[QUOTE="Frame_Dragger"][QUOTE="SquirrelTamer"]Oh ok I get it!It's funny I read about white noise just yesterday but as a sort of torture lol. AnywayI'll definitely check this out, hope it can help me sleep at night. Thanks alot!
SquirrelTamer
HA! Yeah, it actually CAN be an element of torture, but it's not what you think. Humans do very badly when they're deprived of their senses for long periods of time, so one way to break someone is to do just that. One method that can lead to a psychotic break is: You drug someone, place them in a tubular cell that is uniformly lit and featureless. It's only wide enough to stand up in, too narrow to sit or lie down. You pump in white noise at a very high volume so it's hard for the person to even hear their own voice, never mind any exertnal sound. After a fairly short time (5-7 hours) a normal person will begin to experience severe anciety, auditory and sometiems visual hallucinations, etc. White noise on its own however, when not used to blank out the sense of hearing, is generally soothing. Thanks man now I'll feel bad for a week :| I thought at least you could sit down. I can't imagine those poor people, that's awful! Well at least they gave them drugs. It's a sick world. The sickes part is that it's so damn interesting for some reason lol Actually... the drugging is used to keep them sedated until their ears become used to thite noise, so when they awaken they think they're hearing nothing. I mean, there IS a reason it's called torture... and yeah, it's a pretty twisted world. I should add that generally it's not very effective, because:
1.) After breaking people often require a round of neuroleptic and anti-anxiolitic drugs to get anything sensible out of them... and...
2.) If they are trained, then when they recover they won't talk. So, of course, you repeat the process... yeah, you're right, just sick. Still, being interested in the mechanics of how things work is fine; it's not the same as being fascinated by the pain and suffering of a person. Most people were fascinated when they learned about medieval tortures, but it's the "how", not the idea of them being used that's interesting.
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