ASMR?!

I wonder if any of you have heard of this? Asmr or Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response is a feeling, usually a tingling, that starts from the top of your head and works it's way down the rest of the body. It is a pleasant, relaxing feeling and is sometimes described as a 'brain orgasm'.

People who get asmr have certain triggers that start their tingly experience. These vary from whispering, tapping and scratching objects, personal attention, slow hand movements, soft spoken voices or voices with an accent, watching somebody perform a simple task with care and many, many more.

Asmr has a HUGE community on Youtube with mostly women creating these videos to help people relax. A lot of viewers use these videos to help with trouble sleeping, stress and escaping various problems, the community is very tight knit and everyone helps one another.

So I wonder if any of you lot have heard of this or, better yet, if any of you experience asmr yourselves? A lot of people consider this a weird subject and many believe that it has sexual connotations behind it, but it doesn't.

There is currently a lot of investigation and experimenting going on around this subject to see if it can be scientifically proved but as it stands, it can not. Anyone who has asmr though will know about it and if you're not sure if you do then I would highly recommend finding out. Here are some great asmr youtubers to get going with:

• The Waterwhispers
• Gentle Whispering
• Asmrrequests
• Asmrer

So this was a bit of a different post and I hope you enjoyed it! I would love to hear your views on this and also your own personal experiences surrounding it :)

Thank you for reading and I'll see you all soon,
Charlotte xx