Sometimes all we really need is peace and quite, sometimes we wish that people and sound would just vanish so we could do some thinking, however as someone once said be careful what you wish for.
Sensory deprivation is when you block any type of communication or interaction with sound and touch. Well, you might think to yourself, what is wrong with having some alone time? The truth is that it all depends on the amount of time you are alone. When you are alone for too much time, then your brain starts to work differently, it starts to work slower. Stimulation helps process information in the brain, but how are you going to do this if it is deprived?
To help scientist understand the effect of sensory deprivation, six people were locked up in different small rooms (each person in a different room) for 48 hours. Three of them had no light on, but they could touch. The other three could not see, touch nor hear. After several hours the subjects start to get bored; they start to talk to themselves. When the long 48 hours have passed and some tests are done to them, scientists notice that they can’t answer simple questions or take more time than what they would usually take to answer them.
Sensory deprivation is so harmful that it is used as a form of torture. There are several prisons around the world that do this to the hostages. They are locked up in a windowless cell in which no light can come in. The result? Madness. Due to the lack of contact people start to hallucinate which I find quite interesting. Who would know that the lack of simple factors such as noise and touch can make you act and think so differently?
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