scaredikklegoth

I was just wondering if anyone else watches ASMR videos as a way to control their anxiety. I absolutely love them; they've changed my life. I've been watching them for about a year and a half and they've helped me so much.

Do any of you guys watch these and if so, what are your triggers and do you have any videos to recommend?

PS I hope sharing vid links is ok?

soupcon

I find them helpful to relax and go to sleep. I hate the whisper kind though and only like asmrmassage on utube and head massage stuff.

NestWasEmpty

Never heard of them . As for my anxiety it can get triggered by things without me knowing it . My Dr said , things that bothered me the day before can come back to cause them . Even if I Think I dealt with it . I can wake up & have one come on . I just never know when & were , pretty weird ..
Sounds like you found something that works Great

SoberAlky

I find them very useful. I love having my feet massaged and gently tickled, and when my on again-off again girlfriend isn't available to provide that, or I don't have the $30-60 to spend at the Chinese spa, watching a video of it is almost just as good. Definitely makes me less anxious and decreases my pulse and blood pressure.

I also leave on rain videos sometimes through the night.

Soberwolf

What is Asmr

SoberAlky

Autonomous sensory meridian response

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autono...idian_response

Liberator4EVA

I first found these vids about 18 months ago... so glad I wasn't the only person to get this weird feeling that was occasionally triggered ever since childhood. Went a bit nuts on ASMR stuff for a bit, responding more and more strongly and more and more reliably till... one day it just stopped working. Get the odd hint now and then, but mostly nothing :-(

Chemist's shops (pharmacy, drug store) were a favourite RL trigger. Stepping from a noisy street into the sudden calm of their small shop, the low throb of the air conditioner, some accented person behind the counter running through their diagnostic/sales pitch, tapping on boxes....

Current top video on my bedtime playlist..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrwGog-eJw4

Ardra Neala is of course brilliant -

Whispering and fur stroking -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuiDexD9k8s

Having some girl make you sit in a chair then put a nice squeaky pair of closed back headphones on your head, while fiddling with phono jacks..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxpOjwe5GjY

lots of great stuff on her channel

Honorable mention to Softlygaloshes, with her clean wall of crinkle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbbHMWYP_dk

..and of course, who can forget the world's slowest cup of tea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgzCf1D7Bbc