I recently fessed up to a fondness for affirmations and rather like the moment you buy a different car, suddenly every car on the road seems to be alike to the one that you have purchased, suddenly I started to see affirmations everywhere.
Recently I was sent from Project Happiness “Modern luxury is the ability to think clearly, sleep deeply, move slowly, and live quietly in a world designed to prevent all four.” With the subtext ” Never forget that no matter what’s going on around you, you do have choices. Your external world may be noisy. The idea is to create a quiet place inside of you to return to. When you move intentionally within an unpredictable world, then you can chart your own course.”.
To be honest, I could not have asked for an affirmation more on theme for this blog.
The Calm item this week is:
https://www.calm.com/app/player/nR1aFGbe8B
Daily Trip
Commitment
NARRATOR
Jeff Warren
AUTHOR
Jeff Warren
Commitment to meditation, what does it feel like, the more we meditate the more commitment towards continuing to meditate.
With the usual caution (for this blog) in that I have a subscription to Calm and you will need a subscription if you want to listen to any of the content – sorry about that.
For the non-YouTube material this week, I return to Dr Rick Hanson who has a good voice admittedly but I have always drawn any material by him from YouTube. This week I found that he has a podcast. Not only does he have a podcast but it is available on Apple podcasts. I gave it a try and you can play any of these without an account (although it will nag you about it) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mindful-meditations-with-dr-rick-hanson/id1820216704.
Recently I have been trying to focus on older ASMR videos (in the way that YouTube does not). However, in my recommendations this week, I got one that is way more recent and I thought I would try it. (Damn you, YouTube). No stress, normal service will resume (soonish).
The video is this one:
ASMR Real Person Student Doctor Check | Assessing & Advising
It is just under nineteen minutes long so not huge and was posted only recently.
There are, of course, notes as we would expect with any professional ASMR artist: ” 103,719 views 5 Jul 2026 #bebravebeyouasmr #asmrrealperson #asmrdoctor
Welcome to tonight’s ASMR real person student doctor check. In this realistic medical examination, our student doctor carries out a full medical assessment on a real person whilst the assessor observes the examination, assesses the findings and provides guidance when needed. This ASMR video is perfect for relaxation and sleep.
For The Best Experience Please Use Headphones, Turn Off Stable Audio & Select the Highest Quality Available for Each ASMR Video.
This video is a fictional ASMR roleplay created for relaxation and entertainment only. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
Upload Schedule:
Every Sunday, Monday & Wednesday at 9pm GMT/BST.
Shorts Of My Main Videos Throughout the Week No Set Day or Times
Business:
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Social Media:
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TIME STAMPS
00:00 Intro
00:07 Greeting & Plan
00:47 Student Doctor Exam With Jodie
18:28 Outro
18:38 Goodnight
#asmr #asmrrealperson #asmrstudentdoctor #bebravebeyouasmr #relaxingasmr #asmrmedical #asmrdoctor”
As per usual these are incredibly long and must test the patience of even the most hardened ASMR fan (I bet that no one reads them, in fact).
This is an odd one for me since it is a collaboration piece (I cannot remember reviewing anything like this previously). The two channels listed are:
Be Brave Be You ASMR 242k subscribers,1.4k videos and a dazzling quantity of playlists of which this is on theme for this blog:
and Jodie Marie ASMR 153k subscribers,1.6k videos thirty-seven playlists with this on theme for this blog:
Wow, more than one channel does add quite a lot of material, good luck getting through that lot.
There are a number of comments for the video. Mostly they seem to be positive which is quite usual for a professional ASMR video, so that bodes well then.
The only start-up sound is that of water – so far so good. Straight away we realise that the presentation is going to major on the whispery, so far, so standard professional ASMR artist.
There are gloves noises again sadly (I have commented on those in previous blog articles – I am not a fan). There are also some clicking noises, some writing noises, (I notice in the comments that some people really rate the gloves sounds so at last I have found a person who likes them to be included.) There is a sound from fingers being run through hair (not my kind of thing but someone must love that I would guess). There is that mouth clucking/clicking noise so beloved of professional ASMR artists which is not my thing either – it must please some fans I’m guessing.
There are beep sounds from the ear thermometer and clunking noises from equipment. There are Velcro noises, the sound of fabric for a blood pressure cuff being tightened and a (quite loud) blood pressure cuff noise. (Those who have used an Omron cuff at their GPs will know the sound I mean and it is not at all ASMR-y).
The pace is nice and slow and actually, despite the (mainly) whispery presentation, I liked the vocal parts (less so the blood pressure cuff noises).
The contrast of the two vocal sounds is actually quite interesting and I did not find it distracting. It might be worth following up with each of the ASMR artists independently in the future and see what their videos are like.
