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should know about ASMR or autonomous
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videos for this list we’re taking a look
at five facts about ASMR to help better
understand this strange internet
phenomenon number five that tingling
feeling for someone who’s never
experienced ASMR the experience can be a
little hard to grasp but essentially
it’s a bodily response to a distinct
type of sensory experience often using
subtle auditory triggers people describe
it in many different ways but in the
most general sense it involves a
creeping tingling sensation that begins
in the brain moves through the spine and
travels to the extremities well it may
feel odd or be even a little unnerving
at first people find it to be incredibly
soothing while those who seek out ASMR
generally agree that it is not a sexual
experience it has nonetheless been
called a brain orgasm due to the
powerful feeling of pleasure it provides
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why did you say my number for the
discussion is a young one the Internet
can give itself a pat on the back for
this one
it took a global online network to
connect those curious about this odd
sensation and get the conversation
started the very earliest known mention
of what would go on to be dubbed ASMR is
from a 2007 steady help calm for him in
2008 an online group by the name of the
Society of sensationalists began a
larger discussion on the topic of these
strange experiences in yahoo groups in
2010 a major player in the online
discussion gen Alan coins the term
autonomous sensory meridian response and
founded ASMR – Research org which became
a central hub for discussion and
research into the phenomenon although
the conversation is very young
some believe that Virginia Woolf
described the feeling of ASMR in her
1925 novel mrs. Dalloway number 3
nowadays there are thousands upon
thousands of YouTube videos specifically
dedicated to stimulate viewers while it
seems that certain people aren’t
susceptible to the effects many of those
who are absolutely loved the experience
and actively seek it out yes some people
will watch or listen to ASMR content to
help them fall asleep or de-stress with
its growing popularity people have
produced content of a wide variety
experimenting with triggers ranging from
history lessons to eating or virtual
haircuts the goal is to provide viewers
with the best sensory experiences for
their tastes but ASMR was discovered
because of the unintentional triggers
found in our world some people described
feeling it in class during a lecture the
television painter Bob Ross with his
calm voice and movement is also widely
referenced as a trigger just decide
where you think this little mountain who
lives in your world number two there has
been little scientific research done
because ASMR has only recently come to
our collective attention little is known
about this phenomenon
oh yeah as a product of the internet it
has repeatedly suffered from the lack of
credibility Jen Ellen the founder of
ASMR research org has had to lobby
Wikipedia in order to maintain the
integrity of the ASMR entry which faced
repeated removal due to a lack of
scientific sources perhaps because of
its origin a scientific research
community has largely ignored the topic
Emma L Barrett and Nick J Davis of
Swansea University in the UK published
the first medical academic paper on the
subject in 2015 given that theirs was
the first study of its kind their
research largely focused on documenting
trends in triggers and responses but
they strongly recommended further
research into the therapeutic values of
ASMR real estate I’ll pee my pants
Jim come get your damn land Jim I got
real estate them to get better than this
Jim number one the many theories here’s
the problem while ASMR is a fascinating
subject that desperately warrants
further serious scientific investigation
it’s quick adoption by Internet self
helpers faith healers and spiritualists
doesn’t do much for its reputation for
every truly fascinating theory with a
scientific basis there is a rather
outlandish one in baratunde Davis’s 2015
study they saw reason to believe that
there may be a connection between ASMR
and synesthesia in forums however ASMR
has been called a form of enlightenment
you are a king surveying your estate
look at the woodland the Peacocks on the
lawn be the king of your own calm
Kingdom Carissa and Burgess who handles
the research and data at ASMR Research
org believes it activates the pineal
gland which has previously been linked
with metaphysical experiences allegedly
some in the community goes so far as to
call it the next stage of human
consciousness the truth is no one knows
for sure but were anxious to learn more
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