This is all so extremely interesting but even more confusing to me.
I thought such shivers were common for everyone. I've always thought of them as either a physical or emotional reaction to some external stimuli. I get them frequently so I must be experiencing something very different.

Getting my hair cut or people lightly touching certain spots on my body (shoulders in particular) trigger massive shivers. I've always thought that's a physical response to the movement. The body has lots of tiny hairs that are extremely sensitive. Moving them gently could change your perception of temperature etc (?) which causes the shiver?
I get massive "goosebumps" (which start at the base of my neck it seems) while listening to certain sounds or music. I've always written it off as an emotional reaction.

Watching people do things does absolutely nothing for me. BUT, I thought it was extremely interesting that when I watched the video of the person tracing shapes with the sharpie, I SMELLED the sharpie. But as soon as I noticed, it went away. I'm not aware of that ever having happening (happened?) before.

Thank you, Wolfwood for further breaking it down. Most of the time, the shivers invigorate me. Not physically though, it's more a creative or spiritual awakening sort of feeling. Other tingles though (like hair cuts) relax me immensely. I just wrote it off as being a relaxing and pleasurable activity.

Whispers drive me insane. I could barely tolerate those videos. But some of them would give me the beginnings of a tingle (a slight tightening sort of feeling that dies there), but I wrote that off on the sensual nature of the speech.

So, I asked my son, my hubby and his daughter if they get prolonged goosebumps from watching activities or from music. They looked at me like I was crazy and my hubby said "I call BS" :crackle: My son says he gets them a little but usually only if some intense music is accompanied by something visual. My step-daughter admitted the same.

That's very curious to me. I thought it was common among everyone lol.

As for bringing them on without help. I can rarely. But it makes me sad. The physically triggered ones depress me as well. They make me feel lonely so I usually avoid them and pretty much all touch.

I'm also curious about the "mirrors" mentioned. Doesn't everyone feel the emotions of other people to one degree or another? But isn't it just a matter of reading body language and micro-expressions?