I experience ASMR and I agree that some of those videos are weird and gross. I think some of it is that people have different preferences or responses and some of it is intentionally sexualized, and anything that’s even a little bit sexualized goes weird and gross very quickly when combined with the internet and algorithms optimizing for engagement.
In real life I sometimes experience it while getting a haircut. I have experienced it from listening to a few videos, but usually do not. I often get a mildly pleasant feeling from listening to some of them, but only rarely the intense warm fuzzy brain sparkles feeling.
All the times it happens involve both speaking and other sounds. Although haircuts seem to trigger it in real life, none of the videos I’ve watched or listened to that include haircut sounds do anything for me.
Yep.