Discussing ASMR
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Posted on April 21, 2015, 10:06 p.m. by Femme_Fatale
I would like to use this thread to discuss ASMR: Autonomous sensory meridian response.
The experience of tingly sensations in your scalp, or otherwise called as "brain orgasms". Can also be in other locations, such as head, back and limbs.
It is commonly criticized as being just another form of goosebumps, heebie-jeebies, shivers or pins and needles. But the main difference is that while those are associate with things like cold, pain, anxiety and fear, ASMR is associated with things more on the lines of euphoria, pleasure (not sexual, sort of like how the pleasures of food isn't sexual), relaxation and calming.
This was the video that I first watched. Definitely got hypnotized. Definitely had a euphoric experience. Though I don't think I had the "tingly pleasure" experience. Instead, I got the feeling that there was a fire burning in the back of my head, covering the areas from the crown to the occipital protuberance in the form of a elongated diamond of sorts. Oddly enough, this sensation occurred exactly when the campfire section occurred in the video. It wasn't a negative sensation or anything, was just sort of a hot presence of pins and needles.
I want to use this thread to let people who have experienced ASMR to share their experiences, and to see if I can get any information on whether or not there has been any conclusive or enlightening studies on this phenomena.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #3
"braingasms"
I think I'm going to enjoy this thread :)
April 21, 2015 10:11 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #5
Isn't advertising and tagging everyone your specialty femme? :)
April 21, 2015 10:15 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #6
Like as if everyone even knows about this. I don't even know whose in post graduate or not.
April 21, 2015 10:16 p.m.
DERPLINGSUPREME says... #7
I'll advertise it if you'd like. I'm good at it.
just think... "BRAINGASMS AT Discussing ASMR!!!"....
April 21, 2015 10:30 p.m.
(too lazy to watch video) Is this about hypnosis? If so, I'd be interested. My father is a hypnotist for a living, and he's teaching me how to be a hypnotist as well.
April 21, 2015 10:41 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #10
Wow, that's awesome xzzane!!! Frickin cool man!
Does it actually work?
April 21, 2015 10:42 p.m.
DERPLINGSUPREME says... #11
@xzzane: I'm not saying I disaprove of your father's career choice, but I'm not going to start advertising until approved by femme.
April 21, 2015 10:42 p.m.
Yeah. Hypnosis is a lot more complex than what people think it is. It's really annoying actually how badly the media portrays hypnosis, because so many people look down on it, or flat out don't believe it.
April 21, 2015 10:43 p.m.
Not that I don't believe in it, because I do even though I don't really understand it, but what are some of the common misconceptions related to it xzzane?
April 21, 2015 10:47 p.m.
DERPLINGSUPREME says... #14
I've never really seen ANY media that is portraying hypnosis badly. for the most part, or what I've seen, they dont even talk about it.
onto the "disbelieveing it" part. I'd say most people won't believe it b/c most of the time its just people playing along. Chances are, if it does work, they probably just haven't tried it.
for me, My minds a MESS. From all the hypnosis I've tried to see if its real, its never really done anything for me. If any of these were "real", its most likely has something to do with my jacked up mind.
April 21, 2015 10:48 p.m.
Well one common misconception is the whole "You are under my command" theme that most people think of with hypnosis, which is total bullshit.
April 21, 2015 10:49 p.m.
DERPLINGSUPREME says... #16
xzzane well, I'm to hear THAT. it always seemed stupid, and I'd feel... just really weird if it were real.
April 21, 2015 10:50 p.m.
Also a lot of so-called "hypnotists" are full of shit. It's ironic because as a hypnotist you'd think I'd have a better opinion of most people that call themselves hypnotists, but the opposite is true. So many people don't understand the intricacies of it, and they don't know what to do when someone doesn't go under at first.
April 21, 2015 10:50 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #18
This isn't hypnosis xzzane. Something very different. It's just that hypnosis can be used to achieve an ASMR. ASMR is basically a tingly sensation you get in your brain that's associated with euphoria, pleasure, calmness and relaxation.
April 21, 2015 10:56 p.m.
Interesting. I might have to look into this at a later date when I have the time.
April 21, 2015 10:57 p.m.
DERPLINGSUPREME says... #20
so, femme, aproval for the add campain, or no?
April 21, 2015 10:58 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #22
It's supposed to be like that tibs, you have to whisper like that.
April 21, 2015 11:05 p.m.
DERPLINGSUPREME says... #23
you're a girl, I dont think you could get "into" anything
April 21, 2015 11:07 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #25
My strap-on has something to say about that DERPLINGSUPREME. But seriously, try not to derail this thread.
April 21, 2015 11:08 p.m.
ThisIsBullshit says... #27
it's more disturbing than relaxing tbh, also holy balls how long is the video?
April 21, 2015 11:08 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #28
It's about 40 minutes. It needs to be that long though.
April 21, 2015 11:10 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #29
I'll do the advertisement.
CanadianShinobi, -KinkyPie-, Ohthenoises, gnarlicide are the only others that I think might know something about this.
April 21, 2015 11:11 p.m.
