Rustle, Tingle, Relax: The Compelling World of A.S.M.R

The TAL journalist offers a more personal perspective of what ASMR is like. If you find this kind of thing interesting its well worth a listen.

It's a shame these trigger an almost exact opposite effect for me. The sounds which soothe others make me irritable, twitchy, and tense.

I find it very fascinating how differently people can respond to the same stimuli.

Is this phenomenon the same as the "goosebumps" you often get when listening to a favourite song or thinking about a happy memory?

A similar feeling, but more to much more intense.