A friend recently shared an article addressing the relationship
between sound and mood. I know that I amp the tunes at the gym, or slip in a
Carlos Takai CD when I want to relax. The question is can sound get you high? (As
in smoking marijuana)
Did that raise your eyebrows? Apparently there are quite a number
of websites claiming that a specific sound can make someone actually feel as if
he has taken drugs. These digital drugs
also referred to as “i-dosing” or “sonic drugs” work with binaural beats.
Binaural beats occur when you listen to the playing of two different sounds with
similar frequencies …one in each ear. It doesn’t really sound like music…but of
like static noise.
It doesn’t seem like listening to these coherent sounds could prove
harmful – especially if one gets the effects of taking prescription drugs or
hallucinogens. However, messing around with your brainwaves is not recommended!
Dr. Daniel Amen, of the Amen Clinic, stresses that every brain will respond
differently to this kind of stimulus and the reaction could be dangerous. In
fact, adolescents and teens are at a higher risk because their brains are not
fully developed and any stimulus purposely used to affect the brain could
disrupt brain development.
I am a huge proponent of EEG Biofeedback – training the brain to produce
a desired outcome. There are legitimate and clinically based uses of sound
therapy to treat anxiety, depression and to improve peak performance. Here
comes the “but”…. BUT trying to mimic the “neurochemical effects of a narcotic”
is definitely something that needs to be approached cautiously.
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