Ever stumbled upon a video of a stranger whispering into a microphone, tapping random objects, playing with slime, or devouring an feast of crunchy fried chicken and fiery Budak ramen noodles?

What is ASMR? How does ASMR work? What does ASMR stand for? Are you "ASMR sensitive"? Do you get ASMR tingles? Is this the first time you've heard of ASMR which stands for "Autonomous Sensory Meridian ...

Listening to rustling, tapping, and breathing into mics is a huge trend on TikTok (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto) Have you come across the phenomenon of Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, aka ...

ASMR has become an internet craze with YouTube videos and influencers all getting in on the act. Viral clips have seen people whispering or making soft sounds with a variety of objects to provide a ...

Jack Barry is to become the first comedian to release a stand-up special in the style of an ASMR video. ASMR – or ‘autonomous sensory meridian response’ – is a mild euphoria, usually experienced as a ...

So many sounds get under my skin and even anger me. Ive left the dinner table after being revolted by hearing others chewing and swallowing. When someone whispers something to me at the movies, its so ...

I’m not sure when it was that I first became aware of the engrossing strangeness of online ASMR culture, but I know that it was 2017 when I first fell down the rabbit hole of attempting to understand ...

If you like the sound of whispering, chewing or gentle tapping then you’re in luck because there are now more than 13m videos dedicated to such soothing noises available on YouTube. The online ...

Michael MacIntyre, MD, is a board-certified general and forensic psychiatrist practicing general psychiatry at the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System in Los Angeles. ASMR is a sensation in which ...