The Most Sleep-Inducing Vet Checkup Video Ever...
Have you ever listened to an audio track and felt figurative "tingling" sensation in your body? Anything ranging from soft-spoken words of personal attention to just reading a novel/poem in a way that makes your body relax? Or it could even be just be a collection of white noises we listen to help calm down or fall asleep — such as rain falling, ocean waves, rustling leaves, typing on a mechanical keyboard (you know, the really loud ones with either a MX Cherry Red or Blue mechanical key switches....never mind I'm getting way deep into my computer nerd-dom here), playing withy slime (OK, maybe not for everyone), or a cooking YouTube channel like this one (my personal favorite, BTW) featuring ONLY cooking noises devoid of any dialogue or narration whatsoever. Believe it or not — I used to watch this guy's videos every night to help me fall asleep...which probably explains why my husband thinks I'm a terrible cook. I'm never able to actually finish the video before falling asleep...
Some of us are aware of it, but some of us don't even know what it is, nor can we pinpoint where this comes from or why this is even happening. And this is bit more of a subjective area of research that doesn't carry concrete proof backed by scientific experiments, so maybe take this with a thick grain of salt. For those of you who are aware, yes — what I'm referring to is known as Autonomous sensory meridian response, or ASMR for short. I won't spend the entire article detailing what it exactly is — you can do that in this Wikipedia article here — but the important point is, ASMR is a broad term that describes a "low-grade euphoria" that is most commonly triggered by specific auditory or visual stimuli (or both). This genre became a popular trend for many YouTubers around the world in the last couple years or so. But the older millennials like myself might be familiar with this genre without even realizing it, thanks to a certain PBS painter who painted 403 episodes of "Happy Accidents" on television from 1983 to 1994 — this man was on another level of ASMRtistry without the term even being invented until 20 years after his death!
So long story short, I listen to these videos before going to bed because it helps me relax, de-stress, and eventually fall asleep. There are almost infinite numbers of ASMR genres and creators to watch on YouTube (more commonly known as "ASMRtists"). However, I recently came across this video that was too precious not to share:
🐾 ASMR Veterinary Checkup 🐾 Brushing, Massage, Typing / Charity Video
Yup, you saw that right. This is an ASM-freaking-R video featuring a dog at her veterinary checkup!!! 😻 We usually associate medical checkups as something that's not too overtly pleasant in real life since doctors aren't shy to tell us that our BMI index is too high, the blood sugar level is spiking, and that we have to stop binging on wine, cheesecake, and anything that has the word fries in it. However, medical exam/checkup videos for ASMRtists are quite popular, and while I've even seen animals featured as part of a "vet checkup" roleplay genres, this is by far the best one I've seen so far. Not only is the dog very calm and quiet in all of 46 minutes of her checkup (although realistically the ASMRtist may have edited her videos in such a way), she genuinely seems to be enjoying all the love, the quiet talking, and just the general attention she's receiving from this YouTuber known as WhispersRed ASMR who affectionately refers her dog by "Madame." 😂😂😂
Fair warning, though: Based from the comments section, I wouldn't count on falling asleep watching this video because there are so many who have claimed to have failed doing so on the count of all the cuteness radiating from this canine madame. So if it's late at night and you're lying awake in bed...don't say I didn't warn you! Oh, and if you're awake enough for one more, here's another one from the same YouTuber that's about 3 year old but STILL good (you're welcome).