It surprises me that it took that long for people to recognize the effect, I've known about it all my life but I tried asking people about it and searching the Internet earlier and found no one talking about it, it wasn't until I noticed ASMR coming up as a topic online that I found there are other people who experience it.
An interesting note: I've always had a special affinity for machines and electronics and they tend to work better and last longer when I'm using them. I have a DSLR camera whose shutter is rated for around 150K actuations before it breaks down. I got it 18 years ago and it's still going strong, having probably taken over 700K shots at this point. The image sensor has quite a few dead pixels but it's amazing that it's still going at all. Many occult practitioners seem to report the opposite: their energy causes electronics to operate abnormally and fail. The rise of ASMR coincides with the advent of much heavier use of electronics by the general population. Could there be a connection here?
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Re: The significance of physical sensations
Date: 2023-11-20 11:47 pm (UTC)An interesting note: I've always had a special affinity for machines and electronics and they tend to work better and last longer when I'm using them. I have a DSLR camera whose shutter is rated for around 150K actuations before it breaks down. I got it 18 years ago and it's still going strong, having probably taken over 700K shots at this point. The image sensor has quite a few dead pixels but it's amazing that it's still going at all. Many occult practitioners seem to report the opposite: their energy causes electronics to operate abnormally and fail. The rise of ASMR coincides with the advent of much heavier use of electronics by the general population. Could there be a connection here?