ASMR is a pleasurable tingly feeling that I (and many others) get primarily from hearing certain sounds. It is primarily felt in the head, but can spread down the spine and into other parts of the body. Common triggers of ASMR include people paying close attention to you, touching, and whispering.
I have experienced ASMR my entire life but I only recently learned that it has a name and a whole community dedicated to it. Has anyone here ever experienced this phenomenon?, it's likely that even if you have, you didn't know it had a name. I'm interested to hear some personal anecdotes about from you guys, or maybe just introduce you to a new concept.
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I get this from time to time. Until I started diving into the internet I thought it was just what people meant when they said they felt chills down their spine or something. I've only pursued it (outside of romantic interests) once, to confirm it's what I felt. I'll say this though, while a lot have things have triggered the feeling, sometimes it's a pleasant feeling, other times it is oddly foreboding and unsettling.
Could you elaborate on that? I've only ever heard ASMR described as being pleasant. What you might be talking about is frisson, which can be caused by hearing beautiful music or anxiety. Either way, there has always been much confusion between the two feelings, but its generally agreed that they are distinct.other times it is oddly foreboding and unsettling.
Well, again, as I don't usually seek it out, it's hard to explain. The few times it has been negative, it's been a pretty obvious trigger. The last one I can remember off the top of my head is a few months ago, at the art museum on my campus, there is a piece there that is essentially just a giant shaped block of sea salt, and the artist encourages people to touch it, the piece is supposed to represent how everything changes, or something similar, and for some reason it makes this soft hissing when some of the salt collapses and runs down the side, and that triggered it. I immediately felt anxious and kind of hurried through the rest of that room.
Yes, there are a bunch of youtube channels dedicated to ASMR. (usually pretty girls giving haircuts and such ) Sometimes I listen to them if I can't fall asleep, it's pretty relaxing.
I think I'll plug my favorite ASMRist, Ephemeral Rift, not just because he triggers me the most, but because he puts more effort and creativity into his videos than anyone I've ever seen.
Yah. I first got it a lot watching Mr. Wizard as a kid (old science show). Found the ASMR stuff on Reddit like a year ago and realized it could be triggered intentionally pretty easy for me, been a fan ever since. Also, it makes sense why Mr. Wizard was where I had always had it as a younger child. He spoke really softly and kind of slow and awkward, and there was a lot of white-noise and loud clicking and tapping noises when they did experiments and stuff, and he was also explaining scientific things quietly at the same time. So it all kind of makes sense.
Yes. I was unaware that there were any other ASMR communities other than the one on reddit. I remember back when r/asmr started and there was the issue with Wikipedia deleting the article because of the lack of citations and scientific studies to back it up. Im really glad that it has trickled over to here!
I've never heard that phrase. And when I've had some of my physical ASMR reactions (usually getting a haircut) I found my mom always commented "goosebumps?" or "shivers?". Which neither are accurate. It's a distinct feeling, and apparently not everyone gets it. Try this video: Make sure to use headphones. If you get this weird tingle feeling that spread throughout your limbs, that's asmr.
http://arstechnica.com/science/2011/01/turns-out-that-music-.../ Found this article on the sidebar. Also, the Grooveshark playlist is great.
Mostly when I'm listening to a lot of classical music. For example, the buildup in this from the beginning to the part at around 8:30 and after really put a system shock in me for quite a while. http://youtu.be/5vyCc_jFidw There are many more examples, but that one is the one that really stood out to me. Perhaps another, less frightening one: http://youtu.be/HkoeH5BtLyQ?t=1h9m4s That brass really put me to wonders. I don't know if it'll do the same out of context of the entire symphony, but I wouldn't want you to listen the entire thing for that one small part. But I would highly recommend the symphony anyway, since it's pretty good and full of moments like that. EDIT: Apparently from what Kafke says, music doesn't count as ASMR. That's frission. Fair enough. In any case, another experience with ASMR would perhaps be sound an oldish TV makes. I used to use a TV as an alarm when I went to school, so everytime I would be woken up with that distinctive powering up sound of the television. A few years later I stopped using it, but when I heard a similar TV sound, I had that woozy feeling in my head that felt really nice.
ASMR is more of an immediate thing. Sound -> reaction. Generally whispers trigger a lot of people. Binaural/panning sound is another one. One of my favorite ASMRtists do this "ksksksksksks" sound that triggers it. Haircuts are what caused most people to realize they have it, and there's actually a "virtual haircut" video (that I linked to in another comment) that triggers almost everyone. Bob Ross is also known for triggers, but I personally don't get triggered by his videos. As I said, music can be a trigger, it's just generally not. There's specific sounds that would trigger. But if it's just buildup/atmosphere, that's not ASMR as far as I'm aware. For me it's a pure sensory thing. Most people would agree that "asmr" caused by music is frisson, not asmr. I've never experienced anything similar to ASMR at all while listening to music, with the exception of a few songs that literally have asmr triggers in them.
I think I've felt this before, for me it couples with blood rushing to my ears momentarily, feels something like my brain getting tickled:D In this song for a few seconds following the 'drop' at 3:04, I experience what I can only describe as an auditory orgasm. But only after listening to the rest of the song, or at least the development, first.
Either that's a weird trigger, or it's not asmr. Generally music shouldn't trigger ASMR. some does, due to having various triggers in the music (a common one is panning sound, another is whispers). But generally it's not asmr if it comes from music. I think you might be referring to something called frisson
Woah. Last night I was just describing to someone how when I read certain things (now that I think about it, especially when I whisper it out loud), "it makes my brain tingle." We were discussing beauty in computer languages vs. human languages and I pointed out that I have never read code that has given me a similar sensation. It's also when I see good art, too. In fact, it is by the sensation that I usually remember it and qualify it as good. Very kind of you to introduce the concept.