Yep. If it’s not about the visuals, why are there any visuals at all? ASMR sells, but “sexy” ASMR sells more.
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I mentioned just listening to the content above, but for me the video helps with my analytical side and sense of curiosity. When I hear a sound that causes a reaction, I open my eyes and use the video to identify what it was. Otherwise, my mind would start spinning out guesses, which would be the opposite of relaxing. It seems some here are only looking at videos because of the presenters. That’s fine, but not the case with the ones I tried. His themes were ASMR for relaxation and sleep. 
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Seems confusing but non sexual involuntary orgasms are a thing. And in a bodily function view, I bet a lot of non sexy things can trigger orgasm like reactions in the body… a good BM, sneezing, food, etc.
Then what is the point of ASMR when there are a million sex related videos readily available?
For the people that want to get their rocks off and still want to maintain an air of sanctimonious denial that that’s what they’re doing by claiming they don’t need to lower themselves to their baser instincts by subjecting themselves to the scourge of porn like their lowbrow degenerate peers; or something like that.
#cynical
He then qualified that by saying “brain orgasm” or “head orgasm,” a point that got conveniently overlooked in comments trying to take this discussion in another direction.
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That’s an unfortunate turn of phrase, because after having watched the whole video, it’s made very clear that the discussion is based on sensusal response to stimuli as opposed to sexual response.
My favorite in the “mock-ASMR” genre is this one:
Warning-- flashing lights later in video
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I have had that response to a vacuum, too, since I was a child. But I also have ASMR responses to lots of the more common things mentioned in this video. Interestingly, I have had MRI scans a few times, and they also give me that feeling.
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I have thought that the two feelings may be related. I’ve had that blissful, tingling response to many different kinds of sounds all my life, and I also used to sometimes have a feeling of revulsion and almost rage at the sound of someone eating. At some point I discovered that if I thought about the person eating as someone with a body just like mine, sort of imagined that I was the one eating and enjoying my food and focused on this feeling of identification, my response would suddenly flip and change from revulsion to an ASMR-type pleasure. After doing this for years, I almost never feel that revulsion anymore. It’s convinced me that the two feelings are related, like two possible reactions to the same sensitivity.
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I might even so far as to say that ASMR is a relaxation response, but sexual content is a stimulation response; they are almost diametrically opposed. I think that ASMR is an almost asexual response, and as soon as there is sexual content (which means the presenter really, really doesn’t understand ASMR), it is no longer ASMR content. (And I’m being repetitive and rephrasing the same thing over and over again, but oh well)
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