The Harmful Effects and Dangers of Using Binaural Beats

I have tried binaural beats to get into a deep relaxed state of mind during meditation and for many other purposes for which they are being promoted nowadays. It’s everywhere on the internet now and you will find a lot of such audio tracks on YouTube for free since many people have learned to create them now but are they really safe to use? Can they cause any kind of physical or psychological problem? I will try my best to answer these questions in this post.

The first time I used a brainwave entrainment audio was for lucid dreaming as I was too obsessed with my dream world back then. It worked great at first and gave me some really positive results. However, after a while, it started causing me sleepless nights, which made me cautious about using it again.

Some people have reported great success with brainwave entrainment tracks and I really don’t intend to prove them wrong. Whatever I am sharing with you here is my personal opinion formed by my own experiences. My views about these audio tracks aren’t very positive because they caused me trouble, it happened long ago and even though now a lot of programs have incorporated high-quality versions of these audios, I still am a little afraid of using them.

I don’t have an extensive list of risks associated with brainwave entrainment, as they generally aren’t very harmful to someone in good health. Nonetheless, I want to emphasize in this post the importance of being extra careful, particularly when selecting the quality of audio tracks that are meant to alter the brainwave frequency of your mind.
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