I always say to people, look, sexual arousal is stimulating (increased heart rate and respiration) and ASMR is relaxing (decreased heart rate and respiration) -- they're different animals. Doesn't usually get me anywhere though.
It doesn't help that there's so much sexualized "ASMR" content out there. I put the quotes around it because in my opinion there's a lot of content being labeled ASMR that really isn't. Calling it that just brings more eyeballs. It's really a shame because it adds to the stigma that will be a problem for some people (personally, I really don't care if people think I have a weird sex fetish...it's none of their business).
Some people would be offended by what I just wrote and would say, who am I to say what is and isn't ASMR? But I am confident a lot of it is not - an example would be Hungry Lips and her popsicle videos 
- which is why I would love to see some really solid research being done. Maybe we could learn how to intensify and prolong our tingles!
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