SUMMARY:
- According to Instagram’s 2018 Year in
Review, slime was one of the most popular trends of 2018. Google says that
slime was also the biggest DIY trend of 2017.
- The secret to these videos is that they
tap into a system in your brain. You might not know it, but watching someone
bury their hand in a bucket of slime can trigger your autonomous sensory
meridian response (ASMR).
- ASMR is a type of euphoric experience
that is triggered by gentle stimuli and leads to a variety of soothing
sensations.
- According to Dr. Nick Davis, a
psychologist and neuroscientist at Manchester Metropolitan University, watching
these videos can lift your mood, and the boost can last for hours.
- Observing hand movements that are
non-threatening, methodical, and gentle can also touch upon your natural
childlike interest.
- If you want to create one of these videos,
you’ll feel great while making them, you’ll make others feel nice and chill,
and you’ll end up with a super-chill, visually stunning video in your hands to
share with your friends.
- There are other psychological factors
at play here as well. Though it has been debated many times, it is believed
that some people have a psychological desire for symmetrical things and for
things being completed.
- Other videos have popped up that are
designed to cause disgust in people. But don’t expect to see gore or something
violent. These videos prey on people’s fear of holes, which is called
trypophobia.
- Many people claim to experience the
symptoms from watching these repulsing videos. So instead of all the pleasant
sensations you get from an ASMR video, you could experience goosebumps, nausea,
and body shakes.
- Some researchers believe that people
who suffer from this fear are unconsciously thinking of dangerous things that
could cause them harm, perhaps animals like the blue-ringed octopus; other
studies dispute that line of thought.
Wow hold onto your
hats oddly satisfying
videos have finally been explained if
the idea of watching a video where
someone is gently shaving an eyeshadow
sounds strangely satisfying you're not
alone there are thousands upon thousands
of weirdly satisfying videos and their
number is on the rise a video could
feature someone cutting soap molding and
playing with slime or decorating a cake
among many other things
in theory the ideas might sound mundane
and lacking in originality in practice
watching the video can be quite relaxing
the possibilities for content are
endless
according to instagrams 2018 Year in
Review
slime was one of the most popular trends
of 2018 google says that slime was also
the biggest DIY trend of 2017 so why are
these videos so popular well if you're
watching one you might feel a wave of
calm wash over you they can help you
wind down before sleep and give you a
number of pleasant body sensations
perhaps a tingling sensation on your
skin like pins and needles you might
think you're going crazy or that there
must be a bug crawling on you but the
feeling is quite real and the video is
responsible for triggering that
sensation me I just feel slimy
now the secret to these videos is that
they tap into a system in your brain you
may not know it but watching someone
bury their hand in a bucket of slime can
trigger your autonomous sensory meridian
response or ASMR ASMR is a type of
euphoric experience that is triggered by
gentle stimuli and leads to a variety of
soothing sensations for example gentle
stimuli could be a soft touch watching a
methodical video or hearing a whisper
these stimuli would trigger soothing
sensations in your body like tingling
calmness and sleepiness as you're
learning from this video ASMR isn't only
triggered by videos you could feel your
head tingle while you're getting a
relaxing haircut unless your hairdresser
is talking your ear off according to
Professor Craig Richard founder of the
ASMR University watching these
satisfying videos triggers a specific
kind of ASMR called observation mediated
ASMR this is when you experience the
sensations through a video or audio
recording like a podcast the creators of
these videos know what they're doing
they are called ASMR artists because
they know the psychology behind it and
how to use it to make thousands of
spectators feel relaxed according to dr.
Nick Davis a psychologist and
neuroscientist at Manchester
Metropolitan University watching these
videos can lift your mood and the boost
can last for hours watching these
relaxing videos is also a very easy way
to de-stress at a moment's notice after
all many people always have their phones
at arm's reach ASMR is a field that's
vastly unexplored and there's still a
lot to learn but according to ASMR
University some people who suffer from
insomnia depression anxiety and panic
disorders find these videos helpful
there are other reasons why you find
these videos so satisfying observing
hand movements that are non-threatening
methodical and gentle can also touch
upon your natural childlike interest
when you were a child you learn to do a
lot of things from watching other
people's hand movements according to
Professor Richard this is the reason why
we're hardwired to be entranced by hand
movements it's also a big contributor to
why you love these funky videos besides
triggering ASMR these videos touch on
other basic childlike desires have you
ever wanted to destroy something just
for curiosity's sake maybe you weren't
angry but you just wanted to see what
would happen if you did as you grew up
you might have been taught to keep your
possessions clean and organized and to
take care of new things as an adult you
might spend all day practicing
self-control and the most disruptive
thing you do is hurl the trash bag into
the trashcan you might think twice about
shaving makeup or playing with slime
however with these videos you can
experience that sense of childlike
liberation without ruining your
possessions it's the same feeling of
freedom and euphoria you get from making
a huge mess from a food fight or pillow
fight there's also a strong appeal and
the fact that almost anyone can create
such a satisfying video they're super
easy to create they just involve a
camera and some time energy and cheap
materials if you want to create one of
these videos you'll feel great while
making them you'll make others feel nice
and chill and you'll end up with a super
chill visually stunning video in your
hands to share with your friends these
videos can also trigger novel emotions
you might not feel every day like
intense curiosity since you'll be
watching something that not a lot of
people do in real life after all you
might never have seen some one gently
dropping food coloring into a glass of
water
methodically cutting a soap in a
perfectly symmetrical way or cutting
kinetics and there are other
psychological factors at play here as
well though it has been debated many
times it is believed that some people
have a psychological desire for
symmetrical things and for things being
completed everyone likes to complete
their projects but this desire for
completion goes beyond big projects a
20-17 study published in the Journal of
behavior therapy and experimental
psychiatry showed a word list to a
number of participants asked them to
remember it and then took the list away
when the participants were writing the
words the researchers interrupted some
of them and didn't allow them to finish
it was no wonder that all the
participants who were interrupted felt
negative emotions and physical
discomfort from the lack of completion
playing on these psychological needs a
lot of these videos show people putting
things in place Crossing items off a
checklist or arranging things in
perfectly symmetrical ways if you didn't
complete a project at work it's easy to
turn on one of these videos to satisfy
that psychological urge
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other videos have popped up that are
designed to cause disgust in people but
don't expect to see gore or something
violent these videos prey on people's
fear of holes which is called trip of
phobia they're not scared of terrifying
black holes or a car damaging potholes
but if closely packed holes if you think
you might suffer from trip a phobia you
might want to just keep one eye open for
this Bart
researchers have an officially
classified trip of phobia as a real
phobia since it's a fairly recent
discovery the first studies were
conducted in 2013 but many people
claimed to experience the symptoms from
watching these repulsing videos so
instead of all the pleasant sensations
you get from an ASMR video you could
experience goosebumps nausea and body
shakes they can be quite distressing
emotionally as well and you could be
uncomfortable feel compelled to look
away from the screen or get so anxious
that you have a panic attack
who knew holes could be so scary it can
be quite distressing to get such a
strong reaction from watching holes
without knowing why you feel that way
studies have gone back and forth on why
people claim to be afraid of tight holes
some researchers believe that people who
suffer from this fear are unconsciously
thinking of dangerous things that could
cause them harm perhaps animals like the
blue ringed octopus other studies
dispute that line of thought like ASMR
not a lot is known about Tripta phobia
but as these videos become more and more
popular these fields are bound to get
more attention and more discoveries will
be known ok so tell us bright ciders
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