DERPLINGSUPREME says... #30
...
nevermind.
uuumm...
so, since I'm too lazy to watch the video, stuff.
April 21, 2015 11:12 p.m.
If any of you are actually interested in ASMR (I have been for about a year) take a look at the following people on youtube:
MassageASMR
TheUKASMR
softlygaloshes
fastASMR
JellybeanASMR
Some of them are the top youtube AMSR creators, as well as my personal favourites.
April 21, 2015 11:16 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #32
Ah, yay, a person.
Question for you Galvan, is the experience that most ASMR followers experience similar to the "fire pins" sensation I described earlier? Because I have a feeling that that is something completely different.
April 21, 2015 11:19 p.m.
DERPLINGSUPREME says... #33
SPREAD THE WORD OF ASMR, Galvan! SHOW YOUR FRIENDS! SHOW YOUR FAMILY! SHOW EVERYONE YOU SEE WHO HAS CAPITILIZED ONE OF THOSE LETTERS!
April 21, 2015 11:33 p.m.
That video may have actually worked on me, but only once the thunder started. I'm very much an auditory guy, my most potent reactions are usually to sounds, making a light summer thunderstorm a mesmerizing experience.
I'm still not too sure that I've ever felt any form of ASMR (that video put me into a trance where my mind went blank a few and welcome seconds). It's definitely something to look into. Thanks for the share Femme.
April 21, 2015 11:43 p.m.
andymaul123 says... #35
I've experienced ASMR my whole life (and was excited to find out it had a name a few years ago). I don't get any hot "fire-pin" sensations, but everyone is different. I usually experience it when I'm watching someone else do something, such as drawing. I'd be happy to answer a question or two (to the best of my ability) Femme_Fatale
April 21, 2015 11:50 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #36
Beyond that personal experience I was hoping for clarifications on, I was wondering if anyone knew of any ongoing or completed research that has been done on this topic andymaul123.
April 21, 2015 11:51 p.m.
andymaul123 says... #37
Unfortunately I don't think there's been any scientific studies on the subject. There have been a few articles written, but that's the extent of it. Here's hoping it gains more traction in the upcoming years, as I'd love to learn more about it.
April 22, 2015 12:04 a.m.
PasorofMuppets says... #38
Haven't read the article, but if you search "ASMR" on pubmed the first result is about ASMR.
April 22, 2015 1:57 a.m.
CanadianShinobi says... #39
Why was I tagged? I'm a historian. My reaction to this video was "huh?". My friends tried to get me to a hypnotist once, it failed. No offense Femme_Fatale. I'm just confused. I've never heard of this before and in my experience, meditation has never been my strong suit.
April 22, 2015 2:26 a.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #40
Because you are in university, so you might know someone who has done some research on this.
April 22, 2015 2:29 a.m.
CanadianShinobi says... #41
Nope. History majors are just drunks and often confused by anyone except for English and Political Science Majors who we laugh at for being less beings. By the way I have no completed an undergrad... I have severely mixed feelings.
April 22, 2015 2:44 a.m.
JexInfinite says... #42
Instead of potentially wasting 40 minutes, I would rather just go to an orchestral performance of romantic music. By god, it's something else that I have never experienced before.
April 22, 2015 2:59 a.m.
Ooooh. Well the thing where you get shivers from music is called frission. I get that a lot from epic music or music with something awesome behind it. Doggerland by Disapirtion and Sanbika from Kill la kill get my tingling.
Cards being shuffled, nails on books and stuff space me out but not quite asmr. I am still working on stuff cause Ive had it triggered by people there in person.
I also have a head massager and a pinwheel which make me go crazy shivery melty mess. I cant actually do it to myself or I lose grip or spasm and throw it across the room.
April 22, 2015 5:35 a.m.
JexInfinite says... #44
LeaPlath It was totally different with what I experienced. It was like heaven itself let down its music.
April 22, 2015 5:52 a.m.
lemmingllama says... #46
I've never really gotten any sensations off of binural beats and such, normally the only time hypnosis really works for me is if I've sunk into subspace.
Also femme, there have been no conclusive studies for ASMR because it varies so wildly from person to person. They need to find something that can consistently give the same reaction to multiple people in order to do a proper study. I'll ask some Neuroscience majors I know if they have heard anything, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
April 22, 2015 7:01 a.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #47
Yeah, I know why it's so difficult. It's like trying to do conclusive studies on a woman's vagina. They are all different. People still haven't come to a conclusion on the G-Spot.
April 22, 2015 7:05 a.m.
It doesn't really matter because we dont need to qualify all aspects of human experience.
April 22, 2015 8:22 a.m.
ALthough you can qualify things that vary from person to person. You can say person A experiences this because X. Person B does not experience this because Y.
April 22, 2015 8:24 a.m.
Ohthenoises says... #50
I would know something about this? Meh, nope, sorry.
Femme_Fatale says... #2
Linking ChiefBell and Epochalyptik to see if they know anyone who has done any research on this topic.
Anyone else I should be tagging?
April 21, 2015 10:07 p.m.