In searching for new ASMR videos I’m prepared to try various avenues. You will have noticed that on occasion I do voyage away from the main theme, which to date has been medical (and similar) examination videos.
Despite the attrition of videos slowly being removed from YouTube, the Procrastination Pen playlist continues to grow and hence I can afford to be quite critical of its contents and to weed out those that are less desirable for sleep promotion than at first thought.
The overall playlist as usual appears at the end of this article, so if you are short of time scroll straight to the end and pick it up from there.
If you’re still reading, onto today’s idea.
Of late I have noticed that some gruff and loud presenters seem to calm down and go quiet when dealing with young people. Today’s is a foray into that area therefore.
It is this one:
Rachel Bridges Head to Toe Assessment
As expected, it is quiet, calm and methodically presented. The only thing I would say is that you might need to turn the volume up a bit.
At just over twenty-five minutes, it is quite a good length and it seems others think so too as the channel has over two thousand subscribers as at today’s date. However, (probably sensibly) comments are not permitted which means I cannot tell if ASMR fans have already tracked this down. (As we’ve seen before some comments are less than helpful).
The small person seems suitably entertained including being tickled at one stage, I think.
The medical institution is not identified. Rachel has an identification badge but I cannot make out what it says.
There is as expected continual background noise (probably air conditioning) as we’ve heard before.
I would guess from the orientation of the video (Portrait mode) that it was taken using a mobile phone or similar device.
Rachel maintains a conversation with the small person throughout, including in areas I thought they would find hard to comprehend.
I think this one belongs in the Procrastination Playlist, although it might be subject to future weeding.
This one is posted in 2018 to the following channel:
The videos on here range from five years ago to five months ago and there are only four of them. There has to be a reason why there are quite so many subscribers. I would make a wild guess some ASMR fans have got here before me.
Looking at the other videos:
September 15, 2017
Very brief, just over a minute and appears to be reading from a piece about nurse practitioners. Rachel has a good voice but this one does not seem to be a great fit for the playlist. I think this might be an assessment piece for a course which is in line with other videos that have been featured before.
Another very brief video:
January 20, 2023
This one is on the role of a psychiatric nurse mental health practitioner, again, it is reading from a script and is not a good fit for the playlist.
The next one is another “Head to Toe” but without the small person (the person involved is more adult sized). Let’s see if my theory about people changing behaviour based on whether a person is a young person is supported by the second video.
The video is this one:
R.Bridges Head to toe assessment
Straight away the presentation is a lot faster than the last “Head to Toe” on this channel, and a lot less measured. However, the tone remains quiet. The presentation is so fast in places I am not sure what medical terminology is in use.
I have a feeling that the “patient” here actually has a slightly better voice (than Rachel). However, he gets little to say (he is also unidentified).
Comments are permitted but there are no comments that are helpful to us (such as where this is for example).
However, at one stage the badge comes into view and I believe it states “NP Student” at “Indiana Wesleyan”.
So at least we have identified the location, if not the “patient”.
We’re back to landscape mode with this one but the background noise persists. The volume is slightly louder, not markedly, but I would say the approach is less gentle (than the first video in this article).
It is just over nineteen and a half minutes so still a good length and on balance I would say also belongs in the Procrastination Pen playlist. However, I keep reviewing this playlist and videos get demoted to the archive playlist all the time based upon their long-term sleep promotion effects (or otherwise).
The video goes out of focus at one stage but, given you will not be watching but lying there praying for sleep whilst listening, I think that’s unlikely to affect you.
As is not atypical for assessment videos. There are occasional thuds as equipment is relocated – in the past I have weeded videos for this, and this one might be another that goes the same way.
I notice that (like me) the patient has apparent problems with the heel to toe exercise (not great if you have dodgy balance).
So a couple of videos from Rachel worthy of conclusion and so, as is habitual on this site, I have created a Rachel Bridges playlist:
The main playlist on the Procrastination pen is (as always) here:
The archive list of videos which whilst once in that main list were found over time to be less listenable than at first thought is here:
The playlist of videos requiring age verification is here:
I hope that you continue to find them restful
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Until next time.
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