ASMR | Whisper Ramble About My ASMR Triggers

This video is a bit of a ramble about my real-life triggers, along with some crinkling and tapping on things, and a bit of talk about the source of inspiration for some of my videos. I hope you enjoy it. :)
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[@Allyxocat91]

I grew up living 15 minutes away from where Bob Ross is buried and didnt even know it until I was 22! I visited his grave in 2015 and am pleased to say he gets many visitors that leave brushes, art, etc for him 🥰

[@perritofigueres]

Ashley Deffert makes me glad to know people still appreciate him

[@Ch3lsi3J0]

I think Bob Ross was something I watched for both enjoyment of art and to sleep. Probably the first ASMR experience I had (: it’s nice to know he’s still thought of

[@ll4m4man]

It’s so nice that people do that!

[@kd1318]

Aw that makes me happy to hear. Me and my 8 yr old love him!

[@calliope1818]

When she says “It’s good to see you” I always feel so warm and welcome😌

[@Msa182]

Riteee! 🤗 She's so kind~

[@falconandthemoon]

Me too! Always!!

[@asmrgrandma7488]

Me too 🥰

[@chriswhitt6685]

Me too. It's such a sincere welcome.

[@victoria934]

honestly Mary's sheer presence is enough to make me happy 🥺 she's such a positive spirit

[@jubileegreer2392]

I love Mary so much. She is such an inspiration for me with how she handles problems and organizes her life. I remember when she lost her job last year and I was really impacted by how she didn’t let it destroy her. She is so sweet and I feel so warm watching her videos ❤️

[@StargazerLily82]

Mary is resilience and strength personified

[@Brewst]

Bob Ross would make me fall asleep as a kid too. PBS would show reruns on Saturdays. I was lucky and had a small TV in my room. Those were the best naps.

[@ynz3713]

Before I knew what asmr was, I remember being little and getting tingles when someone would whisper something in my ear. Cut to 3-4 years ago and I found lily whispers videos and your videos and knew that I found the thing I didn’t even know I was missing.

[@Reldas]

Same! Mary's whispers are the best. I follow lots of ASMR people but watch all of Mary's whisper readings lol

[@YesItsAndromeda]

Me too! I would tell my sister it tickled my back when she whisper in my ear and she thought I was nuts!

[@saraw1706]

Overly produced ASMR videos make me feel very uncomfortable. Thats why i love your channel bc it's not overly edited.

[@Jel0192]

23 years ago - my kindergarten teacher wore a bunch of rings and bracelets and would lick her finger before turning the book pages during story time. My first memory of tingles!

[@Reldas]

Mine is school related too!

[@Reldas]

Thank you for opening up about your experiences. I first remember it when playing "heads up seven up" as a kid. The teacher would whisper and with my head in my arms resting on the desk I got the tingles. It was euphoria that I didn't want to end!

[@sara_sellers06]

My favorite asmr videos are your jewelry bag videos and when you described the simplest thing as the low carb bread. That video was heavenly💗💗

[@nursem65]

I felt tingles from watching people do things...like for instance, when I was a practicing RN, I loved watching other nurses fill the syringes and tap the air bubbles out. I also liked watching while they changed dressings. No the wound itself (gag), but applying the dressing, putting the tape on amid making sure it was in place. Things like that. I had no idea what was going on or why I was feeling the tingles on the back of my head, neck, spine and I even get them on my arms and back of my legs sometimes. I'm so glad I found your channel and that ASMR is a real thing and I'm not weird. 🤗 P.S, I love your sandwich making videos. I watch them over and over.

[@sandraerskine2768]

I always watched Bob Ross after school so I could take a nap. The sounds of the brush on the canvas, his voice, his rambles and his mannerisms just totally relaxed me.

[@melonjuice7441]

Those naps hit different

[@starkrazi]

Your nostalgia stories are so relaxing. It’s nice to hear how others feel nostalgic about things from their past.

[@Reldas]

Library books are a big trigger for me too!! Whispers have always been a trigger, and yours is my absolute favorite. My favorite videos of yours are the whispered sales circulars.

[@ariesgirl4994]

I had the feeling all of my life, not until I found a video of “The Curtain Lady” did I know it was ASMR. I found Heather Feather and GentleWhispering and eventually, Mary popped up in my suggestions and I’ve been hooked since! TY, Mary

[@j-s-m-rasmr5292]

I love over explaining items. It's my fav!! When I was little at sleepovers we would take turns telling each other's futures... Rubbing one another's palms and whispering short stories made up like a fortune teller. It was fun and super relaxing. Now looking back I see that was Asmr. I have always loved Bob Ross... I'd fall asleep every time I watched. Also I love hair play and massages like on its blitz channel. As an adult I am so appreciative of how Asmr has grown and now it has a community. I am so happy to be a part of it.

