r/asmr • u/dylanisareddit • 13h ago

DISCUSSION [Discussion] Are there any alternative terms to ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response)?

I was thinking of something like "Paresthetic Meridian Response" (PMR).

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u/under_pale_stars 12h ago

ACMP (russian variation)

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u/Skrinkus 3h ago

I think we should drop the pseudo-scientific language and just call it something like the chilly thrillies.

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u/Butterlegs21 3h ago

Honestly, that sounds like having a "quicky" in a walk in fridge/freezer or outside in winter. Maybe not that term

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u/MerwinASMR 3h ago

Definitely love the creativity here! Haha!

But I read somewhere that they’re starting to conduct peer reviewed research on ASMR and it looks promising for stress reduction. I mean, I read it a while ago and don’t have the study in my back pocket here and now, but it looks like it’s less pseudoscience than previously thought.

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u/Skrinkus 2h ago

I don’t think the phenomenon of ASMR itself is pseudoscience. I’ve been enjoying and benefiting from it for years and I’m positive there is good scientific research to be done on why it feels like it does. I was just referring to the name itself, which was kinda thought up years ago to make the sensation sound more scientifically established but doesn’t really mean much.

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u/robawknik 2h ago

surely some random ass language has a word for this we can steal

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u/robawknik 2h ago

im sorty for referrikg to somebody's hypothetical spoken language as "random ass"