I Survived Sensory Deprivation
Summary
TLDRIn this video, the protagonist takes on a challenge to experience sensory deprivation in the world's largest floatation pool. With a bet on the line, they endure three hours of isolation, initially struggling with the lack of stimuli but eventually delving into a profound mental journey. The experience leads to a realization of the importance of being present and the impact of constant screen time on personal well-being. The video concludes with a humorous twist, highlighting the contrast between the serene floatation and the chaotic return to reality.
Takeaways
- 😨 The experience of sensory deprivation is described as scary and challenging, especially for someone accustomed to constant screen time.
- 🤝 A bet with the father led to the challenge of enduring sensory deprivation, with the loser having to paint themselves green and stand in public.
- 🏠 The setting for the challenge is a mysterious building, adding to the eerie atmosphere of the experience.
- 👤 The guide, Tom (the master of senses), introduces the participant to the world's largest sensory deprivation pool.
- 🛁 The pool is filled with a high concentration of salt, allowing individuals to float effortlessly, even those who cannot swim.
- ⏱ The participant undergoes a three-hour challenge, divided into segments with varying levels of sensory deprivation.
- 😱 The initial phase of the experience is described as the 'mind dump', where thoughts race before the mind starts to quiet down.
- 🕯️ Turning off the lights intensifies the experience, causing a loss of all concepts of time and a heightened sense of isolation.
- 🧘♂️ The experience leads to a realization about the habitual need for constant stimulation and the rarity of being fully present.
- 🎭 As the deprivation continues, the participant approaches a state of hallucination and confusion, with the mind creating its own content.
- 📵 Post-experience, the participant is immediately drawn back to their phone and the missed notifications, highlighting the pull of technology and connectivity.
Q & A
What is sensory deprivation?
-Sensory deprivation is a state in which the senses are deprived of external stimuli, often experienced in a controlled environment like a floatation tank, which can lead to a range of psychological and physiological effects.
Why did the protagonist bet his father?
-The protagonist bet his father that he could last a few hours in a sensory deprivation tank, driven by a sense of insecurity and a challenge from his father.
What was the condition of the bet?
-The condition of the bet was that whoever loses has to paint themselves green and stay in front of everyone.
Who is Tom, as mentioned in the script?
-Tom, legally known as the master of senses, is the person who greeted the protagonist and guided him to the sensory deprivation pool.
What are the three elements that define the maximum sensory deprivation experience described in the script?
-The three elements are no gravity, no light, and no sound, which together create a complete sensory deprivation experience.
Why did the protagonist check the water depth before entering the pool?
-The protagonist checked the water depth because he mentioned he can barely swim, indicating a concern for his safety in the pool.
How does the high salt content in the pool affect the experience?
-The high salt content in the pool, about 2,500 pounds, allows the person to float easily due to the increased buoyancy, which is essential for the sensory deprivation experience.
What was the protagonist's initial reaction to floating in the pool?
-The protagonist felt like a single-celled organism and was surprised by how easily he was able to float, which was a new experience for him.
What did the protagonist experience around 60 to 90 minutes into the sensory deprivation?
-Around 60 to 90 minutes, the protagonist found the experience enjoyable, relaxing, and refreshing, which is a common phase before deeper psychological effects set in.
What happened at around two hours and four minutes into the protagonist's sensory deprivation experience?
-At around two hours and four minutes, the protagonist felt like his mind was the only thing working, and he experienced a memory from his childhood, indicating a deep level of introspection and mental exploration.
What was the protagonist's experience like during the third hour in the sensory deprivation tank?
-During the third hour, the protagonist described the experience as hitting different levels of relaxation and mental activity, eventually leading to a spiritual experience where he felt disconnected from his senses and identity.
What did the protagonist do immediately after the sensory deprivation session ended?
-The protagonist immediately started checking his notifications, indicating a return to his usual habits and the contrast between the isolation of the tank and the connectedness of the digital world.
