Legally get high off sound frequencies

[Zelda Veteran]

There is this new website thats selling sound frequencies that can supposedly get you high. I haven't tried any of them myself, but people have put them on rapidshare. Apparently they can induce the same affects of Cocaine, Heroin, Meth, and other drugs. Some can relax you, and relieve headaches. The most interesting one I found was one that can SUPPOSEDLY give you an out of body experience. I find that hard to believe. You can only do these with a good pair of headphones, and you have to listen for a long time with your eyes closed. I have friends that have done them, and they swear they work.

I have 2 friends in particular who do this almost everyday, and its LEGAL. It won't show up in drug-tests, and you don't actually put substances into your body like real drugs, so it has no negative affects on your body. I didn't find any threads here that covered this, so I thought I'd bring it up. Any skepticism?

[Commodore Axilon]

How would this even possibly work? There's no conceivable way a sound wave could induce that same effects in a person as a physical chemical substance.

I'm betting this is all just a placebo effect. People think it's going to have an effect on them, so it does.

Edit: I always get "affect" and "effect" mixed up. I'm not even sure I corrected it properly.

[DW]

And now Commodore has ruined any chance members of TDC might have had of getting high off of sound waves.

Thanks, Commie.

[Commodore Axilon]

It all depends on whether you think I'm right or not.

Answer: I'm always right.

[Zelda Veteran]

It all depends on whether you think I'm right or not.

Answer: I'm always right.

I had the same notion Commodore.
I completely agree with you.

[Gamefreak]

I can do it legally now?

I'm there.

[MagmarFire]

I wouldn't think that sound would cause euphoric feelings, and the only thing sound related I can think of altering feelings would be infrasound, which has been known to cause feelings of awe, fear, and pressure on the chest--feelings commonly associated with witnessing paranormal phenomena.

Yes, the Placebo Effect seems to be a likely cause.

[Darth Wyndisis]

Well, some sounds might give you an adrenaline rush, and I believe adrenaline is chemically simalar to amphetamines (speed), so that might be the case there.  Although there are many ways to get high on adrenaline.

*Goes to see if adrenaline and speed are really chemically similar, or if I just made that up.

Edit:  Yes, that is indeed the case.

[MagmarFire]

Then...is it possibly infrasound?

[Keaton]

NOBODY TELL JQ.

And I think that it is scientifically plausible (he says, ignoring all posts but the first handful), because resonance can do weird things to people.

Very weird thing.

[Zelda Veteran]

NOBODY TELL JQ.

And I think that it is scientifically plausible (he says, ignoring all posts but the first handful), because resonance can do weird things to people.

Very weird thing.

1. JQ is hard at hearing.
2. Yes, it CAN happen.
3. Its probable that a a good handful of them work, and another handful of them have the placebo effect.

[Keaton]

I'm not so sure it would matter if he could hear or not, because the frequency is interfacing with the brain directly, as opposed to being converted into sound.

[MagmarFire]

Or indirectly. In certain rooms, certain frequencies can cause your eyeballs to resonate, making you see...things...

[Zelda Veteran]

If you're going to take a hallucinogenic, make sure you're with a TRUSTWORTHY friend. I wouldn't suggest having fears either. Anything you think of becomes a reality when it comes to hallucinating. Here's the real crazy part-

The things that come out of your imagination can actually kill you. You can have a heart-attack and die. Its scary business, and I wouldn't recommend anything that makes you see things.

[darkphantomime]

It's true you can have a panic attack, but probably not a heart attack. Stuff in your imagination doesn't come 'suddenly alive', it's mostly interesting colors/patterns.