Use ASMR videos to help you sleep or relax.
- Belle
- Dec 9, 2022
- 2 min read
The slurp of a woman eating soup; the abrupt snip of scissors through hair; the crinkle of tinfoil being scrunched into a ball. For some people, these everyday sounds ignite a mysterious, near-ecstatic sensation known as Auto Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR). This reaction is characterized by a kind of low-level euphoria, similar to the prickly feeling of someone gently stroking your skin. Enthusiasts call it a ‘braingasm’, and claim it can salve anxiety and cure insomnia.
Sleep Foundation reports 80% of people who experience ASMR media have noted a positive effect on their mood with benefits lasting several hours post using ASMR. And about 41% of ASMR users with chronic pain said ASMR helps with pain reduction for up to three hours after using ASMR media.
What is ASMR?
According to the National Library of Medicine, ASMR is a newly coined abbreviation for "Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response." ASMR is also known as “brain tingles." It is used to describe “an internal sensation of deep relaxation and pleasant head tingling which is often stimulated by gentle sounds, light touch, and personal attention.”
The sensations produced by ASMR in people differ from person to person. Some might feel a particular trigger more than others while some may not feel anything at all, according to Newsweek. Likely, linked to the different personalities of people and environmental factors that possibly cause them to react differently.
Here are some popular ASMR videos:
According to the Sleep Foundation, there’s not a lot of scientific evidence that attests to ASMR as a sleeping aid. Much of the evidence claiming ASMR helps in improving sleep or sleep disorders is anecdotal. However, it’s not a far-off claim, Sleep Foundation says, that brain tingles can help some people sleep better.
Since ASMR appears to activate regions of the brain associated with calming, sleep-inducing hormones like dopamine and oxytocin, ASMR could possibly help some users sleep better.
Sleep is the one of the most common reasons among users to seek and use ASMR videos and audio clips.
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