I discovered this week that supplementing magnesium may not just help with sleep but may also assist with attention during the waking moments of the day. From the same source I discovered that supplementing zinc intake could assist in the same way. I have not yet put this to the test (to be honest in search of a benign sleep cure I am getting to the stage of taking so many supplements that I rattle). However, I am going to try this next and will report back as to whether it makes any noticeable difference.
This week a Calm selection which illustrates the reason that I so frequently listen to Jay Shetty, even though he very probably does not have my favourite voice on Calm. This one I found inspirational:
https://www.calm.com/app/player/iViiLizTTt
Daily Jay
Soul Grow
NARRATOR
Jay Shetty
It is about becoming a more extraordinary version of yourself. As part of which Jay explores this letter: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/kurt-vonnegut-xavier-letter_n_4964532.
Today’s professional ASMR offering comes from an artist that I used to listen to all the time. Indeed, the video itself is an oldie but goodie.
The channel is Isabel imagination ASMR this has six hundred and thirty four videos, 379K subscribers thirty three playlists of which the following seems to be on theme for this blog so far:
The video is this one:
ASMR Doctor’s Visit Memory test (soft spoken/whisper/personal attention)
It has notes, and oh, what notes: “428,480 views 28 Sept 2016
Hello! My name is Isabel and I’m Dutch. I’ve been crazy about ASMR for about 4 years now and I am finally posting my very own ASMR videos since the 20th of June 2016! This is video #28. I hope you like it!
I’ve recorded this video with a JVC camera and an audio recorder. Here are the links:
Cam: http://www.videocamerashop.nl/product…
And it’s recorded on to an audio recorder called: Roland R26 portable recorder
Editing program: http://www.magix.com (I used Magix video deluxe 2016)
In this ASMR video Dr. Clarck will examine you because you are forgetting lots of things lately. You will answer some questions, and Dr. Clarck will perform a few memory tests on you and you will have a smelling test and a listen and memorise test. So, lots of personal attention and soft spoken and whispers included! Sleep tight and enjoy the tingles!!!
Instagram (to stay updated on new ASMR projects of mine):
/ isabel_asmr
This video is meant for relaxation and can also help relieve anxiety, depression or stress, however I am not a psychiatrist, so if you are dealing with severe anxiety, depression or stress I suggest you go to a professional. “
It would not be a professional ASMR artist if they did not feel the need to write a novel with each and every video. Comments are permitted and seem to major in the “odd” feedback rather than sycophantic, which is not unusual for YouTube, but is unusual for a professional ASMR artist. This usually does not bode well, to be honest.
The video is thirty and a half minutes and so is reasonably substantial for videos that we have reviewed of late. It starts with a strange crackling background noise as if it was played on a badly stored vinyl record and straight away it gets into whispering. We’re on fairly well-established ground then. The voice is excellent and indeed the setting of the video itself looks rather professional (not that I expect any readers of this blog will be doing much in the way of watching given that you’re using this material to fall asleep to).
It occasionally gets a bit on the breathy side. It also seems to be falling prey to the “how many triggers can I get into this video” approach to sound recording. There is the stroking of paper, that mouth clicking sound that ASMR artists seem to love so much, nails clicking on a glass jar, but that said we have heard videos where the artist tries to feed in every squelch, tap, and scratching noise that they have heard some ASMR afficionado would rather like. By comparison I’d say that this was a much more measured approach to inserting spurious ASMR triggers and I did not find it obtrusive. However, as I have related before, I am only interested in the quality of the voice personally and additional noises are, for me anyway, merely a distraction.
That said the enunciation is spot on. Quite amazing that a Dutch person speaks English much better than a number of English ASMR artists that I have heard. As some commentators relate, it is interesting that a person from the Netherlands speaks American rather than English but it does mean that Isabel has an interesting accent to listen to in this video. I think I will be coming back to Isabel in the future for any further medical-orientated ASMR videos that come up.
For the ASMR offering which does not involve YouTube, I thought I would try the Internet Archive and see if they had anything for today’s professional ASMR artist. And they do:
Isabel Imagination ASMR 2020 06 12 ASMR For When You Feel Down [ Hugs, Cuddles, Kisses & Positive Affirmation ] JVu4gmugEPk 497MB [CD99985A]
Just like professional ASMR videos on YouTube, the person has gone mad with the notes in connection with this one:
“Publication date
2020-06-12
Topics
ASMR, female, hugs, kisses, positiveaffirmation, personalattention
Language
English
Item Size
618.3M
video_url – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVu4gmugEPk
channel_url – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGfbWCJjPwcAlBNkHT3gQ6w
In this triggering ASMR video, you can sit back and relax with headphones on!
