Sounds as a method of torture?

Not only for many people who do not feel ASMR and for whom no positive experience wants to arise, the sounds are rather torture than beneficial. As with most things, there is also the possibility to use ASMR in reverse for something unpleasant. Namely, just when the sounds are anything but relaxing for a person.

By unbearable noises the life of the prisoners is made to hell. This can be already simply by playing one and the same song without interruption. Nic has without reason it is possible through audio-visual continuous entertainment to break a person and brainwash him.

The dripping tap

A well-known torture method, allegedly used by the Chinese ages ago, is the so-called "dripping torture". This exists in two variants, of which the "more harmless" variant, which refers to sounds, is described here.

In this method, the tortured person is locked in a room in which he cannot perceive any other external influences such as ambient noise and in which there is absolute silence. Then, water is allowed to drip from a faucet at intervals of several seconds if possible, so that the tortured person can only hear this recurring "plop" sound and nothing else. Since the faucet usually also drips quite irregularly, sometimes more frequently or at slow intervals, you can't really tune into the sound. Inevitably, one will try to concentrate on the noise, which can steal one's last nerve due to the missing beat.

Such psychological torture methods are also called white torture methods, because they leave no physically visible traces.

Scientific investigation

There has even been an elaborate scientific analysis, which should explain how exactly this plopping noise arises, which can give you a sleepless night. Using a special underwater microphone and a high-speed camera, it was found that the plopping sound is caused by the drop hitting the surface of the water and forming a bubble that bursts and causes the noise.

According to the British scientists, anyone who is plagued by this noise and deprived of a good night's sleep can simply pour a little washing-up liquid into the sink or sink onto the surface of the water where the drops hit. This changes the surface tension and the noise should no longer occur.