[@lucaplayzzroblox235]

Whispering ASMR has never been a trigger of mine.... until this video. Mary you are incredible.

[@sweettexast2894]

I’ve had ASMR tingles since I was very young. Maybe 6-7 yrs old. It first happened when a teacher was at my desk helping me during class and she was whispering and pointing on my book as to how I was supposed to do a certain math problem. It was so quiet and she was whispering and it gave me chills (tingles) bit I had no idea what that was! The library did it too! Still to this day, Boss Ross does it. He was so soothing and the way the brush sounded on the canvas...Zzzzzzzz. Loved this video Miss Mary! Thank you ☀️😊

[@pinkfraise]

I feel like certain jobs requirements should be " be ASMR" like librarians, masseuse, yoga teachers. We go there to be relaxed! I appreciate it so much when they are this way

[@chriswhitt6685]

My first asmr tingles happened at infant school age 7. It was when my teacher would read to us at the end of the school day. I then experienced tingles from various sources. Then I forgot about it till a few years ago when I discovered asmr content on KZbin. Now i listen to asmr to help me to drift off to sleep.

[@deborahlee6339]

Great video Mary! Definitely tapping is a trigger for me and also when you point to things something about it is so relaxing!

[@cndluluv]

My first memories & still strongest of all triggers are also library related- especially the gentle turning of pages & crinkling of protective sleeves.... even when a book is set down carefully, or placed in a cart for return to it's shelf. I also thought I was alone & weird for the way it made me feel.

[@cndluluv]

YES TO PLASTIC CRINKLES

[@CheerfulPie]

My tingles tend to be directional, too. I hadn't even thought about it!

[@sofiafrederique5825]

When I was a kid my first asmr trigger was listening kids around me searching for pens inside their pencil cases. It’s still one of my biggest triggers. Another big one is whenever I had a dress fitted for me and someone measured me and placed pins on the fabric. Watching project runway was great because they drape and cut and measure the fabric.

[@lindsaybondie8531]

Bob Ross was one of my first experiences with tingles as well. What people always seem to find most strange is that I can use moments in horror films or creepy tv shows to fall asleep to. There's a moment in Insidious 2 and one in the first season of True Detective that make me relax & fall asleep in minutes - definitely have gotten some weird reactions to bringing that topic up in conversation. 💁😂 Used to use things like that before I found you. Since then I've fallen asleep to you're videos almost every night for past year atleast! Thanks for always taking the time to make/post new stuff - you always make me smile! ✌💓

[@chloe2851]

This was really interesting to listen to, thank you. I’m always so shocked that people complain about such trivial things; especially when you put so much effort in to make other people happy. Take care x

[@zaneshepherd5245]

I had forgotten about those library sounds and you made me realise that yes I too loved the quiet whispers and hushed sounds of the library! ❤️❤️

[@xoxnanxoxful]

I watched QVC to fall asleep when I was younger and had trouble sleeping, kicked back in when I was pregnant and couldn't sleep.😉 I think it might be the steady volume of voices. Idk. I love, love plastic crinkles. Library books crinkles are heavily ❤ I thought I was weird as a kid how much I enjoyed it . I love this video. Thank you.

[@zahmcass]

Is there a way that you can share the playlist you have for the unintentional asmr videos? I hardly ever get tingles from intentional asmr videos anymore, and it makes me so sad!

[@Ashypoopoo]

same omg

[@maleenaengster9078]

yeah me too i stared watching when i was 13 and i used to give me tingles all the time but just over the past couple years i just dont

[@lindacardwell9312]

Me also!

[@kateelise88]

I don't know if this is helpful at all but I love historian Dan Cruickshank for unintentional ASMR

[@defaultuser1447]

There are a couple of channels of unintentional ASMR videos. You might find some there you like. I like the art instructions videos from Leila Ataya. kzbin.info/door/WCk81c_nQOsm5M-xKuTFnQvideos kzbin.info/door/I4J4Aog35UbQ_wq4KPW75Qvideos

[@nohaulsjustdolls]

Mary, how you felt about the lady at the circulation desk ( the gentle one) that’s how I feel with your ASMR videos. It’s truly Amazing! 😊

[@Foley4]

I love this little chat Mary, you have the best whisper.

