Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) occurs when certain stimuli, including sounds, visuals, or close contact with another person, produce tingling or calm feelings and sensations. Share on ...

When Mariah A. was 13 years old, she was sexually assaulted by a family member. For a year and a half after the assault, she stayed silent, terrified of how her other family members would react. And ...

In one of my favorite ASMR videos, a calm woman with a kind smile and a flower in her hair whispers a soothing “Shhhh” into a plastic ear-shaped microphone, and through the magic of headphones, into ...

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