ASMR experienced by only a few

Do you ever feel a tingling feeling when you hear certain sounds like brushing hair or tapping on a plastic lid? If you do, then you are among the few people who experience ASMR. Let’s start by first understanding what ASMR means. Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response or ASMR is the response that one feels after hearing certain sounds or watching certain videos. ASMR has become quite popular, thanks to YouTube where so many people have put up such relaxing and calming videos. But only some people seem to love and experience it, while others not so much. Why is it so? Let’s understand this in-depth. 

ASMR is the technique of calming one’s nerves and most of it includes the person falling asleep at the end. But this only actively works if the person is fully committed to keeping all their thoughts aside while enjoying ASMR. It requires attention as these are just sounds or triggers that help a person calm down. It might not work on a lot of people as they don’t allow their bodies to react that way. Your body is out of control and while listening to ASMR, it is important to let go to feel all the triggers.

Everyone has a certain trigger point and react to certain noises; it could be the sound of rain or just listening to droplets of water. If you keep aside those thoughts and allow your body to listen, it works like a charm. A lot of people have now become interested in ASMR and it’s gaining a lot of popularity as just listening to certain sounds and watching certain videos help them gain peace of mind.

It is also believed that you can gain a lot of calmness by listening to certain sounds while practicing meditation. Meditation requires focus and concentration, hence it becomes important for a person to block all the necessary thoughts that are natural. There are also a lot of applications available on the phone that focus on providing ASMR. It includes things like slime, bubble popping, etc as these little things prove to be very satisfying.