Based on your ASMR experiences…
Explain if your ability to experience ASMR has ever gone away, include details like:
- Was it temporary or permanent?
- How long did it take to return if it came back?
- How often were you experiencing ASMR when it went away?
- Do you think there was anything else that contributed to your ASMR going away besides frequency of ASMR? (like medications, drugs, diet, stress, etc)
- Have you figured out a method to minimize getting decreased ASMR?
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Have had this all my life (age 70 in 2021), never knew that others also had it, and never knew there was a name for it. Hits me almost every night when light goes off and I’m ready for sleep. Like clockwork. Can also be triggered by light touch, whispers and a variety of instrumental music. Feels like a gift that has never left me. This is first time I ever acknowledged it to anyone but myself.
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Yes it can go away. Or at least be modified. I watched/listened to soap cutting and sand cutting almost 24/7 and I lost my tingles for that sound. About once a month I can handle it for 1 min. But I still tingle to other things. I to believe that if you lose your tingle ability you just have to step away from it for a while to get it back.
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Yes it can go away and it can go away forever. I am proof of that. As a child I had this. I had it all the way up through my teenage years. I just didn’t know what it was called. One day I stumbles upon a YouTube video in my late 30s and found out it’s called ASMR. At that time I realized that it had gone away and I hadn’t experienced it for a long time. I formerly had a drug and alcohol problem for a long time so I’m assuming that I changed my brain chemistry and lost it through that
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Was it temporary or permanent?
I haven’t experienced either (in my opinion), but I won’t always experience ASMR, even if I like the trigger; and triggers won’t be as effective if I over-watch them for a long period of time.
How long did it take to return if it came back?
How often were you experiencing ASMR when it went away?
N/A
Do you think there was anything else that contributed to your ASMR going away besides frequency of ASMR? (like medications, drugs, diet, stress, etc)
No.
Have you figured out a method to minimize getting decreased ASMR?
Not over-watching certain trigger(s), and taking a break once I realize I have been over-watching.
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