In this relaxing ASMR cuddle & positive affirmation video, you can relax to the sound of my close-up ear to ear breathy whispers and get tingles from the warm hugs. Hopefully this calming video will comfort you for sleep!!
Triggers are: scratching, tracing, brushing, wet mouth sounds, whispering, ramble, mouth sounds, hair sounds, visual triggers, hand movements, tapping, shiny objects, crinkle, deep ear whispers, soft spoken, mouth sounds, tapping, finger flutter, whispering ear to ear, breathy whispers, binaural sounds, personal attention, close up tingles.
What is ASMR? Check out this short explanation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc-SCxXdI0Y
All my info:
Webshop: https://www.isabelimagination.com/nl/
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/isabel_imagination
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/isabel.imagination/
My email address for questions or business deals: info@isabelimagination.com
Patreon (if you’d like to support me, get early access and see patreon exclusive videos) : https://www.patreon.com/Isabelimaginationasmr
Tingles (to avoid advertisement and support me at the same time): https://www.gettingles.com/
The Tingles app is available on IOS and Android!!
For a look behind the scenes visit my other youtube channel “isabel backstage”!! This is the link to my 2nd channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_R9MQkCOSew6FswsZtHOEw
I’m always trying to improve the quality of my video’s, if you’d like to contribute to this purpose, than that’s possible via donations on PayPal. My email is: isabelimaginationasmr@gmail.com
Who am I :
My name is Isabel and I’m Dutch. My approach to ASMR video’s is combining entertainment in a form of imagination and fantasy (almost movie like) with relaxation. All wrapped into one video for you. This way you can enjoy my videos either before you go to bed to drift off easier, or you can just take a moment of relaxation during the day to calm down and relieve stress.
I’ve been posting ASMR video’s since the 20th of June 2016! I hope you like it!”
I’ve edited them a bit as they are really long.
Sadly, it is not on theme for the medical series I have been pursuing, so I’ll leave you to try it out if you so wish.
For the inadvertent ASMR video which really is what this blog has been about since the ASMR reviews began, I am looking this week at this one:
The Dermatology Exam
I have reviewed a number of videos from this channel previously it is Top Hat Tutorials with 67k subscribers, one hundred forty one videos and all three of the playlists are on theme for the material that I have been covering in this blog:
and
and
the notes on the channel convey what it is all about:
“Top Hat Tutorials
Description
Clinical skills videos for medical professionals and students
More info
http://www.youtube.com/@tophattutorials9113
Joined 3 Sept 2015
67k subscribers
141 videos
10,408,946 views “
There are also notes with the video although, thankfully, they are not excessively long: “296,857 views 22 Jan 2016
A video of the main points of the Dermatology Exam.
The video was created as part of the Top Hat Tutorials app, a new doctor and student designed guide to the clinical examinations in medicine and surgery.
‘TOP HAT TUTORIALS’ is available in the Apple, Google and Windows app stores today.
Reached number 1 medical app in its first week of launch!
A must have for medical students no matter where they are studying.
Download using the following links:
Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/top-h…
Google: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de…
Windows: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store… “
The video permits comments and as with the previous video I find that the comments are more strange than sycophantic. This may not be a great omen of what is to come.
It is another brief video at just over four and a half minutes so it isn’t going to keep us long. It begins with my personal bugbear: startup music which seems even more sacrilege given we have such scant video real estate to begin with. However, once Dr Tom Branigan introduces himself, we realise we have a safe pair of hands. Tom has a great voice. The patient is Dermot (or assuming this examination is located in Ireland more probably Diarmuid). There is some background noise, probably air conditioning. It is very calm and measured, just the kind of thing I like to hear (music excepting). Sadly, we get the music once again at the close of the video.
So, it is a reasonable one but also a rather brief one this week.
On that basis, just one, video this time.
That’s it on this occasion, more next time.
See you again next week.
The overall playlist of videos covered so far on the Procrastination Pen is here:
The videos weeded out because over time they are just not as good as the others is in this archive list:
I keep this in case subscribers to the Procrastination Pen have personal favourites that they want to hear.
The playlist of videos requiring age verification is here:
I can’t be bothered to stop my listening to log on, this interrupts the experience. You may not mind this in which case this list is for you.
I hope that you find the playlists restful and I hope you get plenty of sleep.
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Until next time.
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