“It’s a physical sensation that begins in the scalp and extends through the body,” says the creator of popular ASMR videos. No time to get a stress-relieving massage in real life? For some people, ...

Traditional massages and sound-healing sessions are fine, but what if you could unwind using the very ASMR techniques you obsessively scroll through online in real life? Absurdly interesting, right?

The pandemic has left many people isolated and craving physical intimacy. Touch-based ASMR videos are helping some touch-deprived people better deal with being alone. Fans of the genre say they find ...