How many days could you last in solitary confinement?

[Bretrick]

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.

 

[Pinky]

Nope. I would go stir-crazy.

 

[hollydolly]

No.., not more than a day..and that would be torturous enough

 

[stretch5881]

I guess you would find out how good you are at meditation.

 

[officerripley]

You guys aren't in solitary confinement already?

 

[Blessed]

I have gone weeks without speaking to another human or leaving the house. These days I am only out about once a week. It is like my own self impossed private solitary confinement. I am good at it now. But, no, I would have to have TV, internet, books and of course, my dogs.

 

[Lewkat]

No.

 

[oldaunt]

A day would be pretty easy. After that, I would need a book.

 

[DebraMae]

My life is pretty much solitary now, but with plenty of mental stimulation. Without books, music, etc. I would not be able to do more than a day or two.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

We're really mentally fragile critters. Prisoners kept in isolation tend to develop extreme schizophrenia like illnesses. I'm not sure how long that takes, but I think it's way shorter than we think.