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I’d like research to find out if ASMR can be inherited, or whether it can be learned or induced in someone.
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I think it is inherited, as my mother, my siblings and I all experience it. Not sure about my father, folks split up long before I knew this wasn’t part of the standard human experience
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I think it is, my mother and my siblings all have it.
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Re: “if ASMR can be inherited” — almost certainly. One of my kids experiences it. We both learned about it independently and were surprised to find we both have it. It’s possible that it is a coincidence, but it would be a hell of a coincidence.
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I dont think it is no one in my family has it at all. They think im crazy. They get annoyed by ASMR
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It DEFINITELY is!
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I don’t think it is genetic (but this is only based on my own anecdotal experience). I experience it, but none of my parents and siblings do. And none of my living grandparents say they have experienced it. Just me.
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I have experienced ASMR since I was very young (can not recall an exact age). It is always feels like a pleasurable wave of tingles starting from the back of my head and ending at the tip of my spine. I have never had it triggered from any noises or videos. It most often occurs when somebody else is making or doing something, usually if it what they are doing is for me. The most intense example I can recall was at a P.F. Chang’s restaurant when a waiter prepared a dish of Mu Shu Pork at my table. The most recent experience of ASMR was about an hour ago of the time I am writing then, when a friend came to my house and handed me a paper I had asked him to write for me. I hope to learn more about ASMR and I thank you for the work you are doing.
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I remember two specific instances…one in which someone who was going to buy our house called me and asked me gently to do various measurements of specific places in the house. The other when a co-cub scout leader called me to tell me what she had planned for a cub scout event; she spoke specifically and with great detail, wanting to get my agreement…again, she spoke softly, wanting my approval.
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This is the sort of thing that triggers it in my wife and I. We have a retail store and someone looking mindlessly through folded clothes does it for both of us. Someone sweeping also works well. I grew up with this (I’m 61) and never knew anyone else that experienced it until I met my wife. It isn’t why we married but maybe it’s a key to our compatibility.
Sound doesn’t do it for either of us.
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I work at a retail store and i frequently experience it when someone is looking through the products in our store.
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Sweeping is a sound that goes along with someone doing something for you or about you….i.e. retail…you displayed it for them and they are showing their approval by seaching thru your stock.
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Yea same i dont know why i just love when the maids do stuff for me cause it triggers my asmr
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Max, you hit the nail on the head.
All my life(I’m old now) I’ve been telling people that I get this “well being” feeling when somebody else does something for me. Some people would say, “I know what you mean”…turns out, very few knew what I was talking about Not until 2011 or so did I learn that this is a very unique response to feelings and active and reactive sounds. I have one childhood friend that has similar ASMR to you and me. He understands us, which is a grand feeling for me.
As a retired pro hand-drummer I have taken up the relaxing sounds of tapping for my going to sleep and emergency relaxation times.
Thanks for letting me rant Max. It feels tingly right now that I know you wrote, pretty much exactly what I would describe my ASMR to be……Just wish more people could feel the same.
Keep the tingly chills flowing!
Vinnie Conga
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You’re the first person to descibe one of my biggest ASMR trigger & I’m so relieved. I’ve felt too weird to tell anyone I get it from having others take over work for me while I watch. Even in elementary school I got it while sharing a book during reading time & my partner followed along with their finger for us
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This is my experience and trigger EXACTLY.
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That’s the same for me. Noises can trigger it occasionally, but it’s usually visual and usually takes me by surprise, like watching someone vacuum methodically. The typical asmr video is usually baffling to me, as they never give me head tingles (nor my mom and sister, who also have it).
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I can remember from a young age that I loved the sound of chalk on a chalkboard but do not specifically recall ASMR associated with it. I have always (and still do) respond strongly to certain colors of sparkles. There are certain mouth sounds that at times have the opposite effect of ASMR, LOL! Sometimes ASMR occurs with no specific trigger but I find that if I relax my jaw position, the ASMR disappears. Thank you for the work you are doing!
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Until aged 11 chalkboard clicking sounds would infrequently cause extreme weakness in right hand making it difficult to write for several minutes. I could stop this effect by concentrating after the fact. This seemed to go away on its own.
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