Crystal7 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 How do you feel about ASMR as an asexual? Thanks for participating! Link to post Share on other sites
Ajdla Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 I am enjoy it but I don’t think it’s a sexual thing and most people that I know that like it don’t either even people that aren’t asexual Link to post Share on other sites
Crystal7 Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 I agree Ajdla, there is nothing inherently sexual in ASMR, although ASMRists rarely add sexual elements intentionally as an element of a particular video. Link to post Share on other sites
Sage Raven Domino Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Whether I get aroused by an ASMR video depends on the genre and on how heavily the artist is beautified (I agree that they don't mean to seduce the audience. though). If I don't, then I sometimes get to experience the ASMR effect itself Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Beat Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 I just think they're incredibly annoying to the point of making me angry and uncomfortable Link to post Share on other sites
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Crystal7 Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 I've enjoyed ASMR for years, and my experience is you don't run into many sexual ASMR videos unless you go searching for them. Most seem to be incredibly PG. Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy Alien Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Didn’t vote as a non ace but I find them very relaxing. I don’t experience asmr but the videos put me to sleep. I’ve never seen any that were at all sexual. Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 What is asmr? Link to post Share on other sites
RoseGoesToYale Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 I think I experience ASMR, but it has absolutely nothing to do with anything auditory whatsoever. It happens whenever someone plays with my hair, or I run a pencil lightly over my neck, or when getting a back rub. Or maybe I'm describing a different sensation? I have no clue... Link to post Share on other sites
Crystal7 Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 9 minutes ago, iff said: What is asmr? Link to post Share on other sites
Crystal7 Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, RoseGoesToYale said: I think I experience ASMR, but it has absolutely nothing to do with anything auditory whatsoever. It happens whenever someone plays with my hair, or I run a pencil lightly over my neck, or when getting a back rub. Or maybe I'm describing a different sensation? I have no clue... Yes, you can get ASMR from those things too. I do as well. Link to post Share on other sites
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kiaroskuro Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 I don't really watch them, I listen to them most of the time. For me, ASMR is all about sound; I don't get visual ASMR. Link to post Share on other sites
Karst Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 I think the reason some people think ASMR is somehow sexual is that... well, you are watching a video that creates a specific physical response for some people. It's not a sexual thing, but it does fall into the category of "physical pleasures". Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Conflating sensual with sexual? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 I think it's creepy. Link to post Share on other sites
Manticone Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 I find the soft sounds cozy, similar to hearing the rain fall at night. I don't find it inherently sexual in any way. *shrugs* I guess anyone can try to make anything sexual, but for me - it's sort of just calming. Link to post Share on other sites
erf Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 ASMR videos make me cringe Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 The great thing about youtube is if it's something you find creepy or cringey or just don't like or whatever, you don't have to watch it. Link to post Share on other sites
LeChat Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 ASMR? (watches clips that explain it) Oh, that. I've only come across one Youtuber who briefly mentioned it, in order to spoof on it and who tried speaking in a softer voice for one of their videos. Oh, and they briefly showed their puzzled and surprised reaction to another Youtuber tapping their nails by a microphone. But, other than that, most Youtubers' videos I've seen don't have them using ASMR at all. I don't know how I feel about it. I guess, from seeing the ASMR clips that you gave, I think I can understand how others might like it; but, I don't personally feel anything about it. Link to post Share on other sites
south paw Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 I absolutely love asmr! Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 I also find certain types of ASMR really soothing to listen to when I have a migraine (not tapping ASMR though!). Link to post Share on other sites
Celyn: The Lutening Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Had no idea what it was so I watched the explanatory video @Crystal7 posted (thanks for that) and... I ABSOLUTELY DESPISE THAT. I do get a strong physical response, but one that is deeply unpleasant. I suspect that's ASD sensory issues at work, so I accept that neurotypicals could enjoy it. The only time I get that shivery pleasurable feeling is listening to or playing piano music, and occasionally from other music too (Conor's voice from Nothing But Thieves does it to me). Link to post Share on other sites
no-longer-in-use Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 I hate it; it gives me the shivers. Link to post Share on other sites
Ajdla Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Technically speaking though, while you like them or not, ‘the shivers’ are ASMR. Link to post Share on other sites
Sage Raven Domino Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 26 minutes ago, Ajdla said: Technically speaking though, while you like them or not, ‘the shivers’ are ASMR. Shivers can come from ASMR, frisson or misophonia; those are very different reactions. Link to post Share on other sites
Celyn: The Lutening Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 5 minutes ago, Sage Raven Domino said: Shivers can come from ASMR, frisson or misophonia; those are very different reactions. Wait I was under the impression that ASMR = frisson, what's the difference? Link to post Share on other sites
Sage Raven Domino Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 15 minutes ago, Celyn said: Wait I was under the impression that ASMR = frisson, what's the difference? Thanks for prompting me to look once more for scientific analysis of ASMR! According to a new article, ASMR 'might be reasonably regarded as a type of frisson' despite being triggered by non-musical stimuli. It's still different from misophonia; however, Quote in a large-scale study of misophonia, Rouw and Erfanian (2017) found that 49 percent of listeners who experience misophonia are also prone to experience ASMR. It looks like I fell victim to cognitive bias: Quote We need only explain why many of those who experience ASMR insist that it is qualitatively different from frisson. Misattribution theory provides a plausible explanation. In general, stimuli are cognitively more salient than responses; moreover, responses tend to be attributed to the stimuli. In the seminal work on misattribution, young men were induced to experience mild vertigo, but in the presence of a beautiful woman the men misconstrued their response as enfatuation for the woman (Dutton & Aron, 1974). Said another way, people are generally more attentive to sights and sounds, and less attentive to internal affective states. Two contrasting stimuli might evoke similar experiences, but the perceptual contrast holds greater psychological weight. Consequently, it makes sense that ASMR fans might focus on the differences that distinguish ASMR stimuli from the sorts of stimuli commonly described in the frisson literature. Link to post Share on other sites
Lunala Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 I like ASMR, I always listen to a bit before I go to bed. I generally prefer no talking but sometimes a bit of whispering is nice. It's nice. Link to post Share on other sites
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