by Route42 » January 2nd, 2009, 9:20 pm
i've rather been on an iDoser kick lately, so I thought I'd comment here.
Even though binaural and hypnotism are totally different concepts, they both deal with the idea of messing with the brain via imput (usually aural). I am a believer in both, despite minimal results with each.
Hypnotism is (as I understand it...) tapping into the unconscious mind, utilizing trances to access it. (I won't say much about that here since this is a hypnotism forum. Doubtlessly most of you know much, MUCH more about it than I do). However, the reason as I see it, that hypnotism can work for feminizing (to various degrees) is the huge role that the brain plays in matters regarding gender and hormones. It is really rare, but there are cases where a man has made the absolute decision that he wants to be a female and the body has responded by doing some breast growth and such. This does not happen for most people... although my guess would be that the potential is in a lot of us. I would think that hypnosis would be a way of bringing that potential out--albeit (probably) much slower than actually taking hormones would be... and to a lesser degree. For most people. Lots of shaky ground, here. Brains, hypnosis, and transgendering... brains are mysterious... hypnosis still seen by most as a crock... and transgendering? hah! Science still seems bound to the "if you inject hormones into it, it'll change" mindset and doesn't care beyond that.
For iDoser (and other binaural things) the ability (and goal) is (to phrase it similar to the post above me) "flipping switches in our brains" to achieve either a change in feeling, or a change in perception. Most binaural producers (the stuff you'll get if you google-search for binaural mp3s) peddle stuff to make you feel better about yourself. iDoser specializes in binaurals that will simulate drugs-- if someone can get high off of it, chances are iDoser has a binaural that will, theoretically, simulate it (from your standard "drunk" and "marijuana" to more exotic things like "peyote"). There is a page of sex-related doses (from the basic "orgasm" to less easy to define concepts like "first love"), and a few that are akin to the "make you feel better about yourself" stuff... but largely they are trying to corner the market on people looking for a legal high. The thing I like about them is I don't have to trance to have a gambling chance of them working... just listen with headphones and let the brain do its thing. I had pretty good success with "First Love" the first time I tried it... not so much since then (sadly... i liked the first time a lot). Anyway, you'll see some physical reactions to iDoser/binaurals... but none of them will bring any physical change.
Gosh, this was a long, meandering post. My apologies. (And is this my first post to boot? I think it might just be....)