You ever wonder why some movies make you want to take a nap? If you think it’s because they bored you to death, that may not be the case. It could just be the euphoric sensation, or “brain tingles,” ...
I’m not sure when it was that I first became aware of the engrossing strangeness of online ASMR culture, but I know that it was 2017 when I first fell down the rabbit hole of attempting to understand ...
ASMR videos started as a fringe section of YouTube, but the industry has grown exponentially in the last decade — rough estimates say there are at least 25 million ASMR videos on YouTube alone, coming ...
Keyboards click continuously under the typing fingers of an office. A diva with a sunrise yellow manicure taps their nails like spider legs from pinkie to index finger. A virgo doing origami folds a ...
Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) has become a new craze in the social media age, though the practice has been around for much longer. Many YouTube channels and apps are now dedicated to ...
Between 2020 being a dumpster fire of a year, and our not-so-healthy social media spirals frequently reminding us of it, it’s really no surprise that many of us have been struggling to get a good ...
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Slicing soap is part of the broader ASMR scene. Every two weeks, Kaelin Brady scours her local shops in search of soap. But the 28-year-old's routine is not a body odor-related chore: it's so she can ...
It’s a massage for your brain, and thousands are tuning in, hoping for a better night sleep. ASMR, or Autonomic Sensory Meridian Response, is one of the fastest growing trends on the internet.
Not long ago, I opened my laptop, dimmed the lights in my room, and clicked play on the YouTube video “ASMR Ear Eating Twins”. To let my imagination drift, I lowered the sound levels and closed my ...