new favorite weird shit on the internet: ASMR ROLE PLAY ~ Autonomous sensory meridian response ~

RIP Baba Sen the Cosmic Barber

i wuz on an asmr talk show https://youtu.be/bYazZY5rIM0

<3

i love the bg change 20 minutes in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtEA_z6wwEc

have there always been so many "sad youtube" style comments on ASMR videos? even on silly videos like "eating gummy burgers ASMR", there'll be people saying stuff like "thank you so much for helping me work through my depression/anxiety/grief over family swallowed up by a sinkhole" or "I wouldn't be on this earth today if it wasn't for your channel", lavishing the ASMRtists with the kind of praise usually reserved for cult leaders or self help gurus. some people are getting a little too emotionally invested in wet sticky mouth sounds imho

Yeah but that's YouTube?

i went to thurston moore's 60th birthday happening at the walker art center was great but he had this asmr person do set and i literally wanted to jump out of my skin i had to leave and go the bar

Lol a "set"

i thought she was setting up to do a noise set because she had some contact mics and a mixing board on a table but then i realized she wasn't just being pokey in setting up, that this was the set. she would crinkle paper and use a paint brush on the table...shit like that and then *whisper whisper* into the mic

asmr is noise

bow down to the queen of asmr

It's fine if ppl like it but for me it's a visceral thing like nails on a chalkboard for me can't help it

Good high pitched tingles are innapropriate unless blended into good music, or you know, high notes being played in good music. Hearing all the smacking and spit sounds in an asmr whisperer’s mouth is like hearing sex moans unexpectedly in music - mostly cringey a bad way. I get it - different strokes for different folks; just keep your strokin’ to your self.

I am unable to forget how unworthy that Holly Herndon 'asmr' track was

I love ASMR vids, it's not a sexual thing, I watch them at work to keep from going mad

the best one is the lady whispering in Dutch and playing with wooden blocks

I miss new Heather Feather stuff, she's my fave

lmao at these posts. been falling asleep to asmr/medical exams for about eight years now. weird to think about it. unless they're experienced irl, i'm immune to tingles - but find it so hard to sleep without relaxation vids. can be a thin line especially when a lot of vids are flirty and intimate, but its lame its sexualized. the wholesome takeaway for me is the rejoice of The Internet in a physical comfort which isn't officially medically acknowledged... though it propelled deeper research!

god i sound like such a wanker sometimes. these pure things of life just make me really happy.

you don't sound like a wanker!

i totally get what you're saying. none of the ASMR stuff gives me that special weird feeling, but if there was one that could somehow replicate the feeling of unlocking a front door as a car passes by in the background *shudders*

i'm not exactly sure that would quality as asmr because it wouldn't be so much a good/relaxing feeling as one of freezing up/tension. but still very invigorating

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXmlN9BAddg

There was an ASMR advert during the Super Bowl

on going sex panic about asmr continues, paypal has banned some prominent youtubers (women obv)

That is grim :(

is anyone else here able to induce ASMRish tingles at will? I find that if I stand or sit upright while tensing the muscles at the base of my skull, I can send cold shivers down my spine without the aid of triggers. the sensation builds up at the origin point for a few seconds before flowing rapidly down my body, and it tends to be stronger the longer I wait to release it. if my aim is true, the impulse will travel straight down the center of my back, but if I miss the mark, it might only travel the length of one shoulder and arm, especially if my posture is a little off-center.

I've been able to do this since I was a kid, though I can't remember how or when I discovered the ability. it doesn't seem to be a rare phenomenon, since there are dozens of threads on Reddit where someone asks "am I the only one who can do this?" only to learn that 9000 other people have had the same experience. some Redditors draw a distinction between frission and ASMR (even pinning them down to different neurotransmitters), but afaict ASMR is just commodified, AdSensible frission.

because of the above, I find ASMR videos pretty much pointless for the purpose of inducing chills, though the fad/meme/contagion aspect is interesting, and Goodnight Moon's videos are worth watching for the set and costume design alone. cynical cash-in "Pewdiepie tries ASMR for the first time [FUNNY AF]"-type videos should probably die a swift death, though.

Over-amplified, closely-miked beer bottles being opened and poured into glasses by hot women has been a standard beer advertising trope for decades.

is there a subgenre of listening to cats cleaning themselves asmr? realized the other day that it's definitely an asmr experience

xxp I just tried that and I'm able to get some mild tingles going down my back but not as strong as from watching the vids

Since I got into ASMR I've also started getting tingles from 'real life' unintentional triggers eg someone tapping on their desk at work. Previously that would probably just have annoyed me

huh, I'm having some tingle success with the unreg method although it's not a v relaxing pose and most of the energy seems to be making my ears wiggle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgqr7MrDeBs&t=1280s

National Rail get in on the action

There's a WFMU dj whose mic breaks are ASMR sessions and it makes me wanna fucking murder my radio.

autonomous sensory meridian rage

this is kraken me up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUMygkRhB88

I think I am the opposite of asmr people. Extended action/fighting sequences in movies or live sporting events lull me and put me to sleep.

Just jumping into the fray without having read the thread because I saw the subject title and this is one thing I take a great interest in.

I've been experiencing the ASMR phenomenon for the vast majority of my life; I definitely remember being seven years old and experiencing it from hearing book pages turned in an otherwise quiet library. It's the exact opposite of misophonia, where quiet/otherwise relaxing sounds irritate the listener, and is most probably associated with the phenomenon of synesthesia, which allows one to experience a stimulus via more than one sense, e.g. someone who can taste words and hear colors. Research is underway to explain the phenomenon but I know from my own experiences that I definitely feel the sensations from an ASMR (or similar) video as if someone was actually touching me.

