Have you experienced a brain orgasm?

This is not a provocation or frivolity. Brain orgasm exists and the concept is used in scientific publications. But this curiosity is nothing compared to the fact that he has a few anti-stress and beneficial effects comparable to meditation.

There are many ways to reduce stress: you can inhale certain essential oils with calming properties, watch a movie or paint a mandala.

Yes, sexual orgasm is also very effective in eliminating tension: it causes a torrential release of oxytocin that completely cancels out cortisol, the stress hormone.

Brain orgasm is just as useful, and if you have the right psychological traits, it’s very easy to get alone and discreetly.

The cerebral orgasm provides physical and mental well-being

Its technical name is Autonomous Meridian Sensory Response and consists of experiencing sensations of warmth, relaxation, pleasure and deep well-being, accompanied by a kind of tingling that begins at the crown of the head and extends through the head, the neck and the upper part of the back. This tingling is also described as bubbling or as a slight electric current.

There is no orgasm without stimulation. In the case of the cerebral it is not about caresses, but certain sounds and images. If you are thinking that, then, YouTube can be the mecca of cerebral orgasm, you are correct. On this platform you can easily find videos with orgasmic capabilities, suitable for all audiences.

A pioneering scientific study

Dr. Giulia Poerio, a researcher at the University of Sheffield, decided to scientifically study the psychological and physiological effects who produce these videos. In the study published in Plos OneHe was able to verify that the heart rate is reduced as effectively as in a mindfulness or music therapy session. They also decrease anxiety and sadness.

In the physiological aspect, it also increases the conductivity of the skin, a response that is associated with an intense emotional state.

The RSMA is not automatic, it does not always work, you have to be receptive, open to stimuli. Something similar to hypnosis happens: Some people fall for it and others don’t.

It seems that the people who most easily experience RSMA are those with less ability to inhibit their emotions and with a certain configuration of its “default neural network” (the one that remains active when we don’t think about anything specific). These people can resort to the stimuli that produce RSMA to relax, overcome emotional difficulties or facilitate sleep.

What are the stimuli that cause it?

What is the secret of RSMA stimuli? A certain type of sounds leads to cerebral orgasm. Are everyday sounds like the soft, rhythmic turning of the pages of a book or the clink of ice cubes in a glass.

Also the sound of the rain, the scratching of a pen on paper or the caresses of fingers on a cardboard surface.

It can also be the whispering voice of a person paying attention to another or kindly explaining some idea. Whispering alone is capable of causing RSMA in 75% of sensitive people.

It doesn’t matter much what the person explains. You just have to whisper and be kind.

Videos that transport you

As for the visual stimulus, it can be a person calmly performing an artistic or daily task, such as cooking or shaping a ceramic object.

There is another category of videos that induce the RSMA and that consist of filming the attention of doctors to patients (they can be real characters or actors). The fact of seeing it not only relaxes, but also makes the viewer feel better, if he suffered from anxiety, fears or panic attacks.

Videos where massages are performed or hair is washed and cut are also effective.

Videos can be created specifically to provoke the RSMA or they could have been recorded for other purposes, but as a “side effect” they induce cerebral orgasm (these videos are called unintentional) and their potentially therapeutic effects.

Within the culture of the brain orgasm, some people have developed meditative techniques to obtain the same sensations, but without the need for external stimuli.

History of the brain orgasm

Surely there have always been people who have spontaneously experienced RSMA, but it was a phenomenon that had not received attention from a psychological or therapeutic point of view.

Does it have any parallels with the Stendhal Syndrome, which is characterized by the chills, the hair standing on end and the excitement provoked by the impressive works of art. But these are symptoms of arousal, they are accompanied by an increase in heart rate, while the RSMA is calm, relaxed and arises with everyday stimuli.

The beginning of the modern history of the cerebral orgasm begins in 2007 when a person comments on his sensations, which he considers significant from the point of view of health and well-being, in an internet forum.

Others respond to your comment and discussion groups begin to be created on different internet platforms.

Scientific investigation of the phenomenon begins

In 2013 the first scientific article on ASMR was published in the journal Perspectives in Biology. The author is University of Virginia medical student Nitin Ahuja, reflecting on the therapeutic effect of viewing medical care on video.

Jenn Allen was the first to name the phenomenon as Autonomous Meridian Sensory Response and currently compiles ongoing research. Many of these can be found on the website asmruniversity.com, founded by Dr. Craig Richard, a professor at the University of Shenandoah (United States).

Currently the scientific investigation of the phenomenon, which tries to describe what happens in the body during the experience, live with the thousands of testimonials that contribute to the knowledge about the cerebral orgasm.

If you want to stop reading and start feeling, you can sit back and watch videos. Among the unintentional ones are those of the artist Bob Ross, who for 11 years taught painting on a program on public television in the United States. You can find many more videos on the ASMR University website.