To find ASMR really disgusting

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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.

Agree, I don't understand why it's so popular it makes me feel itchy !
I'm also baffled by unboxing videos.

YABU! ASMR is amazing.

I hate it too

🤮 it isn't. But, to each their own.

YANBU it makes my eardrums feel itchy, the whispering ones make me want to smack whoever is doing it 😂but obviously some people must like it or they wouldn't make them

It's repulsive....and why do so many of the people who make these videos feel the need to pull their sleeves so far down over their knuckles...?

I am not sure if it’s the same thing but I hate the nail tapping and finger waggling. Makes me want to throw my phone

If you don't like it, you don't have to watch it. I quite like soft spoken or whisper ASMR. What I don't like are those sexualised ones <shudder>

I love the nail scratching on the mic ones but hate the way it's become so sexualised now.

Ones with only a few followers tend to be better imo.

I don’t quite get it🫠

Me too. God, the nail tapping

But the purpose of the video is not ASMR, it might be about historical needlework techniques. And I want to know about that but then the video is broken into chapters some entitled ASMR, and then I just find it so distracting, I become hyperspace of very little saliva sound that I otherwise wouldn't notice and can't help but think of the people that might just be watching it for some weird thrill 🤢

I like some ASMR, I find it pleasantly hypnotic.

Unfortunately a lot of it seems to be attractive and scantily dressed young women being mildly suggestive. I don't know why so much of it is aimed at a pervy male audience, because I feel like that isn't really the main ASMR market 🤷🏻.

I've found my people.

It makes me rage.

The make up and skin care ones...why do they tap the bottles and jars...then the annoying hands under the chin once it's done...arrrggghhhh

YANBU, ASMR is very subjective. Personally I love certain types of ASMR and find them helpful for relaxation, but some of the more popular triggers creep me out - tapping drives me mad, and whispering creeps me out. Ditto those saliva sounds you mentioned.

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.

Its so creepy. Like, what the fuck are you doing, you utter weirdo?!

It's more likely to anger me than calm me!

Some people have gorgeous whisper voices - I can listen to that no problem. But anything to do with nails or eating - bleurgh.

That said, I can listen to animals eating for hours. Do you think there's much of a market for videos of horses munching hay? Maybe mine could finally start paying their own vet bills......

I love the ones where they make candies. Or mix colours of paint.

Well that's because you don't understand what asmr is if you describe it as a weird thrill. Unfortunately some people do not experience the same sensations from ASMR so can't understand that's its simply a relaxation tool. And a very effective one too if you experience it. Please don't attempt to shame people who enjoy it.

I'm happy to send you a video of my cat slurping up her food like an 80 year old with no teeth 😆

Guinea pigs crunching bell peppers! The best sound

The ASMR is entirely coincidental in those videos - it provides an incredibly thin veil for everyone involved to pretend not to understand what it's actually about.

I don’t think you can make it happen on purpose. You are emotionally or intellectually moved in a way you can’t control but that has a physical effect. You recognise the triggers and can therefore increase the likelihood of the sensation. It’s so warm and genuinely lovely. All headache stress is resolved.