Outlines
😱 Sensory Deprivation Challenge
The speaker recounts a bet with their father to endure sensory deprivation in a pool for three hours. They describe the initial fear and the surreal experience of entering the pool, which is likened to a portal. The guide, Tom, introduces them to the concept of sensory deprivation and its effects. The speaker humorously notes their inability to float due to being 'negatively buoyant' but is reassured by the pool's high salt content. As they begin to float, they set a timer for three hours, anticipating the psychological journey ahead.
🕒 Three Hours of Sensory Deprivation
The speaker details the progression of their experience in the sensory deprivation tank. Initially, they find the floating sensation strange but calming. As time passes, they describe the mental journey, which includes a 'mind dump' phase, a period of surrender to the experience, and eventual sleep. They note the disorientation of losing track of time and the unexpected drama of turning off the lights. The speaker reflects on the constant need for stimulation in modern life and the strangeness of being still and silent. Towards the end of the three hours, they experience a profound mental state, feeling as if their mind is creating content in the absence of external stimuli. The session concludes with a spiritual realization and a humorous return to reality, checking missed notifications.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Sensory Deprivation
💡Floating Pool
💡Master of Senses
💡Hallucination
💡Echoey
💡Fully Present
💡Confusion
💡Threshold of Hallucinations
💡Spiritual Experience
💡Notifications
Highlights
Sensory deprivation is described as a scary experience, especially for someone with high screen time.
The challenge is to last a few hours in a sensory deprivation tank as a bet with the father.
The participant arrives at a building that looks like it could be from a Goosebumps book.
A man named Tom, legally known as the Master of Senses, greets the participant.
The world's largest sensory deprivation pool is introduced, with the participant planning to do the maximum legal time of three hours.
The participant checks the water depth due to inability to swim, which amuses Tom.
The pool contains 2,500 pounds of salt, allowing people to float even if they can't naturally.
The participant experiences difficulty in floating but eventually succeeds.
The participant sets a timer for three hours to complete the challenge.
The experience of floating in the pool is described as feeling like a single-celled organism.
The participant falls asleep unexpectedly after 18 minutes, awakened by a duck.
Turning off the lights adds a dramatic new element to the experience.
The participant reflects on the habit of constantly being connected to a screen or listening to something.
At around two hours and four minutes, the participant feels like they infiltrated a long-forgotten memory.
The participant describes the experience as reducing the workload for the brain and central nervous system.
In the third hour, the participant feels a deep relaxation and the mind asserts itself.
The participant reaches a point where their mind starts creating content due to the absence of all senses.
The last 20 minutes of the experience are described as spiritual, and the participant misses their timer going off.
After the experience, the participant immediately checks their notifications, highlighting the contrast between the sensory deprivation and the connected world.
