The main character is a librarian. She finds herself naturally in a library, and there the way of speaking is by whispering, and she whispers. With a light tap on his keyboard, he selects books and turns the pages so that they make a noise. Her long fingernails drum on a hardcover… This scene is designed to provoke an Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR). The sounds are thought to induce a different kind of ‘orgasm’ – a platonic brain orgasm. To move to it, there must be relaxation to the point of falling asleep. Over 7,000,000 people are fans of this type of therapy. Some of them comment that they feel a tingling sensation in the spine and head when listening to such sounds. Others get no physical reaction at all. ASMR works on people who are extremely sensitive to sounds and they bring them to a pleasant physical sensation. There is little scientific research to confirm why or how this really works. NEWS_MORE_BOX Sound sensitives describe sensations similar to scalp massage. The latter causes a feeling of euphoria, well-being, pleasure of the body. In ASMR therapy, you experience body relaxation, but also a sense of intimacy and connection with the other person because of the sound. Volunteers in a study reported experiencing orgasms from such videos because of their misophonia (sensitivity to sounds). Figuratively speaking, for them a fetish is a certain noise. Women are more likely to respond to ASMR therapy.
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