[@chriswhitt6685]

This is going straight onto my ASMR favourites playlist. I had similar-ish triggers when I was young. Libraries always gave me ASMR. The quietness of the library itself would have an instant effect on me. The library I went to regularly as a kid was a really old building with super high ceilings which meant every little noise was amplified and echoed greatly. So you could hear people sliding books in and out of book shelves, you could hear whispered talk coming from the desk reception area, the sounds of the librarians whisper talking to each other. The gentle sound of people's footsteps on the hard wood floor & other ambient noises from typewriter to telephone ringing in a closed office. All of it would have my eyes feeling heavy and me being right on the verge of falling asleep but not quite falling asleep, right in that magical spot between being fully awake and fully asleep. But my biggest or strongest triggers were at infant school between the age of 5-6 or 7 years old. At the end of every school day at 3pm our teacher Miss Dyson would read us a story. So over a week we'd be read a full book. Miss Dyson was like something out of a Charles dickens novel or maybe an old Disney cartoon movie. She was a youngish teacher who had the kindest sweetest nature. But It was her voice that literally triggered my ASMR. And this was especially so when she read a story to us at the very end of the school day. We were allowed to sit on a giant rug on the classroom floor. Within 5-10 minutes of her reading half the class including myself would either be fully asleep or we'd all be Ike eyes rolling back in our heads and gradually head and eyes becoming heavy etc. And if it was a rainy day then ...it was like ASMR paradise 😂😂 I so enjoyed this video. Thanks and take care.

[@azapro911]

I'm honestly not sure if I have full-fledged ASMR; I don't experience the scalp tingles very often, but calm voices and some white noises do relax me and can give me tingles in my neck, back, arms or even legs. Either way, I find videos like these beneficial enough. 😊

[@slhart]

I have always loved being in libraries. When I was a kid, I'd spend entire days in the library. Then, as an adult I worked in libraries for years. I remember many times sitting at the desk, listening to people type, turn pages, or scroll through microfilm and just feeling so at peace. When I think of my happy place, it's a library.

[@courtneycooper2499]

I always found ladies with accents very relaxing to listen to, I remember it as far back as being kindergarten age in the early 80s listening to my Polish grandmother speak, but I had no idea it was a "thing" until maybe 5 years ago.

[@brithneynewberry]

When i was a kid I used to get ASMR in doctors offices and when photographers where giving me directions or moving me in a certain direction.

[@YesItsAndromeda]

Brithney Newberry me too!!

[@chickenfeathers3229]

You brighten my day every time I watch your videos! Thanks so much! You really are a true blessing! 😊 ( P.S. , Love your shirt!)😉

[@Reldas]

Who the hell is complaining about plastic?! FFS I come to Mary to relax. She consistently delivers.

[@jose-gr7jg]

I also only get tingles with the intentional asmr, I think its your brain knowing that the preson is not trying to make you get tingles that makes you get tingles

[@StargazerLily82]

Mary, can you give yourself tingles when you hear your own voice? I started making ASMR videos a little, and sometimes I get tingles from my own whispers! Also, my intro to tingles was QVC! I still love the hand movements and the soft voices.

[@twiggystardust9573]

Oh my gosh, I used to watch Beauty Beat and Saturday Night Beauty on QVC to get my ASMR fix(before I knew what ASMR was.) I loooooved those makeup demonstrations, and the sound of Adrienne Denese's voice.

[@Scottysaan]

I miss Bob Ross, still watch his videos. Love your whisper voice, you can whisper me to sleep anytime.

[@madisson9775]

i didnt even know my triggers were triggers i never brought it up to anyone, it was such a secret bliss for a long time. glad to be part of a sweet release community.♥️

[@me_shell]

I can remember as a kid/teen going to the library and standing close enough to the librarians desk, so I could watch them check in/out books, take calls in a soft voice and work in the card catalog! Tingles galore!! I also remember, I used to get tingles when teachers would help you with something at your desk quietly. 🤗

[@Kmbrgss]

Literally as you are talking about what side is affected I only have my left earbud in and my left side is where I started getting super tingly right when this video started!

[@veroyseco24]

Yes I love the sounds of the library. And I loved how 2 of my teachers would read to the class. Omg and when my classmate would braid my hair it was so nice. I still remember how relaxed I felt. Thanks for this video. It reminded me of when I first experienced the tingles.

[@VedaASMR]

Love your videos, Mary! Your whisper makes me so relaxed. One of my earliest ASMR experiences was when I was in Sunday school and we had a mother in class who would translate into sign language for her daughter. So many tingles! I love hearing about your real-life triggers.

[@sanchezkristend]

I’m getting tingle of the lady your talking about the library with the owl necklace. Reminds me of my speech teacher in elementary school

[@yoli691]

Love bob Ross too. My first trigger was Mr. Rogers.

