Do you think you could handle being in a bare room with no mental stimulation? Would it be a positive or negative experience?
Shutting out the world and everything for a day, 3 days, a week?
I would like to try it for 2 days and see what happens in my head.
I am ok in my own companyā¦butā¦ one never knows
1 Like
No more than 2 hours.
1 Like
I would have to know more about the actual set up. On TV, the worst part about psych wards and solitary jail cells is all the noise around.
If this was soundproof 4 white walls with a comfortable bed, food I could choose and all the amenities for hygiene and comfort like a constant nice temperature, all paid by someone else, sounds pretty blissful to me.
The food alone would give me a lot to think about. Then thereās what routines would give the most comfort and how much sleep is required when other obligations arenāt required.
Unless robots are giving the food, there would be some social interaction with the person delivering it.
Iām not sure they could get me out. 
1 Like
Is this solitary confinement voluntary or enforced?
I wouldnāt last five minutes, if I want peace and quiet Iāll head for the woods
1 Like
How about this?
CNN ā
If you stand in it for long enough, you start to hear your heartbeat. A ringing in your ears becomes deafening. When you move, your bones make a grinding noise. Eventually you lose your balance, because the absolute lack of reverberation sabotages your spatial awareness.
In this room at Microsoftās headquarters in Redmond, Washington, all sound from the outside world is locked out and any sound produced inside is stopped cold. Itās called an āanechoicā chamber, because it creates no echo at all ā which makes the sound of clapping hands downright eerie.
Apparently the record stands at 55 minutes 
1 Like
I wouldnāt like it.I need distractions.I would miss the outside not so much people.
3 Likes
I think I would be ok provided thereās light. If itās darkness, Iād be terrified.
Do I get a bed?
If not, Iāll take a mattress then with a blanket and three square meals a day. Throw in a couple of books in English or Afrikaans and Iāll be as snug as a pig in mud. 
Yes. Iād like fries 
with that order please!
4 Likes
Iām okay with my own company, you have to be when you are an ultra long distance runner. Itās not so much the event than the months and months of training out on yer own. Most of my 45 years of running was done by myself, and I thought nothing of going out into the wild places walking solo. But depending on the reason and environment I could only tell you after I tried it. There are treatments at health clubs where you can be placed in a tank of water, perfectly quiet and kept at a given temperature. Never tried that, but it sounds interesting. I think they call them āAnti-gravity tanksā because after a while you donāt know the difference between up and downā¦
2 Likes
If it were in a small white cell with just a bed and no daylight I would probably get very anxious and claustrophobic.
1 Like
Solitary confinement , cabin fever would get me after an hour or so.
1 Like
Solitary confinement simply means people are set apart from others not that theyāre in a BARE room without anything !
I donāt think anyone could bear to be in an empty room without stimulation for too long .
I donāt mind being totally alone for days on end which I know would send some people round the bend Iām told . So long as I have food ,books and an iPad mind , not totally without anything.
4 Likes
I would be OK for quite a while with my own company as long as I could have books etcā¦I was going to say and Internet but youāre not really alone with the Internetā¦I would be here all the time chatting to you folks
Its ok being alone, being confined is worse 
Mrs Fox used to sing this to meā¦
1 Like