Have you ever had a ''brain orgasm'' (ASMR)?

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I never knew there was a name for this till today but I was reading on another forum that specific things can trigger you into a state that can be described as ''a really strong tingling sensation along your scalp and a huge sense of euphora/happiness + numbness of your body'' . Mine were (and I'm not joking or trolling) : one of my childhood friends telling me which stamps out of my collection he had or not, my dog licking himself and more recently, haircuts.

I don't know why it's called ''orgasm'' because it's more like a drug induced, relaxing mood. I had no idea this was a thing and it had a name. There's tons of videos on YT with all sorts of ''triggers''.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_sensory_meridian_response

Never had this or anything similar. What's wrong with me?

On YouTube I can only watch women (I'm female). Males creep me out and I don't like their hands...

My favourites on YT are gentlewhispering, whispersred, tinglefix (especially her candy ones - crinkle heaven), latte and some of bluewhisper's (but she buys into the pervert crowd so I only watch pokemon unboxing and other innocuous subjects). I like foreign language whispers too as long as I cannot hear any mouth slapping.

Yes, I have had this since childhood. I follow a few asmr channels on YouTube and watch a video in bed every night. I can honestly say I have had the beat sleep since watching them!

Best not beat

Never had this or anything similar. What's wrong with me?

Nothing! It's like rolling your tongue - some people can do it, some can't. There's research going on, but it's such early days that not much is known about it or what causes it. But it is pretty clear that a substantial percentage of the population doesn't experience it.

From anecdotal evidence, there might be a genetic link. If someone experiences it, their children seem to as well.

I think that's what happens when I listen to
David Bowie. smile

Snap!

It's just when the pleasure part of your brain is stimulated. Why does everything have to have a name these days? And then people feel their life is lacking if they haven't reached this "orgasmic brain state".

I wouldn't say it has a patch on a real orgasm though.

Yes, always had it. Don’t tell anyone though, they’ll think you’re as nutty as a fruitcake. Gentle Whipsering is the Queen.

Yes I love it
A warm tingling in the back of my skull and down my shoulders and spine

It can feel ecstatic but in a deeply relaxing way

I get it if someone touches my hair, or strokes soft plastic. Weird I know!

oh yes, I’ve had this since being a child. I thought everyone did. It’s just a delicious hypnotic tingling over my upper body, like being in a delicious trance. I get it when someone is doing my hair/makeup or sometimes quite randomly. There’s nothing sexual about it at all, it’s just deep relaxation. It’s a revelation that not everyone gets it. I thought it was as universal as breathing!

I get this too! Just soft rustling, like someone putting a suit of clothes into a box containing tissue, or talking in a certain way. Being touched in certain places (absolutely not sexual!!!) like my thumb nails too.

It makes me feel like a purring cat slipping into a coma.

It sounds very similar to taking an E actually.

I only get it from certain kinds of music - I've never had it from whispering or those "most satisfying ever" Youtube videos.

Radio 4 aired a good program about it, still available as a podcast: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03cp9zm

My earliest memories of it was as a small child (3 or 4 maybe) in the car, laying with my head on my older sister’s lap (no seatbelts back then!) with my eyes closed listening to my family talking which sounded quiet against the noise of the engine and her idly mussing my hair about.

I have this too I just never knew it had a name. I think it's common.

If it's what I think it is then... Sometimes when I get my hair washed at the hairdressers or when someone plays with my hair.

But why is the pleasure part of my brain stimulated by someone checking out a library book for me? Or by watching someone quietly put index cards into a crinkly, plastic wallet? If it were truly to do with subjective pleasure then surely I'd get it when I eat a piece of tasty cake, not at the opticians! It's usually triggered by the mundane for me.

It's not remotely sexual. It's just relaxing. If you could make it a continuous sensation then you'd have the best nights sleep ever. Very hard to explain to someone who hasn't had it. Its cosy but not emotional.

I don't get it from music.

I suppose it's the quiet repetitive action of something done in a controlled way that does it for you Beetroot or something from a deep childhood memory that gave you pleasure? #deep man

I discovered asmr about three and a half years ago when suffering awful pregnancy related migraines. I was looking for self meditation things on youtube and found asmr. I would lie in bed with horrible migraines listening to asmr and it really helped soothe me. Quitely tapping on keybords, the sound of the cleaner at work dusting and like a pp the sound of books being checked in and out of the library when I was small all made my head tingly.

I use an app called love asmr now which streams the audio. Try Bob Ross, he painted on TV in America in the 70s and it is soooo relaxing to watch!

I think it's important to distinguish whether it comes from being physically touched (e.g. hairdresser) or from another of the remaining 4-5 senses.

Love Bob Ross.
"Beat the devil out of it",
"Titanium hwhite "

When I say hairdresser, it's not the physical contact. It's the sound of the scissors, the concentration and attention to detail. The fact that my hair is attached to me is irrelevant.

Same with the opticians, it's the shining of the light, the pointing at the letters, putting the lenses in the magic glasses.

The sensation comes from seeing and hearing rather than feeling.

I wonder if it's possible to have a brain orgasm at the same time as a real orgasm by putting on David Bowie or rustling bits of paper at the same time? Or would your head blow off?

I’ve always had it... when my dad would stroke my arm, whenfriends would play with my hair. Later as a teenager when I could hear the sound of pens writing against paper, markers against whiteboards, even an arm moving intermittently across a text book as the writer was writing. I also love the sound of someone doing stuff for me...!

I get it so rarely now as I’m not in situations enough, but I still love the sound of people writing. Also when dh is painting or rubbing down woodwork. Sigh. ASMR videos don’t quite do it for me; as a pp said, it needs to be almost as if the ‘noise producer’ is unaware of the effect they’re having!

Guiltybystander

I get it from a few, not just being physically touched
But hearing someone touch plastic
Or listening to the sound of scissors slicing
Etc

Funny isn’t it