[@Ali-foods-cool]

Mr. Roger's was my first trigger, too! I knew I couldn't be the only one.

[@macenziemarsden3924]

i loveeee the library! those are also some of my most vivid ASMR memories before I knew what ASMR was!! this video was also veryyyy tingly!

[@nursem65]

I've got Misophonia also! The reaction is totally opposite of ASMR. I get enraged with eating (even hearing myself crunching), chewing and smacking sounds. Sometimes I get it with certain breathing sounds. It's funny because, just like with ASMR, I thought the reaction I get was just me. I found out a couple years ago that what I experience has a name and is a real thing.

[@YesItsAndromeda]

I’m so sorry! Misophonia sounds like it could be so terrible

[@StargazerLily82]

SAME. People think it is so weird that I have misophonia but that I also have ASMR. I can't watch eating videos. In real life, just like you, certain noises really, really, really bother me.

[@shelb_sauce]

I have both too!

[@didithurt]

Same I have misophonia but get ASMR. I can’t watch videos with mouth noises or any kind of “wet” noises. They make my skin crawl.

[@Scottysaan]

I like plastic, probably my favorite when mixed with whispering, and Another nice sounding plastic is the static bags computer components are packed in.

[@Scottysaan]

I discovered packaged coffee bags! Soooooo crinkly....

[@crazycat1166]

Breathy up close whispering sends tingles down my spine. Other whispering and unboxing sound help me relax and get to sleep but they don't give me the spine tingles

[@YesItsAndromeda]

Does anyone else get tingles from certain social interactions or reading nice or cordial texts from people...? It’s never a specific situation so I’m not sure why I get them!

[@ck-l5134]

I think this is called ”frisson”, its similar to asmr! Its not only triggered by music but can also be ‘triggered’ by hearing good news for example!

[@YesItsAndromeda]

C K-L oh that’s interesting! I’ve never heard of that

[@the_klaw_]

I get ASMR, not Frisson from reading caring notes, texts, or letters. It's rare, but I do too!

[@mysticalrelaxation9261]

I love watching your videos, they take me away from this world for a while and help calm my anxieties, thank you 😊 ❤️

[@jenh9426]

As a kid...really young..we would be a church..and watching the pastor move the communion hosts from one basket to another..once communion was done...would set my scalp tingling along the sides of my head. And then i would get sleepy. Now i love the shelf organizing..and the jewelry bag videos...both make me sleepy.

[@andrealucas4231]

Yes Bob Ross was the king of asmr and we didn't even know it growing up. I fell asleep every time too.

[@lindacardwell9312]

Yes! The Joy of Painting. ❤

[@didithurt]

Yes! Totally relate to all of this. Would get ASMR when I was in school a lot. Writing on a white board or listening to everyone write on a page, turning pages. I loved the sounds when everyone was doing an exam and flipping through it and writing silently. I too don’t get ASMR from videos often unless the artist goes through lengths to make them sound unintentional (like you!).

[@rhonda2337]

Before I knew what ASMR was, I would always turn my TV to the home shopping channels like QVC and HSN and fall asleep to that ata low volume when I was in middle school/high school. I think the visuals were a big part for me too, the modeling of jewelry and hands especially. Now I listen to ASMR on KZbin lol

[@Ninabelovasmr]

I was so happy when I found asmr, and community of people, who understand it, and feel it! It's like big secret, that you don't need to hide anymore 😁It's very interesting why we feel it?!

[@elielliso]

We love you, Mary. Thanks for all the good you do in the world.

[@vee3133]

Omg I love your whisper videos😍😍

[@zaneshepherd5245]

Ahh I just woke up from an afternoon nap turned this on and I'm falling back asleep again .. These sounds and your calming voice put me to sleep !! :)

[@jadabaker3634]

I started experiencing ASMR as a kid. Every time I'd go to the doctor I'd get tingles. It didn't have a name so I called it the Doctors office feeling. I would get it all the time during reading time in school, at the library, and watching Mr. Roger's. And of course Bob Ross. I tried to explain it to others as well and would get crazy looks

[@dorothystewart8830]

Your ASMR is my ASMR. ❤

[@fattwat1]

They have currently started showing the Bob Ross show joy of painting on the BBC again after many years In the UK still relaxes me

[@kelswhitney8509]

Just in time for bed, always! thanks for everything you do. ❤️

[@alexlin9565]

I love that your videos are based on your ASMR memories. That’s so cool. I loved Bob Ross too. He was my secret shame because I was embarrassed to say I watched him just to fall asleep. But those naps were so delicious! I also had lots of library and school tingles. Slide shows were the best. The hum of the fan, the switching of the slides, so great!

