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0:10ASMR hello my name is Deluca and I make
0:13ASMR videos in this video I want to talk
0:16about a few things that are often a big
0:19topic of discussion in the ASMR
0:21community and in the media so I would
0:23like to start by explaining to you what
0:25ASMR is why is it so easy to sexualize
0:28it and what can we do after we
0:30acknowledge the fact that it is and
0:31we'll keep being sexualized so what is
0:34as ASMR there's nothing officially
0:36written about it but the easiest way to
0:38describe would be that pleasurable
0:41tingly Sensation that you can get in the
0:42back of your sculp and can round out
0:44your spine and that is triggered in real
0:47life situations that can be relaxing to
0:49us but the purpose of ASMR videos is to
0:53recreate a situation that will trigger
0:55you now here is where it gets
0:56complicated because everyone has
0:58different triggers and not everyone
1:00feels ASMR so that's why it's so hard to
1:02study ASMR has a big factor in it which
1:04is intimacy and now intimacy can always
1:08be easily misinterpreted and to explain
1:11this I'll go to my earliest memory of
1:14feeling ASMR and that is a memory of me
1:17being a kid at my grandma's house while
1:19she was piing um while she was singing
1:22lot of eyes and moving her hands and the
1:25smell of the the food she was C King
1:27that will trigger my ASMR that will give
1:29me that pleasure feeling in the back of
1:30my skull and I associate that with the
1:33feeling of being safe and being nurtured
1:35and it's in a way an intimate moment
1:38that I'm having with her now that's just
1:40one example of hundreds thousands of
1:43different examples so do you have
1:46nowadays all these ASMR videos that are
1:48not just Whispering which is the main
1:51trigger of ASMR usually um but you got
1:54role plays you have more of an
1:55entertainment kind of uh genre for ASMR
1:58you have future istic role plays fantasy
2:02um there is a lot a lot of things
2:04different sounds and maybe just visuals
2:06that can trigger you now ASMR is not
2:09just all about that feeling that you get
2:10in your scalp um it's very relaxing U
2:13there is people who find it easier to
2:15meditate when they're listening to ASMR
2:18and people who find it easy to fall
2:20asleep to it now the problem these days
2:22is when the media Taps on ASMR it's
2:25usually people who maybe don't feel it
2:27because not all of us get triggered and
2:29so it's very very easy to find somebody
2:32who's whispering to you very close to
2:34you into your ears it's very easy to
2:36find that sexual uh when it is really
2:38not and I say not because it is not the
2:42intention of the content creator to turn
2:44you on this is not what most ASMR
2:47channels intend to do now the problem is
2:50that there is a growing group of people
2:54who are doing sexual videos by
2:56whispering and being sexual and sensual
2:58in front of the camera and and they
3:00attack that as ASMR so and this is
3:03entirely based on my opinion can people
3:05feel ASMR and be turned on at the same
3:07time sure but does that mean that when
3:09you're turn on you're feeling ASMR and
3:13again there's nothing written on this
3:14but the simple answer is no you're being
3:16turned on you're not feeling ASMR and
3:19perhaps this confusion can be explained
3:21because the earlier definition or word
3:24to describe in ASMR was bra gasm and so
3:27it's associated with the word orgasm
3:29which is not it happens in a totally
3:32different part of the body and it does
3:33not trigger a sexual response so why am
3:36I making this video because some of you
3:38here may be new to ASMR and a lot of you
3:41are already know what ASMR is so the
3:43question is is it wrong to get turned on
3:45by an ASMR video and it's not we all
3:47have different opinions on it and you
3:49can watch the video and get turned on
3:50you're probably not feeling ASMR you're
3:52there watching the video for different
3:53reasons just know that the content
3:55Creator's intentions is not to turn you
3:57on it's to trigger your ASMR now why is
4:01it so easily confused well when you're
4:03watching ASMR you're getting that
4:05intimacy even if you're not feeling the
4:08tingles what we call ASMR and so what
4:11better than being turned on and being
4:14intimate with someone than an
4:15interaction sort of an interaction that
4:17you get with ASMR and that's why it's so
4:19easily confus people who really feel
4:21ASMR and want to relax they just want to
4:24feel nurtured or it depends on the type
4:26of video that you're watching if it is a
4:28roleplay if it is a sound trigger video
4:30only it really really depends that's why
4:32when somebody's new to ASMR I recommend
4:34that they watch many different videos to
4:36see what triggers you or what not so I
4:38guess my main point for this video is
4:39just to make a very very drastic
4:42extension and I know I'm not going to
4:44stop this but if you do get turned on by
4:46ASMR please don't be rude and leave
4:49comments uh on on the descriptions of
4:51this video that are totally unrelated to
4:53what ASMR is I know I'm not going to
4:55stop it but you know if you're new to
4:57ASMR you you may want to consider that
4:59because again we do not intend for you
5:01to get turn on unless you are watching
5:04those other kinds of videos that are
5:05appearing so with all this on the table
5:07you can probably see how ASMR can be
5:09misinterpreted and sexualized but to be
5:11honest what's not sexualized nowadays
5:13anyway so if you're new to ASMR I hope
5:16this video helps you draw the
5:17distinction if you're not new to ASMR
5:19and you've been here before then I hope
5:22this video may help you explain what
5:24ASMR is to other people that are
5:26confused about it because it's very very
5:28easy to have someone who doesn't feel it
5:31uh think it's weird or sexual especially
5:34when the media picks it up and it's
5:35covered by people who don't really feel
5:37it and if you happen to be the media
5:39then I recommend that you keep an open
5:41mind about it there's nothing official
5:43written about it but there's certainly a
5:44lot to study there is a lot a lot of
5:47safe natural benefits to it people can
5:50fall asleep so much easier with it
5:52people can meditate people can feel safe
5:55and people can feel that there's someone
5:57there for them so without much else to
5:59say uh if you would like to keep this
6:01discussion open or share your views and
6:02opinion please leave a comment down
6:04below and I hope we can have an adult
6:07conversation about it because there's
6:08certainly certainly a lot a lot to talk
6:10about and again ASMR has many many
6:13benefits and it's worth exploring thank
6:15you so much for watching and I like to
6:18say if you're new to ASMR I again I
6:20would recommend that you watch different
6:21types of videos to see if you can really
6:22get triggered uh and if you don't get
6:25trigger you may also still be relaxed by
6:27these videos so good luck and thank you
6:29for watching watching bye
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