What’s everyone’s opinions on ASMR?

You guys might not want to watch Selma and Patty asmr lol. Yeah I’m not really a lover of asmr myself but suppose each to their own 

I struggle to find the right description of exactly how it makes me feel but uncomfortable in my own skin is the best I can come up with!

Oh my goodness I can’t stand ASMR. Gives me the chills lol. The worst is when a commercial uses ASMR since I can’t expect it happening.

I've seen some of the videos on YouTube (showing my age; everyone's moved on to TikTok) and never thought to myself, Ooh! I'd love to hear the sound of a human doing X. I tend to find artificial sounds more irritating than soothing. Usually very irritating. Sounds from nature I like, though. Particularly things like birdsong or waves on a shore.

Random textures, on the other hand (obviously), I really like. I like running my fingertips over things. Even when I'm out walking, I'll brush my fingers off walls, fences, leaves, flowers, bark, etc. A lot of the time, I don't even have to make contact, I can just see something and recall its texture and play it back in my head. I'm guessing that's an Autistic thing.

So, I get how nice sensory input can be, but sounds are not at the top of my list.

I do know what you mean when there's ones I dislike. But the ones I do like feels like my brain is getting a scratch in the best way possible.

Gives me an autistic stroke. It’s like someone’s plugged a car battery into my spinal cord and is playing havoc with my nerves.

I like some of it but it has to be the right level and the right noises. Others as you say are just overloading.