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(photo Source: Pinterest) do you also like trimming donkey hooves?

The old master took a shovel knife and cut off the thick and cocked hooves of the donkey, revealing the white nail meat. The limping donkey trimmed his hooves and walked as fast as flying.

Or watch the carpet wash? A textured black carpet was repeatedly cleaned and washed with black dirty water and foam until the carpet showed its original color.

Who doesn't want to have a water cannon? (photo source: popular mechanics) similarly, watch the butcher dissect a cow, watch the framed flower maker decorate the cake, and watch the wild fungus picked up the mountain.

This kind of video is called "Oddly Satisfying Videos". To put it simply, it is a video that looks very comfortable.

Like ASMR your eyes or massage your brain, watching such videos will make you feel relaxed, happy and satisfied, as if the stress and tiredness of the day are gone.

As a result, many people are used to opening a decompression video before going to bed and go to sleep with it.

My sleeping partner: making cakes (photo: Pinterest) according to research, this kind of comfortable videos appeared as early as 2013.

On a forum site called reddit, someone first coined the entry "Oddly Satisfying", which has grown into a community with 8.2 million members.

In the era of short video, this kind of video is becoming more and more popular. According to statistics, 25.9 billion videos with the hashtag "Oddly Satisfying" on TikTok in 2021 have been viewed.

The unzipped short videos on Douyin (photo source: In the know) are very diverse in content because everyone feels satisfied with different "itchy spots".

For example, some people like to watch squeezing pimples and pulling out blackheads, while others find it too disgusting to watch, while some people like to watch excavators work all day, but some people feel bored.

Sometimes you love to watch video clips and watch cluttered things being tidied up meticulously; sometimes, on the contrary, you love to see ice being smashed or buildings collapsing.

These scenes or behaviors are actually very common and everyday, but strangely, watching them can scratch your itch and make you feel satisfied and healed.

(photo source: giphy) however, there are many misunderstandings in this kind of video.

For example, many decompressed videos will have the slogan "satisfy your obsessive-compulsive disorder". The content is generally collected, arranging things neatly, or cutting soap, cakes, etc., and dividing all kinds of things perfectly in proportion.

However, it can be said that decompression video has nothing to do with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Because, the common symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder is "repetition" rather than "sorting". Not all people with obsessive-compulsive disorder have a tendency to organize things, and not all people who like to organize things have obsessive-compulsive disorder.

American housewives accept, who knows? (photo source: Tiktok Boss) even on the contrary, some people with obsessive-compulsive disorder are unable to get satisfaction after finishing, cleaning and other behaviors, so they do it over and over again, leading to obsessive-compulsive repetitive behavior.

Decompression videos generally cater to our desire for "perfection", while patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder are psychologically motivated by "fear".

Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder worry about the safety of their homes, so they will repeatedly check whether the gas stove is turned off and the door is locked. Some patients are worried that what they say will be misunderstood, so they will keep repeating what they say, fearing that the other person will not understand.

So the next time you watch the decompression video, don't leave a message saying, "my obsessive-compulsive disorder is satisfied."

Some people with obsessive-compulsive disorder are afraid of germs, so they wash their hands repeatedly (photo source: gifer) so why does watching such videos have the effect of decompression and relaxation for ordinary people?

There are many theories about this phenomenon, one of which is that such videos trigger memories of our infancy.

Because most of the comfortable videos are about people doing something skillfully with their hands, and humans are naturally fascinated by the movements of their hands.

When we were young, we learned by observing other people's hands, and when we grew up, we still acquired fine skills by observing other people's hand movements.

Especially experienced craftsmen, such as carpenters, butchers, gardeners, baristas, etc., they work easily and fluently, so they look particularly aesthetic.

The Beauty of Crafts (Photo: Pinterest) another theory that we like to watch decompressed videos has something to do with the "mirror neuron theory".

The so-called "mirror neurons" (Mirror Neuron System) are a group of neurons in our brain that reflect the actions and behaviors of others, just like looking in a mirror.

It was first discovered in rhesus monkeys by Giacomo Rizzolatti, a neurophysiologist.

When a rhesus monkey makes an action, a group of neurons in its premotor cortex are activated, and when the macaque watches other monkeys doing the same action, this group of neurons are also activated.

Mirror neuron system in the brain (photo source: reference [2]) the human brain also has a mirror neuron system, but it is not quite the same as that of rhesus monkeys.

Human mirror neurons are also activated when observing meaningless movements. The observation of meaningful behavior leads to the activation of both the frontal lobe and the temporal lobe, while the observation of meaningless movements only leads to the activation of the frontal lobe.

The role of mirror neurons is so important that it affects our ability to understand action, imitate, learn language, socialize and empathize.

Some researchers have tested autistic patients and found that they have lower levels of mirror neuron activity in their brains when observing and expressing emotions.

Similarly, patients with Williams syndrome (William's syndrome), who are highly empathetic and anxious, also have disorders in their mirror neuron system.

Patients with Williams syndrome have unique facial features (photo source: William's syndrome Association), which may explain why we love to watch decompression videos. Watching someone else do something is about the same as doing it ourselves, and it gives us the same satisfaction.

Of course, watching video is still a far cry from the actual experience.

For example, collecting fungus, in reality, in addition to seeing the fungus, we can also smell the smell of the woods and soil, and we can feel the unique touch of the fungus with our hands, which is a comprehensive sensory experience.

But if you look at the mobile phone, because the mobile phone that can smell and touch the real thing has not been invented, so only visual and auditory stimulation, the experience will be much worse.

Therefore, the decompressed video is a substitute meal after all, and if you want to really decompress, you have to move and do whatever makes you feel comfortable.

Whether it's cleaning the room, tidying up the wardrobe, brushing all the dirty shoes, or making a perfect Qi Feng cake. Try to realize your desire to "accomplish something" in your daily life.

The actual satisfaction may be a hundred times as much as watching the video.

P.S. There is a big difference between watching and doing your fitness video collection.

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This article comes from the official Wechat account: take Science Home (ID:steamforkids), written by: Greye, revised by Han Jingjing

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