The video ends with that water sound (briefly). I would say it is worthy of a review so why not listen for yourself.
This week’s inadvertent ASMR offering comes from a channel which I have not reviewed before but the subject would seem to be highly relevant for this blog:
Why You’re Always Tired (and how to fix it)
It is fourteen and a quarter minutes, so a little longer than a number of videos that I have reviewed of late.
It comes from the channel AsapSCIENCE this has 10.8m subscribers, five hundred and fifty five videos, ten playlists, frankly even if it’s ASMRishness is limited it must be something as a channel to have achieved so very much attention from so few videos.
The notes on the AsapSCIENCE channel are adorably brief:
” Description
Making science make sense.
Created by:
Mitchell Moffit (@mitchellmoffit)
Gregory Brown (@whalewatchmeplz)
CONTACT
asapscience[at]gmail[dot]com
Send us stuff!
ASAPSCIENCE INC.
P.O. Box 93, Toronto P
Toronto, ON, M5S2S6″
The video notes equally so:
“5,097,219 views 15 Jun 2022 #GrowWithGoogle
The Ultimate Guide to Feeling Less Tired
A portion of this video was sponsored by Google Career Certificates
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Written by: Mitchell Moffit
Edited by: Luka Šarlija”
The comments for once, seem to contain many which are helpful. Where has this new spirit of co-operation come from, I wonder. There is the odd person looking for a medical diagnosis though I see. I suppose this is why diagnosis by AI has become just so popular of late.
For me, the video starts a little loud and a little fast. But then I am listening immediately after listening to the ASMR professional so it might be suffering by comparison. It is one of those where it would be more restful if played at half speed.
However, as a sleep guide it is truly excellent and perhaps it should be taken this way. The first thing it indicates is that eight hours a night is truly a minimum (if you’re reading these blog items most likely you are not getting all that).
It also states that working out whether you function best later or earlier and fitting your day to your preferred cycle is important. If you need to be awake late but have a job that means you get up early you are causing yourself problems. (Your preference may change as you age.)
The video features sponsorship info (Google). I am definitely not keen on such things and if it were not on theme for this blog, I would reject it out of hand. (Perhaps you can skip the sponsorship section.)
It advises that you change your alarm to a more melodic (music based) alarm sound – it is less jarring.
Snoozing the alarm is a very bad move.
Other advice includes: increasing activity when you first wake up; exposure to bright light in the morning (preferably sunlight) for at least thirty minutes; drink fluid, moderate caffeine intake and do not drink caffeine after midday; a balanced diet, do not eat close to bedtime; regular exercise (but not too close to bedtime), long term changes in exercise will improve your sleep even if the effects are not felt immediately, if you’re napping do not do this late in the day as it ruins your sleep; do not drink alcohol (it destroys deep sleep); take a warm shower close to bedtime (It mimics the body’s natural cooling as it approaches sleep); sleep in a cool room with no visible clocks, put away gadgets – they can be a distraction; do not just lie in bed – it makes things worse; if you wake up do not check the clock, do not switch on the light; have a sleep schedule – go to bed and wake up at the same time every day you need a constant routine.
The most important are having a sleep schedule; regular exercise and a balanced diet.
So that was very much sleep advice and definitely not ASMR. Valuable in itself but I still owe you an ASMR video review.
Let’s try this one:
Total Body Skin Exam by PA Melissa Alcox
This comes from the channel Pariser Dermatology Specialists 2.51k subscribers, eighty eight videos only two playlists.
A quick scan of the videos on the day I visited seems to indicate that they are mainly concerned with advertising so almost certainly unsuitable for us then.
There are notes with the video “781,706 views 4 Sept 2018
Pariser Dermatology’s Melissa Alcox, PA-C, performs a full-body skin exam and talks about the details involved in this potentially life-saving routine procedure.”
Which are incredibly brief.
There are a ton of comments and a lot of these are from ASMR fans so that bodes well then.
The video is a little less than five and a quarter minutes. It has some fairly strong background noise (air conditioning I would guess) but, fortunately, no start-up music. Melissa Alcox introduces herself and I would say it is quite loud – I thumbed the volume down a bit and started again. Julianna is introduced. A quick Google confirms that she is Julianna Squicciarini, Assistant Laboratory Manager.
I would say that Melissa does not have a natural ASMR voice. However, it does tone down a bit once the examination proper commences. The pace is a little fast for me, but given the comments, a number of people disagree. There are some (quite loud) equipment noises including from the motion of a wheeled chair.
It concludes with a brief piece of advertising, and then it is all over. I will trial it in the Procrastination Pen playlist but despite the positive comments I would say it is a tad marginal.
So just one this week.
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 are 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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