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What is ASMR?

My anxiety in recent times has been getting worse, especially just before I go to sleep. For some reason my brain likes to remind me of the worst possible outcomes of all the situations happening in my life. Due to this I've been having trouble sleeping and when this happens I turn to my phone out of boredom. One night I was scrolling through my Youtube homepage and one of my favourite Youtubers, Melanie Murphy, had posted a video including ASMR which I had no knowledge of previous to this. I starting researching all around this subject and this post is based around what I found out and what affects it has had upon myself and my anxiety.

ASMR stands for autonomous sensory meridian response. This sounds very complex but really its videos featuring visuals and sounds that calms the person watching and sometimes gives you goosebumps. Many of the videos may come across as strange to begin with, the rolepays and the personal attention especially, but I urge you to try them out and find ones that work for you because if you suffer with insomnia, anxiety or any other stress related condition the videos will have a surprising affect upon you.

Since discovering ASMR my anxiety has still been present but now I am able to get to sleep quickly. Whether this has a placebo affect or if it's actually working I don't know but I am incredibly grateful for it working out. As much as it may seem like a strange and confusing method, I guarantee you that it works. I will leave a few links below of my favourite ASMR videos, go and check them out.

Gibi ASMR- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3gmz0pmZUE

Melanie Murphy- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jox8vXni7fE&t=616s

ASMR darling- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hffn3vYJq80

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