“What’s an Azz-Merr?” (ASMR)

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The first time I saw the term, I had no clue what it meant, how to pronounce it or what to make of it. After months of watching my happy little tingle videos, seemingly overnight their titles all contained a four letter…something: ASMR. Now, I didn’t know what an ASMR was (read: azzmer) but I avoided the term like the … Read More

Six Triggers On YouTube

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Like a lot of ASMR experiencers, I stumbled onto the online whisper community and their trigger videos by accident although I was more or less “involved” from the very beginning. Ever since Connie gave me that biofeedback tape, I was on the lookout for material that could cause the same relaxation response inside of me. I would seek out relaxation … Read More

Breaking into Biofeedback

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Connie was a colleague at hospital who became a dear friend and mentor of mine. In fact, if I had a list of women who have had a profound impact on my life, her name would definitely appear somewhere in the Top Five. She had a way of opening my eyes to new concepts and in an indirect way she … Read More

Talking while they sleep

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Mrs. Mooring was a little old lady who lived a few door down from me in North Carolina. She didn’t have a car and couldn’t get out much so she was always ready for a visit and happy to have company drop by. She also never wanted anyone to leave. No matter if you had been there five minutes or … Read More

Tingling on the Telephone

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Lest you get the wrong idea, I do not have every ASMR episode I ever experienced committed to memory. However, like a lot of tingle heads, there are a few events that stand out. One of them occurred when I was about 11 and learned that I could be triggered whenever a friend of mine and I played an insanely … Read More

The Alphabet Game

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The first time I felt IT, I was seven-years-old. It was during my birthday slumber party and as my friends and I settled into our sleeping bags for the night, someone suggested that we pair off and play The Alphabet Game. In case you have never heard of this popular sleepover pastime, the object of The Alphabet Game is to … Read More

Meet Julie Young

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Hello Everyone, My name is Julie Young and I am the co-author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to ASMR. My good friend Ilse recently asked me to be part of the WaterWhispers team and offered me a forum on her website to share my own ASMR story and to bring you some of my insight into this phenomenon we can’t … Read More