Happy Little Accidents
Posted 2nd May 2014 at 13:17 by indigo777
Recently I have been trying mind control relaxation techniques to help with my ever escalating and out of control anxiety, paranoia and general mental health problems. There is obviously quite a lot on youtube and the net. Although having the talent of an arthritic wombat I have always been fascinated with art, artists and enjoyed watching painters. This was probably partly due to watching the late great Bob Ross on discovery channels. I wasn't just interested but also found them deeply relaxing and would record them each night to help me get to sleep. There were certain episodes however that I liked much more, the ones where he did a lot of scratching with his palette knife or more vigorous brushing. The sounds would somehow activate part of my brain, what some people call giving you tingles, which is similar I imagine as if you were being massaged which I found deeply relaxing.
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It seems I was not alone. There is a whole community on the net to cater for this strange feeling and they call it ASMR (Autonomous sensory meridian response). They define it as “a neologism for a perceptual phenomenon characterized as a distinct, pleasurable tingling sensation in the head, scalp, back, or peripheral regions of the body in response to visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, and/or cognitive stimuli.”
There are many different triggers for ASMR and much of what is on youtube has no effect on me at all. There appears to be a lot of people looking at the camera and doing strange role playing games as if they were your doctor or dentist. There is also quite a lot of whispering which I find quite irritating. However certain videos appeared to change my mood to such an extent that I became quite addicted for a few days and slept better than I had for ages. I also had a much calmer and happier mind during the day as if my entire personality and thinking had been changed. Painting and therapy or hypnotism type videos with a relaxing voice appeared to have the best effect. The problem is like anything you can do too much, it loses its effect and diminishes so I suspect that it can only be used sparingly in small doses. I sense some people think there is something a bit pervy going on but there is no sexual element to it for me at all despite lots of females whispering as Bob Ross is wonderful but is also about as appealing as a hairy orang-u-tan. However since there is no obvious down side apart from mild addiction and it is infinitely better than using alcohol or sleeping tablets it is definitely worth persevering with along with other more standard relaxation videos. I shall explore further and see what entails.
Of course I may end up more like this.
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It seems I was not alone. There is a whole community on the net to cater for this strange feeling and they call it ASMR (Autonomous sensory meridian response). They define it as “a neologism for a perceptual phenomenon characterized as a distinct, pleasurable tingling sensation in the head, scalp, back, or peripheral regions of the body in response to visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, and/or cognitive stimuli.”
There are many different triggers for ASMR and much of what is on youtube has no effect on me at all. There appears to be a lot of people looking at the camera and doing strange role playing games as if they were your doctor or dentist. There is also quite a lot of whispering which I find quite irritating. However certain videos appeared to change my mood to such an extent that I became quite addicted for a few days and slept better than I had for ages. I also had a much calmer and happier mind during the day as if my entire personality and thinking had been changed. Painting and therapy or hypnotism type videos with a relaxing voice appeared to have the best effect. The problem is like anything you can do too much, it loses its effect and diminishes so I suspect that it can only be used sparingly in small doses. I sense some people think there is something a bit pervy going on but there is no sexual element to it for me at all despite lots of females whispering as Bob Ross is wonderful but is also about as appealing as a hairy orang-u-tan. However since there is no obvious down side apart from mild addiction and it is infinitely better than using alcohol or sleeping tablets it is definitely worth persevering with along with other more standard relaxation videos. I shall explore further and see what entails.
Of course I may end up more like this.
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