Here are some of the ASMRtists I subscribe to:

1. Heather Feather ASMR (the first ASMR channel I subscribed to but who hasn't updated her channel in a long time)
2. WhispersRed ASMR (sort of an earth mother-y type but without the woo)
3. ASMR Angel (someone I could see myself hanging out with and the reason I got into "Would I Lie to You?", since she was Joe Lycett's guest on an episode of the program)
4. Sophie Michelle ASMR (a kid from my relatively superannuated position, an aspiring actress who's really into role plays)
5. Karuna Satori ASMR (a Pennsyl-tucky high school drop-out who does really entertaining videos)
6. CrinkleLuvin ASMR (perhaps the absolute best medical role play ASMRtist out there, very highly recommended)
7. ALBinWhisperland (slightly problematic past but seems to be fairly well-meaning these days)
8. Olivia's Kissper ASMR (gets a little too hippie-esque but has a good sense of humor)
9. Scottish Murmurs ASMR (well known in the community for her impressions of other ASMRtists; also provides something unique with her lilting Scottish accent)

I also greatly enjoy the occasional FairyChar ASMR video (and yes, I know that's not what she calls herself these days) but haven't watched her in awhile due to the fact I have all those other channels I subscribe to and will make occasional forays into other channels. I know there's a channel called HungryCakes that combines ASMR and mukbang (sp?) in a way that I find comforting and easy to take and I truly dislike the sounds made by impolite eaters, so unless you have the aforementioned misophonia she's perfectly safe to watch.

I'll get back to this thread after I've taken the time to read through it. I really hope none of you went down the stereotypical "ASMR = weird sex thing" route a lot of closed-minded folks utilize to hate on ASMR.

Ok wow, so apparently I posted on here before! My list above ^^ is the most recent list of ASMRtists I'm into, BTW. Also, the way I learned about ASMR was when I was watching Dr. Sandra Lee's early pimple popping videos (I have anxiety-based skin excoriation tendencies that are alleviated by watching them) and found them unexpectedly relaxing; when I read the comments section and saw the delicious sensations I'd been experiencing almost all my life referred to as "ASMR" it was like being given the key to a bottomless treasure chest, because I didn't know the phenomenon had a name. Once I found that out my YouTube watching habits changed drastically and I was able to get a lot calmer, though obviously I still struggle with my anxiety.

The first video Noodle Vague posted on November 13, 2018, is one of my favorite ASMR videos of all time. I don't even know how many times I've watched it because I've lost count, but it's been a great help to me during many moments of mental crisis/anguish. Emma is just brilliant at what she does. Similarly, this video helped cheer me up on the day of Trump's election and is actually the video that converted me into one of Charlotte's (ASMR Angel's) ardent fans:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA2POedeKCo

(I'm sorry, I mean "inauguration", not "election". Emma's video is what helped soothe me after his election.)

(Also, whoops, it was November 13, 2016 that Noodle Vague posted that amazing video by Emma. I'm kinda hurrying right now and making all kinds of mistakes.)

Here's one of my favorite CrinkleLuvin ASMR medical role play videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_v_gwa8FVo

oh man...this^ seems more about fetishisizing mental illness than exciting auditory nerves

oh man...this^ seems more about fetishisizing mental illness than exciting auditory nerves

How did you come to that conclusion? My thoughts were that since quite a few viewers would have had the experience of having to be admitted to a mental hospital, this would be catering to a part of their reality. I mean, I have some pretty bad mental illnesses myself (at times in the past to the point of incapacitation) and I didn't think there was any "fetishisizing" going on in the video.

I mean...."I need you to relax or I'm going to have sedate you again. Nurse, can you please help me restrain this patient?" "Right now your hands are in restraints, this is for your safety and own own..."

"If you fight me that's going to change the situation" (!!)

She's role playing as an intake nurse processing a highly agitated patient. Sometimes people who suffer from mental illness (and I am deeply fortunate not to have ever had it THAT bad) do things that put others or themselves at risk because that's how their illness manifests itself at times of high stress, such as having to be admitted to a mental hospital, and the staff at those hospitals have to prioritize safety over everything else. I would highly recommend you tracking down the 2001 HBO documentary about Bellevue ("Bellevue: Inside Out") to see what I'm talking about. Also, just because the viewer is taking on the role of this highly agitated patient doesn't mean it is assumed they've ever been one. I've viewed RPs where I've been asked to assume all kinds of improbable roles (e.g. a naïve individual seeking revenge against a wicked witch who took advantage of her) so I'm not sure what the objection is with this particular RP.

(FYI, it's very difficult to admit this but I might as well: I have been admitted to a mental hospital after a suicide attempt and I still don't see the problem with that particular video. This was a long time ago and I no longer experience suicidal ideations, FYI.)

Yeah I understand what goes on in psych wards. I’m just saying this appears to be role playing that has less to do w/ sensory response than it does some kind of psychological stimulus.

I’m a little skeptical that psych ward admission/intake + restraints are the sorts of memories someone with a history of hospitalization for acute anxiety or psychotic breaks would summon to feel better.

Anyway I am glad to hear you are no longer struggling with s.i. And if this does something for you in that regard that’s a good thing.

ASMR for white liberals pic.twitter.com/ekSwe1rgaD

— Randall Otis (@RandallOtisTV) March 27, 2019

omg

holy shit. he better monetize that.

Bumping this thread because I HAVE to spread the gospel of Daisy Flowers, i.e. my favorite ASMR role play character of all time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txA02xKfIKI

lol nyt i suppose but
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/23/sunday-review/human-contact-luxury-screens.html

"the texture of life, the tactile experience, is becoming smooth glass"

The rich have grown afraid of screens.

would be hilarious if they actually recoiled in shock from them

The NYT are an extremely reactionary publication = of course they're not going to "get" the appeal of ASMR/ASMR videos.