Another inane comment from the person who brushed over something he doesn't experience and goes ahead and dismisses it as some sort of a hoax or a way to scam money.

Here's a thing - there are thousands of people who experience ASMR (including myself) and I only recently found out that it is a thing. Previously I had assumed that everybody feel it, but simply don't talk about it. Apparently not. How am I being scammed out of money then? This is not something somebody imposed on me - I had it all my life.

i don't think it's inane. I think that's his honest experience that he can't feel what you feel. I think it's interesting. Like synesthesia. Some people can't feel what other people feel... that in itself is pretty interesting.

Actually this phenomenon is very real. I experienced it all my life and didn't know others did as well, let alone have a name. I remember the first time I felt it - I was in the 6th grade (in the 80s), and a girl needed a table to write on while outdoors, but didn't have one, so she asked to use my back. I had an immense wash of tingles that felt like shocks and glitter traveling from the top of my head all the way down my spine. It was one of the most pleasurable things I had ever felt. It seemed really weird at the time. I also got the same feeling from the electric shaver on my neck at the barber, and the rhythmic strumming of train wheels on a track.

Anyway, this is very real, though not everyone experiences it. For those who don't, like yourself, it seems like a bunch of BS.

Bob Ross for me. it seemed like everyone who used to watch bob ross watched it for the same reason. and people who didn't get it... it's like everyone is seeing a color that you can't see. That some people don't get it interests me more than the asmr itself.

You shouldn't comment if you have no idea what you are talking about. A lot of really good content is free on youtube and it helps people relax and even "tingle". I say this because it has this effect on me and has helped me fall asleep during times of high stress.

Parent commenter definitely has got an idea what he's talking about: He isn't affected by these things. And then it's hard to tell if someone's getting something out of it or just being scammed.

However, there's no denying an effect on people in these videos. I can't listen to Mrs. GentleWhispering more than a couple seconds before feeling sick. And I mean that! My best guess is that I feel the video being deliberately manipulative and generate a shut off.

I do experience, but I'm not a fan of a lot of ASMR videos and for one reason only - they don't feel natural.

From your description it sounds like that's what you feel.

You should check some other category of ASMR videos. For example those where people show their collections of various elements or simply some brushing without any words or videos where author makes candies from special toolkit [1].

[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsiO8XcPo-o

... and erectile dysfunction is psychogenic, amirite?