ASMR, if you haven't heard of it, stands for autonomous sensory meridian response, which is just a fancy way of saying a pleasantly tingly feeling that one gets from certain sounds. For many people, those certain sounds are things like whispering, crunching, paper crinkling, fire crackling, etc. (search AMSR on youtube for more examples, if you're curious). But for those of us who don't feel the tingling sensation from the sounds (case in point: me), maybe we can get them from a description of sounds. AMSR or no ASMR, enjoy this list of wonderful sounds.
1. High heels on the stone floor of a big, empty church
2. Big logs crackling in a real wood fireplace (bonus points if the sap in the logs is popping)
3. A tall, sturdy wooden door closing in an echoey hall
4. The creaky binding of an ancient book that hasn't been open in a while
5. The click of turning of an old chain-pull one bulb light
6. Cats purring (bonus points if they're sitting on you so you can feel the purr, too)
7. The soft 'crick' sounds of cracking your back when you first wake up
8. Steady rain on a rooftop or window (bonus points if you're falling asleep or just don't have to go out and get soaked)
9. Clicking of dog nails on a tile floor
10. The revving sound of a car engine when you floor the gas pedal
11. An old rotary phone ringing
12. The sound a snowball makes when it hits someone
13. A cricket symphony on a summer's night
14. The canvas of a sailboat flapping in the breeze
15. A leaky faucet dripping
16. Wind howling through evergreen trees during a blizzard
17. The sounds of ocean waves (bonus points if you wake up hearing them muffled through closed windows)
18. Opening a new champagne bottle
19. Dropping something cold and greasy onto a hot pan
20. The particular all-encompassing silence of snowfall
21. Biting into a fresh apple/carrot/celery/pear/ear of corn/etc.
22. The squelching sound of pulling a boot out of a mud puddle or stirring gooey pasta
23. The old lock screen click sound on an iPhone (the new one just isn't as satisfying)
24. Vacuuming over a patch over carpet with a ton of crumbs on it
25. Stopping short on ice skates or skis so you send up a spray of ice/snow
26. Ice cubes clinking in a glass cup
27. A typewriter or a old-fashioned separate-from-the-computer-monitor keyboard clicking
28. Stomping through thin ice to hear it crack
29. The soft breathing of a sleeping person close to you
30. The clang of metal-on-metal (think sword fighting, not that we hear that much these days)
This article has not been reviewed by Odyssey HQ and solely reflects the ideas and opinions of the creator.
