ASMR

[welshcake]

I always watch ASMR videos. It's like an addiction now. I've watched them for years and years.

I get tingles from people talking more than anything.

[benzoberzerk]

Yeah not always from like the same bit of music or whatever so I can't just be like oh I'll stick on No More Moments and that'll do it but it does happen every now and then. It's meant to be something that affects your mood but personally I find it's more something that is affected by it, so if I'm feeling fab it's more likely to happen

Think I had that the first time watchin' Titanic. Seeing all those people dying and Rose saying to Jack she'll never let go.

That doesn't sound like ASMR. Sounds more like frisson.

"What is Frisson?

Have you ever felt a sudden, passing sensation of excitement, a shudder of emotion from an epic moment of a song, or a climax of a movie? That is what is called "frisson", a word rooted from the French word meaning "Goosebumps" or "Shiver". It has been linked to rises in dopamine levels which is, in turn, linked to your outlook towards others."

That might be one of the first times I can recall too now that you mention it.

Others include many other sad scenes from movies and games, such as death scenes, but without the music in most of them it doesn't really happen. Many songs alone, especially those by Johnny Cash, can also trigger it for me .

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Yeah, none of the videos work for me, all of them seem rather strange. The only thing that works for me is what I mentioned in my post.

Yeah, definitely not ASMR. ASMR is a very specific, physical sensation triggered by sounds.

"Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is a physical sensation characterized by a pleasurable tingling that typically begins in the head and scalp, and often moves down the spine and through the limbs"

This is one of my favorites:

[Lewis]

That doesn't sound like ASMR. Sounds more like frisson.

"What is Frisson?

Have you ever felt a sudden, passing sensation of excitement, a shudder of emotion from an epic moment of a song, or a climax of a movie? That is what is called "frisson", a word rooted from the French word meaning "Goosebumps" or "Shiver". It has been linked to rises in dopamine levels which is, in turn, linked to your outlook towards others."



Yeah, definitely not ASMR. ASMR is a very specific, physical sensation triggered by sounds.

"Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is a physical sensation characterized by a pleasurable tingling that typically begins in the head and scalp, and often moves down the spine and through the limbs"

This is one of my favorites:

edit: didn't see what you mentioned about frisson, it could be that but it's definitely still the same ASMR feeling and the definition of ASMR describes what I feel a lot better than the frisson definition.

[benzoberzerk]

edit: didn't see what you mentioned about frisson, it could be that but it's definitely still the same ASMR feeling and the definition of ASMR describes what I feel a lot better than the frisson definition.

You wouldn't know that if you haven't experienced actual ASMR though :p You should check out the top posts on the frisson subreddit i linked, it's filled with stuff similar to what you described. ASMR is not connected to emotions. You don't get ASMR from viewing or hearing something sad. It's a physical reaction to hearing triggering sounds. It's a very pleasant and relaxing feeling.

[Empired]

I've spent an hour watching some ASMR videos and I felt nothing tingly or anything, but it made me fall asleep eventually!

[Lewis]

Here's a clip I get ASMR from (or frisson), this dream sequence from The Walking Dead game. You'll only really get it if you've been following the storyline of season one and two up to this point, well if you get it at all. Without knowing the storyline itself, it'll probably just seem meaningless to you. It's mainly three parts of it - the beginning, around the bit where he says "even if that means hurting somebody else" and around the bit "that you won't leave me"

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[velvet]

Here's a clip I get ASMR from (or frisson), this dream sequence from The Walking Dead game. You'll only really get it if you've been following the storyline of season one and two up to this point, well if you get it at all. Without knowing the storyline itself, it'll probably just seem meaningless to you. It's mainly three parts of it - the beginning, around the bit where he says "even if that means hurting somebody else" and around the bit "that you won't leave me"

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deffo not asmr if you need to know the story lol, that's an emotional response / frisson as @benzoberzerk said



i get asmr but didn't know what it was or that it was even a thing before a friend pointed it out to me, can't say i watch videos for it regularly though, only when really stressed.