Between 2020 being a dumpster fire of a year, and our not-so-healthy social media spirals frequently reminding us of it, it’s really no surprise that many of us have been struggling to get a good ...

If you’ve spent some time on TikTok or YouTube recently, you might have stumbled across ASMR content without even knowing it. From long acrylic nails tapping away on everyday objects to slow, soft ...

ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response) is increasingly recognized as an effective tool for promoting relaxation and sleep. This session explores the soothing effects of tapping, scratching, and ...

Michael MacIntyre, MD, is a board-certified general and forensic psychiatrist practicing general psychiatry at the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System in Los Angeles. ASMR is a sensation in which ...

In June, China banned and excised videos of sound effects while claiming to cleanse its internet of pornography. YouTube had already demonetized the genre in a sex panic; now PayPal is banning people ...

On June 3 2018, Makenna Kelly, a 13-year old from Fort Collins, Colorado, uploaded the video that propelled her to internet stardom. Entitled “Eating Raw Honeycomb – EXTREMELY Sticky Mouth Sounds”, it ...

Recently, PayPal came under fire for banning ASMR artists and freezing their accounts, under the impression, fuelled by trolls, that the content was sexual. This was around the same time YouTube ...