because it varies A LOT (maybe she does on the extended version, reacting here though). Purely anecdotal: F.e. the strongest ASMR I get is auditory and in order of intensity from 1. picking locks/mechanical repairs 2. trickling water 3. plastic crinkling and 4. chewing. Note that the chewing does NOT have to be by a human, in fact I despise mukbangs. None of these have any social or primal connotations AFAIK
And the reason that people dunk on "sexy ASMR" is because it is simply an excuse to hide some softcore erotica in plain sight. I don't get it from those videos, they worry me instead. Orgasm has entirely different origin point, direction of propagation and accompanying effects (such as tense versus relaxed muscles). ASMR of the above categories puts me to limbo within minutes, and I have in fact used it to STOP an erection entirely.
Yes! This exactly!
There's one amazing Japanese ASMR channel, Hatomugi. Her voice is the most relaxing I've heard. You can deny it or try and show its "negative side", but that channel has helped me with my anxiety and the insomnia that came from it. Better than stuffing my body with pills and dulling my senses. And no, there's nothing sexual on that channel.
Dr. Crisis : "I always listen to their heart"
"..their lungs, feel their pulse, look at their neck."
He's a vampire duh.
It's hilarious, but also true. Distended neck veins can be a sign of problems with the heart, just a PSA.
I tend to find the ASMR videos have the opposite effect on me, making me more on edge than making me relaxed. Interesting video, thanks!
That is actually quite common for people able get triggers from asmr. You might get better respinse from other types of sounds, I for one like tapping sounds but hate scratches and don't care for whispers.
I love that Medlife still plays along with ASMR at the end. Life is a show and we are all actors.
Im more concerned that it took me 14 minutes to realise that the skeleton had the skull and pelvis swapped round
My quite unscientific opinion tells me that ASMR could be related to Synesthesia. When i watch ASMR videos I feel like a part of the puzzle is missing, like it's supposed to be relaxing but it's also fake. My friend on the other hand watches them everyday and claims to be easily affected by them. He also has perfect pitch, which is somehow related to Synesthesia. Just my two cents
Synesthesia is supposed to be constant over a lifetime. When a child sees a number as blue it will stay that way. ASMR tingles fade as you repeat the trigger.
the fakeness can be part of the appeal - it can be like a shared secret, a childlike enjoyment of make believe, or pleasure that someone has taken the time to create ASMR content for your benefit
@@ingrossa interesting, I used to be synesthetic as a child, particularly with pain and sounds. Getting older it was replaced with misophonia, lol
Needless to say, I find the ASMR totally disgusting
@@grazegraff Just the weird talking ones or what? What about ASMR videos where people do not talk at all and are based on other sounds, like people making things from wood for instance, or turning pages of a book, etc. The latter is all that actually gives me ASMR tingles to begin with.
@@rdizzy1Ok, I have to confess that I've never tried the other ones. Probably I was biased because I hate the people talking ones sooooo much. They make me feel disgusted, like if you found out a total stranger had pooped on your bed kid of disgust. And people chewing? 🤢🤮 I already want to kill with the crisps TV advertisements.
So I have just tried it with an objects ASMR video. I have goosebumps but in the wrong way. The ones with liquids sounds like pouring a coke, mixing paint, bubbles in water, etc have the same effect that hearing someone chewing. The ones with sand, cutting sand, smashing sand, gross me out. The video close ups don't help. The thumbnails showing long nails and 'sexy' poses don't help.
There is only ONE video I have found to be pleasant: a clock ticking.
Conclusion: I don't like the human factor.
I was chronically ill as a child, spending a lot of time in bed, half-asleep listening to people in other parts of the house, with my mum coming in from time -to-time to check on me, give me medicine, apply a cold compress or brush my hair - just take care of me. While I have no evidence, I am convinced that is why I enjoy ASMR so much: it’s reminiscent of the care, comfort and attention I received during my formative years.
ASMR is something that makes me feel really uncomfortable and makes me somewhat irrationally angry and I have no idea why
Could be misophonia!!! It’s an ASMR reaction but instead of it producing positive feelings, it produces a super uncomfortable mix of disgust, anger, and fight or flight. I experience it a lot, and ASMR vids def trigger it for me, I can’t stand them. But really good music is able to create an effect for me that I imagine is similar to what ASMR is supposed to feel like. That mix of a arousal and soothing, tingling all over.
Does all ASMR do this for you? I find chewing/wet mouth sounds are unbearably irritating, but slow fingernail tapping/scratching, and “dry” mouth sounds are something I enjoy.
Also, hand motions (like when the artist is “touching” your face) I find very soothing. There are hand motion videos with little to no sound; I wonder how you would react to those...
Oh the mouth sounds! It's probably misophonia, as others have said. ASMR is torture for me!
+1
I'm in that _it's uncomfortable af_ camp
@@ameliabrittain158 I get that with music also! I am affected by ASMR and a really good ASMR-tist will trigger a similar response to hearing music that sends shivers down the spine.
For me, I love whispering, cloth sounds, page turning, and scratching. I can’t stand people eating and chewing, so I stay away from Mukbang channels.
GentleWhispering and Goodnight Moon are both amazing ASMR-tists as well as Silver Hare (I love his guided meditations).
Weird. I definitely experience the “chills when hearing a piece of music I like” phenomenon, but ASMR is not a thing for me.
The music thing? Funny, I remember reading an article in Discover Magazine well over three decades ago about a study concerning it. The researchers found that when the volunteers were administered Narcan (an opioid blocker used for overdoses), they ceased getting that “chills response” to music. So there’s is something going on wrt the whole endorphin system.
Same. Get musically-induced chills but most of the ASMR content I’ve seen creeps me out.
On question 5, I actually personally feel it really relaxing to go to the dentist and something like that because it is a professional who knows what they are doing and I have a lot of trust in them
I feel like ASMR isn't a panacea but I have found it super helpful to allow me to sleep despite my fairly strong depression and anxiety.