ASMR, ASMR, ASMR!
Be it Instagram or YouTube, one incredibly common thing we find these days is ASMR audios and videos. There are documentaries made with heavy crowd fundings and films too (Tertiary Sound, Shut Eye). What is this ASMR? Why is it always on trend?
Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response is abbreviated as ASMR. Often confused to sexual arousal, ASMR is a non-sexual response associated with tingling sensation which starts from center of the brain and extends towards spine and limbs. Jennifer Allen explained this better by describing each term.
Autonomous – spontaneous, self-governed, controlled or uncontrolled
Sensory – all about sensation and senses
Meridian – highest point of development, signifying a peak or climax
Response – refers to an experience triggered by an internal or external source
Let me simplify, did you ever experience any stimulation while having a haircut, gentle shampooing by the stylist or when a masseur is massaging especially foot or flipping through a magazine or crinkling paper, licking sounds, nail tapping sounds, stirring a bowl with liquid food or any subtle movements? And the aftereffect of this experience is peace, relaxation and contentment, then that response is an ASMR. It is scientifically supported that, it reduces headache, calms mind, therapeutic for depression, anxiety and insomnia.
Still the studies are being continued, ASMR is assumed to have connections with Autonomous Nervous System (ANS) and release of neurohormones like dopamine, oxytocin and endorphins. Interestingly, not everyone has pleasant experiences with ASMR, some find it stressful and irritating while for some, there’s no effect. ASMR creates positivity, helps mental healing, puts us to sleep, things every one of us need and crave for and this satisfactorily supports the hype around ASMR.
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Our brains are really weird and complex but can I just say how grateful I am that the "pretty-sounding noise make brain endorphin/dopamine reward system go brrrr" function of our brain has remained intact within humanity throughout its evolution because holy shit music alone has so many times made a shitty day better by making me cry real tears while laughing in pure unfiltered joy and experienced an absolute blasting off into the sky like my entire body is glowing with happiness. And all that just from listening to music - hearing a nice chord progression or something like that, or focusing really hard to hear all components of a song and suddenly feeling/seeing it all like a picture and being overwhelmed with its beauty. Like it's just sound!!! But it can produce a reward response even though it's so different from all the typical things that produce dopamine rewards!!
(image is from the article in the link above)
idk it's just mindblowing to me how an assortment of specific-looking soundwaves, of all things, can cause an individual to feel that kind of strong positive emotional response. think about it. vibrating air makes your inner ear move and then produce nerve signals and you register it as sound and then you feel emotions in response to that sound and those emotions produced could, in real-time, shift your entire perception of reality from negative towards positive. what a fucking wild world we live in i feel like a little kid again looking at the world in wonder and curious awe, wanting to find out everything I can about everything simply because i need to for some reason i don't know other than because it makes me happy.
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新しい動画をアップしました。
深大寺の閼伽堂(あかどう)で、滴り落ちる水の作業用動画です。
汚れを洗い流す水音はリラックスに最適です。
勉強など何かの作業のバックに流してみてください。
睡眠にも良いですよ。
【リラックス 睡眠 勉強 作業用】 清らかな水で身と心を浄める閼伽堂 【自然音 フィールドレコーディング】 ASMR
I've uploaded a new video.
This is a relaxing video of the dripping water at Akado in Jindaiji Temple.
The sound of water washing away dirt is perfect for relaxing.
Try playing it in the background while studying or doing some other work.
It's also good for sleep.
【For studying, relaxing, sleeping, and working】The holy water hall purifies the body and mind 【ASMR】
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