Thread: ASMR - Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response

Originally Posted by Wolfwood

But yeah, that's where people differ when watching those videos: some can make the video feel real, and others can't derive anything from it -- they need it to be real. That's where mirror neurons come in.

I just have a thought. Does mirror neurons help in feeling the emotional pain or happiness of someone else?

Originally Posted by littlezoe

Hmm.. interesting. I don't meditate. I planned it since long, but i never get around it.

Most of the time when i induce ASMR i'm just sitting somewhere, close my eyes and it just happens almost instantly... then when it goes better i can keep doing it for a while and i feel the waves going all over my body. It's surely euphoric.
These times i don't do any preparation, i just close my eyes and do it instantly.

As for hypnosis, i have no experiences about that

You should try meditation, you might have an advantageous disposition to it, i.e., you can relax easily.

Originally Posted by Carrot

I just have a thought. Does mirror neurons help in feeling the emotional pain or happiness of someone else?

That depends.

If someone is happy and it can be visibly perceived on their face or body, then you, too, can share that feeling through mirror neuron feedback. Especially when you understand their situation, e.g., what caused it. This applies to any feeling you can directly, visually perceive in someone.

However, if you're referring to feeling someone's happiness or sadness without any visual stimulation or through direct, traditional perception, then you're speaking of 'Empaths'..... That's metaphysical. When it comes to that, I remain silent. ^_^

Originally Posted by Wolfwood

You should try meditation, you might have an advantageous disposition to it, i.e., you can relax easily.

Hmm now that you say it might be a really good idea. Maybe once i get to a really relaxed state of meditation, i could keep inducing ASMR for a lot longer than usually... maybe it would be even stronger if i'm focused enough because of the meditation...

The interesting thing is that inducing ASMR also helps me with inducing Sleep Paralysis. Even before i knew how ASMR is called i used it for inducing SP when i woke up from a dream and didn't move. Just focusing (the same way as i do when inducing ASMR) caused me to enter SP instantly.
Around 3-4 times i kept doing it while already being in SP, which made the tingling feeling more and more powerful... then after a while i felt some kind of pain too... but it was enjoyable for some reason.
You know... it's hard to explain, but it was like i was floating in an endless void and something was about to crush me from all possible directions... but yet it felt good.

Once it was over, i got a little headache, but that experience was worth it

Originally Posted by littlezoe

Hmm now that you say it might be a really good idea. Maybe once i get to a really relaxed state of meditation, i could keep inducing ASMR for a lot longer than usually... maybe it would be even stronger if i'm focused enough because of the meditation...

The interesting thing is that inducing ASMR also helps me with inducing Sleep Paralysis. Even before i knew how ASMR is called i used it for inducing SP when i woke up from a dream and didn't move. Just focusing (the same way as i do when inducing ASMR) caused me to enter SP instantly.
Around 3-4 times i kept doing it while already being in SP, which made the tingling feeling more and more powerful... then after a while i felt some kind of pain too... but it was enjoyable for some reason.
You know... it's hard to explain, but it was like i was floating in an endless void and something was about to crush me from all possible directions... but yet it felt good.

Once it was over, i got a little headache, but that experience was worth it

Sounds promising then. I was just about to point out the obvious advantage of practicing meditation and inducing lucid dreams -- increased concentration means increased stability and clarity. Given the dreamworld is constructed from your thoughts, then it naturally follows that the more erratic those thoughts are, the more erratic and unstable the dream and its contents become.

And inducing sleep paralysis depends on a level of 'relaxed concentration' and visualisation ability -- both of which are cultivated in meditation. Be interested to know how you get on with it, given your natural 'skill points' in it already.

Originally Posted by littlezoe

Good to see that i'm not alone with being able to induce it myself

I focus more on my spine when inducing it, then the feeling just goes down from my head through my spine. If i keep doing it, it gets more and more powerful and my whole head starts to be dizzy and the feeling gets even to my toes... It goes all over my body... now that's awesome when it goes that well

I'm not sure if it's like that for you too, but if i do it for too long, i feel like i run out of battery after a while and i can't do it anymore for a while... so i have to rest if i want it again.

