does anyone else have ASMR? (tingling sensation when hearing/seeing certain things)

[CZroe]

Because it just played due to the Independance Day season, I just realized that the popular recording of "God Bless the USA" does this for me. I recall this feeling even when I was a child.

 

[alzan]

i think an alison krauss song has done it to me before too, her voice is perfect

edit: ahh yesss the ending at 5:40 did it

Not the only one that does it but Dream Of The Archer by Heart near the end when Ann hits the high note and holds it for ~10 sec.

Supposedly, this works too:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...N=B001IHXFQK&linkCode=as2&tag=thingsplaces-20

And if it doesn't work on your head there's probably another body region you can try.

 

[brianmanahan]

Because it just played due to the Independance Day season, I just realized that the popular recording of "God Bless the USA" does this for me. I recall this feeling even when I was a child.

the lee greenwood version? it has some big crescendos and those are an excellent trigger

 

[HamburgerBoy]

So this just refers to any kind of pleasurable tingles/shivers outside of orgasm? I thought this was something that everyone (except maybe Richard Kuklinski) experienced. :hmm:

 

[brianmanahan]

for some reason this video is amazing for ASMR:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgPVSFs7xN8

 

[balloonshark]

Most of the vids on youtube do nothing for me. I finally found something that worked the other night. The problem is I forgot what it was :-(. I'm pretty sure it was a movie that I was watching. It had a low to mid range woo woo woo sound and it set me off. I'll have review what I was watching on netflix the other night. It's funny how different sounds trigger different people.

 

[MongGrel]

Yep, I get that feeling with some music cranked up, always have.

I used to get it on stage just playing music.

 

[_Rick_]

Besides serotonin, it also dumps adrenalin for me. Most of those videos make me feel watched, like my personal space is invaded and keep me on the edge. If there's no intelligible sounds in there, I can use it to help me through the afternoon gap, where my body goes into standby mode, if I don't keep moving.

I think one theory is that part of the reaction (that to shrill noises) comes from an old mammal reaction to the cry of birds on the hunt, that genetics haven't quite got rid off yet. The other part probably is due to certain effects of intimacy created by the bin-aural recordings, which place the virtual source of the audio close to the head.
There's also some research into the musical chills, which according to some research intensify for performers, the more they practice a certain piece (heard an interesting lecture on that, a few years before ASMR became a thing). At that time, the mechanism was still not understood, but the study of such physiological reactions is real, if restricted to what appears to be a small community.

 

[smitbret]

Pages being turned in a book in a quiet room

Someone typing on a keyboard in a quiet room

Aaaaaah.

 

[Linflas]

Never knew there was a name for this until I heard Nikki Glasser talking about it on the radio. Music does this for me all the time, never gotten it from random sounds though.

 

[pete6032]

A haircut triggers it for me also.

Same here.

 

[brianmanahan]

this is now my all time favorite:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQZsVenF_Vs

 

[ch33zw1z]

Music does it for me

 

[brianmanahan]

Music does it for me

yeah me too - the big crescendo in 4th movement of beethoven's 5th always works

 

[ImpulsE69]

Isn't this commonly called..Spidey Sense?

 

[sandorski]

My favourite, which I think was linked in this thread, was the in bed with a girlfriend one.

Here's the link: Cuddle time

 

[MongGrel]

Some music has almost always worked that way for me, depending on the mood sometimes.