I was age six
getting a pair of shoes
at a shoe store

and a salesman was
putting shoes on
my feet

to see which pair I
liked

his voice was so
soothing that
listening to it
put me in a trancelike
state

the first time I ever
felt that state of mind

thereafter I felt that
trancelike state of mind
kind of like day dreaming

every so often

about 50 years later I
learned that trancelike
state is called ASMR

Bob Boyd

I was surprised to learn that trancelike state I felt as a child had a name: ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response), and that it had various triggers, like the soft sound of a person’s voice,
watching a woman combing her hair, getting a massage, etc. And every so often I listen to ASMR YouTube videos for a nice relaxing break.