I'm sure by now many of you have heard of ASMR or autonomous sensory meridian response
Now this is a physical sensation. That's
characterized by a tingling feeling
That usually starts at the top of your head and travels down your spine now
It can be triggered with a lot of different things like visual and audio
Stimuli and even through touch now the triggers are different for every person and they've ranges from opening and shutting a door tapping
Biting chewing things but research does show that most types of responses like these affects adults
Puzzle and everyone. My name is Leroy Kenton and thanks for coming back to another episode of FTD facts now
I'm gonna be exploring the whole world of
ASMR well, not the whole world, but just looking at the top five benefits
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So the first benefit of ASMR is going to scientists. They say that this type of
Sensation in the body can really calm your central nervous system
So one of the benefits is that ASMR leaves you commerce and it's recently been seeing that ASMR affects
Children as well
Not just adults because when you take a look at this like many babies and children you can instantly soothe them by
You know caressing their cheek gently just tapping their back or just whispering in their ears
It has calming ear some more effects, but that's just general calmness is Ammar actually helps handle anxiety
so most of us get anxious from time to time for many different reasons, and now there are others that actually suffer from
anxiety and it's triggered at various times the anxiety and depression Association of America says that there is
18% of Americans
Roughly 40 million Americans over the age of 18 that suffer from anxiety and it's also considered the most common mental illness now
There's medications that you can use to treat anxiety
however using
ASMR you can actually overcome anxiety without having to worry about any weird side effects
Well, at least they don't know about any side effects. So like ice ASMR does have a soothing and calming benefit to it
And if you do it properly
I mean, you can learn to manage your anxiety and control it in a much better way on to the third one
Is that you can use it as a treatment for insomnia?
so check this insomnia is a big problem for a lot of people and statistics shows that
35% of the American population suffers from some form of insomnia and 10% suffer from chronic. Insomnia
I was like, that's crazy. That's a lot of people not
Sleeping and you know a lack of sleep can have a lot of negative effects on you including memory loss
Fatigue throughout the day you're just feeling so exhausted you could barely concentrate as well as it inhibits your judgment
So if some arch sleep techniques include lightly tapping your head as well as your face
And this serves as a form of brain massage a lot of people also listen to ASMR
Recordings in their sleep as well as watching videos and yeah
It shows that watching you some our videos actually promotes sleep
I've been dealing with a lack of sleep for the last little bit so might as well start some is tomorrow
I think now I got the fourth benefit of
ASMR it helps you understand your body most of us at certain times in our life are thinking like okay Wow
How does the body do this? How did I respond like that? Why did I respond like that?
And then we try to make sense of our feelings and emotions and all that stuff
so, of course
These are common questions and concerns for most people now. There is a technique called ASMR
Meditation and what it does it allows you to really understand the triggers of ASMR in your brain
And why you can get them and how you can channel the SMR effects in other areas of your life
So if you want to get more connected with your body
sensations do Sameach Samar and the final benefit of the top five benefits of ASMR is that it has
Academic and creative benefits according to dr. Craig richards an ASMR researcher as well as a biopharmaceutical
Science professor he says that is Samar is our brains
Heightened way of letting us know we are safe and in the presence of people who are caring for us and studies have been showing
That being cared for and loved is very beneficial to mental and physical development
But does this actually contribute to creative academic benefits, but you see ASMR like I mentioned reduces anxiety
depression
Insomnia and recent studies have been suggesting that ASMR when you use it as background music
While you study or write your exams or things like that, it can actually calm anxious
Students down and help them actually optimize your academic and creative potential so enough
it's self ASMR really creates an atmosphere or creates the
sensations that knowing that somebody cares for you and loves you and is there to support you it actually
causes those feelings to happen in your body and I guess it creates some brain triggers that allows you to be calmer and you can
Just focus on what you got to do whether it's that exam or you got to work on a video works of art or music
Production. So those were your top five benefits of ASMR. Let me know down below in the comment section
Have you watched ASMR videos? Are you a big fan of it? I want to hear all your thoughts and comments down below
Hey Pig, my interest I think I'm gonna just watch some right now. Hopefully it helps me sleep tonight
I've been barely getting any sleep
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