When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. ASMR videos are known for causing "brain tingles" or just helping people relax. But how do they ...

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Eight years ago, 39-year-old Emma Smith suffered a car accident that would change her life — not so much the accident itself, but what happened afterward. Temporarily confined to a wheelchair, Smith ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- When Pam Dusbabek brought up the idea of talking publicly about ASMR to her daughter, Julia, both women surprised each other. "I was like, 'You watch those?'" Julia said. "I ...

Kevin Frazelis’s head felt like it was on fire. The pressures of teaching high school English and finishing his master’s degree program had already raised his anxiety level. But what made the New York ...

Nails scraping on rough fabric. Stories told in breathy whispers. Lips smacking and teeth crunching. For some, these sounds do little more than make the listener feel unsettled or disturbed, but for a ...

Not to be overly presumptuous, but if you’re a person who’s alive in the world at 2018, there’s a good chance that sometimes, you need help calming down. But barring a total geo-political overhaul—or ...

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Does listening to a whisper send a tingle through your scalp? Do you find watching the snip of scissors around your ears at the hair salon soothing? How about the sound of nails clicking softy, the ...

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Dev Ritchie vividly remembers the first time she experienced ASMR — a feeling of well-being combined with a tingling sensation in the scalp and down the back of the neck, often experienced in response ...