Also... i can only induce it when i'm staying still (and preferably sitting). If i move i just can't do it. Closing my eyes also help, because it helps focusing on the feeling more and not my environment

I feel exactly the same as the bold, I even feel like if I do it often enough in a row it loses it's potency before I'm unable to do it again, like it'll still work but feel weaker. I feel I get it a lot more if I'm on some sort of stimulant. I'm a self proclaimed caffeine addict, I usually take in ~400-900 mg of caffeine a day. It works if I don't have caffeine too, but it's like a thousand times easier with it and happens a lot more on it's own without my trying.

You guys are strange, I have no idea what you're talking about. >.>

Watch some of the videos, and see what you get. ^_^

This version of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star gives me serious ASMR

You're sick.

Here you go, you may like:

Haha yeah, i always liked their voice ^^

I think this creepy singing works well for me

Holy shit

Originally Posted by Kitties

Holy shit

Huh, this was surprisingly good. It's almost like you can feel the whispers, which is a big part of it.

Seems like I have Synaesthesia...? I thought everyone gave colors to days and numbers, don't they? And certain shapes with colors tend to give me a pleasant taste in my mouth, espeially circles. Like in that last ASMR video.

Originally Posted by Kitties

Holy shit

With headphones on....

That does nothing to me

Yeah, well you like twisted children voices. Anddd you can do it yourself... O_O

So you say it would be unfair if that would do it too? lol.

Exactly that! *jealous*

Holy s@#% I now know why people actively search for these videos.

I'm not sure if this is the same as what you guys are talking about but here goes.



That whine at the start, sounds like that make me shiver (it looks more like a minor seizure) and I experience a few moments of orgasmic bliss. Occasionally I'll end up dfdfsadg. For that very reason, I have a playlist full of certain songs that I never listen to unless I'm home alone or in my room while everyone else is asleep.



The lilting of the saxophone (?) at 2:45 - 3:00 would be another example of what I described above.

A downtempo tune with a rolling bass and a sax or trumpet also puts me in a heavy haze. After a while the muscles in my throat tighten to the point where speaking becomes difficult, my eyes water, and my face swells up a bit. My eyes eventually start to droop and get a little puffy and squinty. I think it mainly has to do with blood rushing through the veins.

I didn't know this was an actual "thing," I just thought I was weird.

I find it interesting that so many people have this triggered by music and whispers. None of those videos do anything for me. The only time anything happens while I listen to music is if a particular part of the song is flat out fucking amazing, and the tingling comes due to very subtle conscious effort. I experience how good the song is, and at the same time I make it more. It's a very difficult concept to explain. The only ASMR I get as a result of an external trigger is if I am getting my hair buzzed off or sometimes if I run my hands through my hair (they're nearly the same cause). Otherwise I internally trigger it myself. Though, I do remember as a child that I experienced this phenomenon, but it was entirely at random--it was never caused by anything. I tried explaining it to people but they told me I was just having chills, but it's distinctly different. I couldn't argue with them though, I didn't even know what it was myself.

Originally Posted by snoop

I find it interesting that so many people have this triggered by music and whispers. None of those videos do anything for me. The only time anything happens while I listen to music is if a particular part of the song is flat out fucking amazing, and the tingling comes due to very subtle conscious effort. I experience how good the song is, and at the same time I make it more. It's a very difficult concept to explain.

Actually, i fully understood that It happens the same way for me too ^^

I used to get these alot when I was younger. Mine could be triggered by a a really great song, though the whispering part never happened to me. I don't know if this has happened to anyone else, but I used to get it sometimes whenever I had a really exciting thought. I always chalked up to some kind of weird sporadic chill. I never knew there was a name for this; interesting. I also want to point out that the only thing now that gives me that feeling is the sound of styrofoam. Yikes!