Staring at the v0.3 produces an effect similar to something I'm able to do trigger manually on command. I've always had the feeling that I'm somehow triggering a "flow" in my brain, but I have no way to confirm what's actually going on. It's actually stronger when I trigger it manually, and it feels like it flows down my spine and eventually some weak signal reaches my extremities. (Maybe that means it's not CSF after all?) Oddly, I do feel like I can think more clearly afterward, but the brain is very bad at judging itself, so it's more likely to be an illusion than anything real. Anyone else able to manually trigger a feeling like this in their brains?
It's similar to the effect of being hit with big news (good or bad), and the "sinking" feeling that comes with it, becoming suddenly introspective and oddly calm under pressure.
At least to me, of course. I have no idea if others have that same reaction.
I'm interested in how you accomplish this. I can do something along the lines of that by getting myself heated. I actually get a hothead and a tingling comes up to my brain like it's passing in a channel. It could simply be a sensation rising within the brain though, without an actual transport of something.
I can focus better after but it doesn't clear my head, just use that frustration or anger to become determined.
I'm not quite sure exactly what I'm doing; it feels a bit like tensing a muscle, but that muscle feels like it's in the middle of my head, a bit toward the back. Obviously there are no actual muscles there, so I'm not sure what's actually happening.
If you try raising one eyebrow or wiggling one ear (assuming you can't already do that), you might find that you're briefly activating lots of little muscles around the target as your body tries to figure out where that's mapped in your brain. Once you get the right muscle, you can relax the other false positives, and eventually just have the single muscle isolated. It's similar in my "brain flow" thing: usually a couple random muscles in my head want to join in, but I can intentionally relax them and keep the "flow" going. A common one is the tensor tympani -- the two "muscles" seem to be closely mapped together. If you can rumble your ears (manually activating the tensor tympani), try initiating a rumble, and then "move" the activation in between your ears, right to your mid-back brain. (Again: I know there's no actual muscle there, so /shrug).
I sorta get what you're saying, and tbh I've always found it hard to single out a single muscle from all the other tiny muscles around it. I can already raise one eyebrow alone, and I don't remember when I learned to do it so I don't remember the experience, but I do feel that 'single muscle vs many muscles' when I do that.
With the "muscle" in the mid-back of your brain, I understand that much more. If you respond well to meditation and get a sensation from asmr for instance, if we're speaking on the same area, that area gets sensations if the person is more prone to stress.
When I sort of make myself hotheaded, or have any drug, or even really relax, I feel sensations at that area. I wonder if you're the same.
No, the prior post's reference to having some degree of control over the sensation, plus a prolonged impact on mental state makes it distinctly ASMR, as opposed to frission which is usually a short-lasting involuntary response. [1]
If you try raising one eyebrow or wiggling one ear (assuming you can't already do that), you might find that you're briefly activating lots of little muscles around the target as your body tries to figure out where that's mapped in your brain. Once you get the right muscle, you can relax the other false positives, and eventually just have the single muscle isolated. It's similar in my "brain flow" thing: usually a couple random muscles in my head want to join in, but I can intentionally relax them and keep the "flow" going. A common one is the tensor tympani -- the two "muscles" seem to be closely mapped together. If you can rumble your ears (manually activating the tensor tympani), try initiating a rumble, and then "move" the activation in between your ears, right to your mid-back brain. (Again: I know there's no actual muscle there, so /shrug). Another closely mapped muscle, at least for me, is a small one around/under/behind the ears that has a "face tightening" effect. It's like there are three muscles conceptually mapped to similar brain space: one tightens my ears/eyes/temples, one rumbles my tensor tympani, and one induces a feeling of "flow" down my spine and through my brain.
