Sensory Deprivation

In class, we watched a video concerning sensory deprivation. Basically, this is the blocking of stimulus to a person's body, in other words, isolation. This topic is very interesting because in the past, we have only been worried about over stimulation and for the first time, under stimulation is of importance. Do you know that this could be used as a form of torture? According to the video, an experiment was conducted on six people. They were placed in dark and quiet rooms, and some even had materials like special gloves that prevented them from feeling. Most of them, if not all, went through trauma. And also, their neurological structures were temporarily damaged. Isolation is a dangerous tool! If in forty-eight hours I were to be locked up in a room, I would try my best to fall asleep. Being awake with nothing to do, literally, is chaotic. Just being alone in my room for over and hour is impossible, I would have to get up and go get some water, eat, listen to music, watch TV, or just do something. It is interesting to know about sensory deprivation, to know what the body especially the brain would do with nothing. The answer to this is, it would collapse.