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To find ASMR really disgusting

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TemporaryPosition · 02/02/2025 20:04

And find it really off-putting when otherwise interesting and entertaining youtube videos are tagged with this. Makes me not want to watch/listen to them.

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SharpOpalNewt · 03/02/2025 05:30

Whispering or quiet talking drives me nuts as my ears are straining to hear the words - if someone is doing that on the train I have to put my headphones on. Harder to avoid than an ASMR video of it.

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TemporaryPosition · 03/02/2025 05:20

Nothing7 · 02/02/2025 22:27

Does this count cooking videos where every sound is enhanced from slicing to chopping to stirring - it drives me insane it is a sensory overload

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It definitely does count.

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PoorUncleBarry · 02/02/2025 23:55

I'm a fan of the unintentional asmr videos that are so anti sexual that anyone getting turned on by them should consider serious psychological help. One video involves a charlatan waving his hands over people in a healing fashion, Shaul or Saul I think, absolute hokum but a cure for insomnia. There's a lovely lady who restores broken antique dolls, it's mostly visual as there are barely any sounds but certainly no tapping or slurping 🥴

slashlover · 02/02/2025 23:44

There are very specific creators I watch on youtube because there are some things I can't stand. They don't do mouth sounds and do very minimal tapping.

I don't get the tingles but their videos send me to sleep in about 10 minutes, there are 30 minute videos I've never seen the end of because I always fall asleep.

Parratha · 02/02/2025 23:40

What is ASMR?

Garlicworth · 02/02/2025 23:27

I was a happier human before the internet showed me just how weird other humans are!

I already knew there is nothing that isn't someone's fetish, people sometimes feel intensely angry about things that could be resolved with a bit of a chat, special-interest group bonding can get obsessive, and there's always somebody who loves what you find disgusting.

I just didn't want or need so much detail, so often.

WhiteLily1 · 02/02/2025 23:21

TemporaryPosition · 02/02/2025 20:12

🤮 it isn't. But, to each their own.

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I love it. For me many asmr videos are incredibly relaxing. I watch them most days (except the eating ones which I don’t like)
DH finds them very annoying. So it’s a bit like marmite.

Sladequeen · 02/02/2025 23:19

Makes me feel sick, all the mouth and tongue sounds. Also influencers or bloggers who use the weird tiny mic things in their videos when their existing phone picks up the sounds just as well, I can hear all their creepy mouth sounds on them too

MuchuseasaChocolateTeapot · 02/02/2025 23:17

I’m sick of listening to someone farty squeezing shampoo onto a rubber mitt then weird scratchy crunchy noises while they wash their dog. Goes right through me.

Oakcupboard · 02/02/2025 23:17

It gives me the rage 😡 really intense, totally irrational, anger

Thevinegardiaries · 02/02/2025 23:15

Crinkle77 · 02/02/2025 23:13

There's lots of different types of AMSR. I like listening to writing ones but can't stand eating, nail tapping or whispering.

That advert for "Secret Escapes" has just been on TV. Genuinely, I could through the remote control at the screen when the whispering starts, really I could. I don't, because my fingers are in my ears as soon as the advert comes on.

steff13 · 02/02/2025 23:14

I only find it disgusting if it's someone who's like chewing especially if the camera is close up on their mouths. But I get irritated with people tapping their nails on things and stuff like that too. I'm overstimulated pretty easily.

Crinkle77 · 02/02/2025 23:13

There's lots of different types of AMSR. I like listening to writing ones but can't stand eating, nail tapping or whispering.

JustJoinedRightNow · 02/02/2025 23:12

Actually sorry the A stands for Autonomous.

JustJoinedRightNow · 02/02/2025 23:11

BatchCookBabe · 02/02/2025 22:25

What is ASMR? I have googled it but I can't get a straight answer.

It's not a made up term, it stands for Audio Sensory Meridian Response.
A term to describe the tingles and whatever else anyone gets to hearing sounds.

PickAChew · 02/02/2025 23:10

Kilofoxtrot99 · 02/02/2025 23:08

WTAF is AMSR?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASMR

ASMR - Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASMR

JustJoinedRightNow · 02/02/2025 23:09

MrsCapGarland · 02/02/2025 20:25

I heard a program on radio 4 several years ago about ASMR and thought at last - I have an explanation for an experience I’ve never been able to describe to anyone who doesn’t have it. Most of the whispering YouTube stuff does nothing for me. I get pleasurable waves spreading up my skull from watching, live or on video, people very gently doing something incredibly detailed or skilful. I wish I could be more clear but it’s very real, trust me.

Agree with this!! I used to sit at work of an afternoon and when one lady would come and quietly sort through her paperwork at the photocopier behind me I would feel so at ease and relaxed listening to her. Then, I heard about ASMR and it's changed my life in terms of relaxing before bed.

Some of it, like pouring water and the eating ones make me want to die, but there are certain niche ones that I just love and send me to sleep immediately.

Kilofoxtrot99 · 02/02/2025 23:08

WTAF is AMSR?

MrBatesWalkingStick · 02/02/2025 23:07

Echobowels · 02/02/2025 22:57

YES!! I have many videos of my little herd eating all sorts of foodstuffs. 🥹

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When mine are crunching veggies to me it represents such utter bliss and contentment. Hearing them purr is another ASMR I can't get enough of .

Btw, I love your username. My sister also has piggies and she has a sow named Echo-Boo!

TravellingTartan · 02/02/2025 23:06

RosaMoline · 02/02/2025 21:29

I love ASMR. It helps me sleep, and calms me when I’m anxious.

This is possibly my absolute favourite:

Listening to this just gives me the rage! Just wanna slap her!

Amazing how we are all so different.

PickAChew · 02/02/2025 23:05

My least favourite is that bloody sofology ad. I suspect it's suppose to induce ASMR when in reality it sounds like all the sofas are made out of polystyrene.

"ASMR" whispering just makes my bum itch.

PerambulationFrustration · 02/02/2025 23:01

I can't stand it either. Awful.

peekaboopumpkin · 02/02/2025 23:01

Mirabai · 02/02/2025 22:03

ASMR doesn’t actually mean anything though it’s just an invented term.

Aren't all terms invented? What a weird comment.

I'm glad someone gave it a name. Before that I had no way to describe the feeling I got in my head as a kid when someone would play with my hair, or explain something to me slowly, or move their hands doing something mesmerising.

It's a bit like when you get pleasant shivers down your spine when a certain piece of music plays. But a different sensation.

PigglyWigglyOhYeah · 02/02/2025 23:01

Cryingatthegym · 02/02/2025 22:38

Agreed, it's horrible. Makes my skin crawl.

And me.

Echobowels · 02/02/2025 22:57

MrBatesWalkingStick · 02/02/2025 20:33

Guinea pigs crunching bell peppers! The best sound

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YES!! I have many videos of my little herd eating all sorts of foodstuffs. 🥹

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