[@jodykeller2170]

This was amazing...informative and full of tingles. 👍❤😊

[@Chichi_n_herluckypenni]

Bob Ross was so amazing😍when I was pregnant with my daughter I couldn’t sleep very well during my 2nd and 3rd trimester and boy did he help me with his soft kind voice. He was the start of me enjoying ASMR

[@mikeal3321]

I wanted to say, I’ve been watching you forever. I I like the nail polish videos you do. I’ve even started painting mine.... dollar tree organization, love to see them again

[@cathylee5840]

You look very pretty Mary love you're videos you're the best 🌹💗😴😴

[@karinaalarcon8241]

I love your videos!! they are so relaxing!! thank you for wonderful content

[@victoriaa7128]

If you're interested in a great unintentional asmr video look up Diana Devitt Dawson's (I think that's her name) Alexander technique. It's this British woman teaching a sitting technique to another person, and it is heavenly.

[@Rubiewoo]

Asmr videos don't work for me either. I only get asmr from noises in stores, like listening to other people's quiet conversations. I'm here because videos will relax me if they are not roleplay, like this one 😊 thanks Mary

[@conniebradley9307]

Thank you for sharing this video hon!!!! 💕💕💕💕🤗

[@evelynarevalo2171]

can’t wait to watch! Night y’all

[@SketchyxJeff]

There’s a quiet floor of my college library and it’s nice when you just want to go and de-stress for a little while. Or sleep in between a long break! XD

[@Anon53]

11:25 She's probably one of those people that would walk into a quiet bathroom, go into a stall and drop slam the damn toilet seat. 🙄 I hate it when people do that, it scares the shit out of me every time. 😂 🙂 Awesome video as always. 👍

[@uncanny1204]

Thank you for the video as always Mary! 😍

[@simplyasmr3129]

Your videos make me so happy! Thank you!

[@fayeee.5805]

Love your asmr ❤️

[@hinesc14]

If anyone is looking for another channel, ASMR Darling is the first one I had ever seen and she does great videos!

[@asmreager]

This was amazzzingggg, so tingly 😌

[@back.that.Ash.up85]

My first trigger was letting someone borrow my pen or pencil in class, the whole act of someone whispering to ask and then seeing and hearing them write with whatever utensil I gave them lol

[@goodnightasmr7720]

Hope you all have a great night/day!

[@ThePaintFrenzy]

28:38- The Famous Bag 👊🏻😎🙌🏻💕

[@MM_asmrColorTests]

I'm a mix between audio and visual ASMR so Bob Ross' "The Joy of Painting" is heavenly for me, too. I also get that "side tingles" when I hear something in one ear. I can get purely audio ASMR but my strongest tingles come from a mix of audio and visual; that's why eye charts and color tests are my biggest triggers. I also love accents. My earliest ASMR memory is watching "Sesame Street" and getting tingles from listening to the Count reciting "1, 2, 3, 4..." in his accent. I also used to get super zenned-out from Mister Rogers. Also, I love old game shows like Monty Hall's "Let's Make a Deal" since watching the models demonstrate the prize items while they are being described also gives me tingles.

[@SarahTee81]

My mom was a librarian. Thank you for sharing, Mary :)

[@lisaparks6315]

A video with that shower cap would be awesome.

[@nicolehernandez6335]

I too grew up watching Bob Ross! He was so calm and he helped me so much with my anxiety!! I miss him😔

[@snackwiththemack3602]

Aww Mary you’re my Bob Ross 💙

[@onlytwitter5524]

This was very interesting and enjoyable. Thanks a lot. I’m the same as you - one never knows when tingles will come and it’s random like you said.

[@brunozbab]

I really miss your store walk throughs they are my favorite. I know it's hard right now cuz of covid maybe one day this will all be over. Love you

[@ASMRRelaxtime]

So cool to hear about your childhood with Bob Ross and now you’re an ASMR sensation as well :-)

[@aliciamoore5658]

Bob Ross was the original inventor, and GodFather of ASMR! My Mom used to put him on when I was a kid to put me to sleep, and it worked every single time!

[@bethrobinson8948]

Bob Ross was incredible, only seen his videos on KZbin in the last few years. Also my first ASMR experience. I recebtly had a a white Tshirt made with 'Liquid Hwite' written on it that no one my age understands 😂

[@marymcgeehan4060]

I used to experience it in elementary and middle school and thought I was nuts!

[@LunaLily]

I never get tingles anymore I watched too many videos over years and it went away 😭😭

[@LadyJ35590]

I always loved Bob Ross too!!😍