Transcripts
sensory deprivation is straight up scary
what does it even mean to experience
nothing especially when my screen time
is 10 hours a day which led my father to
say this i bet you can't last a few
hours in one of these
okay he might be right but i'm too
insecure to accept that so i bet him
that i could and whoever loses the bet
has to paint themselves green and stay
in front of all of you
what are you doing in my swamp on camera
next thing i know i'm outside of a
building that's probably on the cover of
a goosebumps book it didn't take long to
find the entrance and immediately be
terrified by a cat waving at me as well
as a plethora of ducks why are there so
many ducks here that is a super duck i
nervously waited for a few minutes when
i was greeted by a man named tom legally
known as the master of senses i was then
guided to the world's largest sensory
deprivation pool i'm not scared you're
scared i feel like i walked into another
portal at some point back there you're
telling me this isn't the most ominous
story you've ever seen
bruh i'm gonna be doing the maximum
legal time in this thing three hours one
with no gravity one with no gravity or
light and one with no gravity light or
sound complete sensory deprivation which
apparently can have some side effects
i'm a little scared of hallucinating
like in a simpsons episode they
hallucinate so it must be true but first
i checked how deep the water is because
i can barely swim which tom thought was
hilarious
and now i'm ready
yay
whoa
see ya
so when you get into a floating pool
generally the progression is as follows
you get in you sit down you lay back and
as you lay back you float up to the
surface of the water
oh my gosh
i feel like a single self organism right
now i've got a timer on my phone that's
going to go off at the three hour mark
i don't have an ex-girlfriend you guys
know i can't swim really well i can't
float either i am negative buoyant
somehow so these pools have tons of salt
like 2 500 pounds of salt even in
stranger things they show them filling
up a pool of salt and salt makes you
float i worked really hard on this
visual please affirm me but in
conclusion it's like dropping an ice
cube into a glass
if it's a person's first time it's going
to take maybe five to ten minutes for
them to start to release their body in a
way that trusts the water i have never
successfully floated before and this is
well this is crazy
i was only 18 minutes into this
challenge when i had the actual scariest
experience of my life
of course
you know i would say 10 minutes to 20
minutes is
you know mind dump
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and then maybe around 25 to 30 minutes
the mind just goes okay
i give up
i don't see how people fall asleep
you know this is why you don't say stuff
like that i'm completely asleep here
totally uh vulnerable but the duck woke
me up and now it's time to turn off the
lights
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turning off the lights added a
completely new element to this that i
genuinely didn't expect to be that
dramatic but it was i lost all concepts
of time
but i still have my dog with me so
you know being glued to a phone or glued
to a screen i think increases you know
your own personal suffering so i haven't
even gotten to the silence yet and i
feel so weird because i've realized i
have developed a habit of listening to
something at all times or watching
something at all times like this
screenshot is my
icon is like life
around
just hoping to hit the corner perfectly
oh no
not quite
we are the happiest and this has been
proven in study after study when we are
fully present in a moment
right here right now
and the moment is not on the screen
it's so echoey i feel like we're in the
inside of my mind right now
and it's not a very familiar place
60 to 90 minutes is enjoyable relaxing
refreshing floating longer it could be
visionary you could see either things
that you have seen or things that you've
not around two hours and four minutes
ish is where something actually crazy
happened i really feel like my mind was
the only thing working at this point i
suddenly felt like i infiltrated this
memory that i haven't thought of in
years because i felt so still
please don't judge me when you watch
this
i feel like this reminds me of when i
was little in the summer times when i
didn't have to go to school
my grandma
she was like my
should i raise me my grandma would like
take naps today
and i hated taking naps but i was
hanging out with her
and i just remember feeling so still
well that's embarrassing
uh but it was
real
anyways
maxed out sensory deformation
when you cut off sensory input to the
body it's pretty amazing right so you
have no gravity no light no sound you're
reducing the workload that your brain
and central nervous system has to
process pretty dramatically
hey
all i can hear is the noises inside my
ears
i fell asleep immediately hour three let
me tell you about hour three it hits
different okay it's like everything in
the world it's a wave it starts at a
certain level you know and then you sink
down into a deep relaxation and then the
mind comes back and asserts itself
ah
you can tell me i've been in here for
30 minutes
or 10 hours
seriously
i'm not just saying that
and now you're about to watch me reach
the threshold of hallucinations
confusion
constipation i don't remember the full
list but this is it
if i had to explain what i was feeling
in this moment or what i was seeing is
basically on screen i feel like my mind
just started creating content because
what even is nothing like the absence of
every sense every thought
my identity on this planet
everything it was just gone for a bit
the last 20 minutes was a spiritual
experience and it took me another 10
minutes to even realize my timer was
going off
but what i did next is the real story
here
i immediately started checking my
notifications and if you heard this
sound throughout this video
that's because there were 62 of them one
for every notification i missed while in
this tank and so i guess the question is
were they worth missing this thing on
what am i supposed to say what are you
doing in my swamp
so that's basically just gonna pop up
let me do it one more time
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