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Hi, we were talking about this in IRC, and I thought it deserved it's own thread. AMSR is the name for a phenomenon that is characterized by pleasurable tingling, usually in the head, neck, or back. This is usually caused by sensory stimulus, usually sounds like whispering and the crinkling of paper. A bunch of videos have arisen made to induce this feeling. Here are a few videos that I have listened to. I tend to get a strong, tickling sensation around my spine. I can't stand it for more than a few minutes.
And here's Rhett and Link talking about it.
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I think I have something similar to this. Whispers dont really affect much though, and its not just audio(Sometimes combining audio w/image works). Creating a mental image and sound also has the same effect.
But its sometimes its a light tingle somewhere on my head(generally in the vicinty of the spinal cord that goed up into my skhll), other times its a real intense feeling that moves throughout my body.
I dont know if its necessarily AMSR(I did some research of it before when I stumbled upon it). Maybe I just no longer feel it at a lower level anymore and require "harder" material, with more stimulus from other senses. I still feel something with those sounds...like nearing a tingling but never actually making it.
(02-14-2014 03:32 AM)SadArio Wrote: I listened to that ASMR video you embedded and nothing happened to me. It was just a dude whispering into a camera with paper being rustled in the back.
Quote:I can't stand it for more than a few minutes.
Me neither, it was boring as fuck.
That just means that style won't work for you. Rhett and Link go into that a little bit. And I meant that the sensation becomes unbearable to me.
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When I reach the unbearable point, it feels like a pleasuring electric surge. Unfortunately it's hard to get to that point very often...
At least according to the simple definition, I probably experience AMSR. What I don't experience is the pleasure when listening to the usual triggers. Mine usually have to be like the finale of the 1812 overture(with focus on the collection of sounds, and on each individual sound at the same), aided with some sort of mental image. In fact, without a mental image, I find that the tingling doesn't occur as much.
Usually imaging myself as a emperor or king or ruler surrounded by a sea of loyal subjects(or soldiers marching before me) gives it a nice boost.
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Quote:I can't stand it for more than a few minutes.
i can't either, for the same reason why i can't let some video talk in the background for a few minutes, it's distracting. and it's too boring for me to pay attention for more than a few minutes. idk what exactly it is that i'm supposed to feel, it is strong enough that i would know if i felt it?
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