Brain Tingles: The Secret to Triggering Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response for Improved Sleep, Stress Relief, and Head-to-Toe Euphoria

by Craig Richard, Melinda Lauw (Foreword)

A user-friendly guide to ASMR—the stress-reducing, sleep-inducing, tingly sensation you have to try!— featuring step-by-step instructions on ASMR best practices for home and professional use alike.

The calming feeling when someone gently brushes your hair. The deep comfort and connection you feel when a friend whispers in your ear. The tingly sensation experienced from the personal attention of a hairdresser, a clinician, or even watching and listening to Bob Ross…

That feeling has a name! ASMR, or autonomous sensory meridian response (a deeply relaxing sensation with delightful head tingles that typically begin on the scalp and move down the spine) feels so good that some refer to it as a “brain-gasm.” ASMR videos on YouTube have millions of subscribers and billions of views. ASMR is truly everywhere—from ad campaigns to celebrities to millions of regular people looking for a moment of “ahhhh.”

With Brain Tingles , it’s now possible to stimulate—and even share—those feel-good tingles every day, and in real life! ASMRUniversity.com founder Craig Richard, PhD, explains what ASMR is, why it happens, and how to trigger it at home. No special training or fancy equipment required! Inside, you’ll learn the most common auditory, visual, and tactile triggers and how to create person-to-person ASMR scenarios (from a mock eye exam to a pretend manicure) with a partner, client, or friend. The end result? That calming, tingly euphoria that can be used for comfort, relaxation, restfulness, or even to set the tone for sleep—on demand!

With a textured cover you can rub, stroke, or scratch to use as a tactile trigger, Brain Tingles is the ultimate ASMR tool, inside and out.

Genres: Nonfiction, Health

241 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 4, 2018

Reviews

[Xzs · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was drawn to the title of the book, hoping it would provide information on that fuzzy feeling people sometimes get in their heads. The book began with a rudimentary discussion about ASMR and it rapidly devolved into an endless tedium of how to stimulate ASMR in others. The book was more of a how-to manual than anything else, but a lousy how-to manual at that. I understand that ASMR has only recently been “discovered” by science but the lack of even a minimally substantive scientific discussion was disappointing. I was completely put off by quotes from YouTube “artists” and other ASMR practitioners and enthusiasts. Just about every quote interspersed throughout the text lacked credibility. For example we have quotes from “Kristina, 44, female, USA”, “Erin, 27, female, USA” - who the hell are these people? Did they perhaps leave reviews for the videos of these illustrious YouTube artists? The book was full of unnecessary fillers, for example on page 134 the various terms for faux fur are provided to the reader: “The obvious alternative to real fur is fake fur, also called faux fur, synthetic fur, craft fur, or vegan fur.” Apparently it’s vital for the ASMR practitioner to know the various ways to refer to faux fur? Either that or the author didn’t have enough material to fill up a 200 page book so he lamely inserted all sorts of useless info to fill in the blanks. Also, the whole “role play” concept that is discussed ad nauseam left me strangely uncomfortable. I would hardly classify this as a real book. It appears to me that it was hastily assembled and is almost entirely devoid of substance. I would summarize this as a painful read. I gave the book one star because I like the textured cover and I did learn that ASMR is the official term for that fuzzy feeling.

[Lucy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great starting point if you’re interested in ASMR. Hopefully the first of many books exploring the phenomenon. I’m also hoping for a lot more scientific research studies to discover the secrets behind it.

[Ahmed · Rating 1 out of 5]

All the pages of this book can be replaced with one page containing one phrase says "Get a blowjob / handjob". It will make more sense, and be more beneficial than this bullshit.

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book very interesting. I’ve enjoyed ASMR videos on YouTube for many years, so I bought this book hoping for an explanation. This book wasn’t that, but a manual for how to trigger ASMR in an in-person session. Although it wasn’t what I anticipated, it was somewhat educational and a great book if you want to learn how to do ASMR

[Amy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I picked it up based on the title, as a way to hopefully help with anxiety and getting to sleep better. But it was mostly about how to stimulate it in a partner or as a practitioner. A few parts were interesting, but overall, I was disappointed as I didn't want to do it to other people.

[Lana · Rating 2 out of 5]

Never heard of ASMR? This book is for you, kinda like a manual to - how to experience brain tingles. It was a random library pick-up for me, wanted to find something interesting in the psychology section, found it boring...

[Chris · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don’t think applies to me.

[Js · Rating 2 out of 5]

There is some good information, but it generally read like a 200 page Buzzfeed article. The layout of the book is bad with text on a red background that is hard to read.

[Erik Steevens · Rating 3 out of 5]

A complete edition of how to get into ASMR.

[Laura Brezovsky]

Easy to read however very redundant. What you read you can find online.