Listening to this woman chew pickles for five minutes will change your life
For many people, the sound of chewing is incredibly irritating, but what if there are health benefits associated with listening to someone chomp down on their dinner?
Having to listen to someone chew their food can be very frustrating. Nowhere in Miss Manners' book of table etiquette does it say that people at your dinner table should have to be subjected to chewing and swallowing sounds throughout their meal.
But this is the 21st century, and the rules for dining together in groups have changed drastically. Furthermore, the kinds of healing practices that are acceptable in the mainstream have changed dramatically.
This intersection between table manners and modern medicine is where you will find videos by Juanita Payton, the self-proclaimed #PickleLady.
Juanita is a Texas-based woman who believes in "making people happy by giving and sharing positivity by creating ASMR relaxation videos".
If you managed to get through that video without cringing or pulling your hair out, congratulations: you are the perfect candidate for Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) treatment.
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For many of these people, hearing repetitive sounds such as chewing or typing, or listening to someone whispering soothing words into a microphone, produces a sort of "tingly" response from the brain, which creates a soothing buzz in the listener's body and puts them into a state of deep calm.
What sound do you like hearing?
Do you think you would ever be interested in ASMR treatments?