I Survived 50 Hours In Solitary Confinement

Would you be able to spend 50

hours

in

solitary

confinement

with no entertainment, no sense of time and no communication with the outside world? The way the modern world is today, it's easier than ever to get distracted, but what would happen if you took all that away? For someone, what would happen if you put them in a completely white room, with no clocks, no communication points, and the blandest foods to ensure there were no distractions? This is actually a psychological torture technique called white torture and psychologists say that spending more than two days in a room like this can cause brain damage if we spend more than two days in this room, but I won't be alone because this video is harmful for my mental health.

I will be monitored 24

hours

a day by my housemates and also by a psychologist, so I am Greg Cooper. I am a Psychology and Neuroscience researcher and today I am here to observe AJ while he is in the isolation room and track any changes in his cognition and behavior that may occur during His time came and after a brief conversation with Greg, it came the time to start 50 hours of isolation. Okay, I'm about to go in. All these guys are just here to win. This is Logan. Thank you very much guys. Here we go. Okay, so the challenges.

My heart started racing at this point probably because I know I'll be here for about 50 hours in this confined space experiment. I have no phone, I barely have any colors, there is no entertainment. I can't talk to anyone, so this is the room. where all the magic happens but we can keep an eye on it oh my gosh let me show you what guys what I have here we have our food right here we have water here we have milk we have cereal what do you practice you know I can't wait like 55 minutes when it runs out of content .

I have a bathroom right here, you guys can basically watch me use the bathroom. This is very intrusive. I don't like. I have clothes here, I think I have everything I need to survive here, so let's survive, let me find out how good I am with time, right, I say I've been here for 10 minutes, I've been here already. for 10 minutes, I hope. I'm hoping he stays silent because I don't think any of this happened to him. Yes, I want, I want to see that point. I want to see the point. AJ snaps, what more can I say?

I think it's starting to dawn a little on him. He is saying that he doesn't know what to say at the moment he realizes that people are watching and it's okay. I'm going to add it. I think I'm going to figure out maybe that. I'll make some time pass, that's smart, you know, let me get changed, it's time to kill some time. I'm not sure how long I've been here, but it feels like I've been here for 20 to 25 days, you think it's been there for 25 or 30 minutes already, oh my 12 months, wow, it's too soft, not even can you do push ups oh my gosh it's more like AJ is too tall for something.

I think I have you. You like to exercise every hour, so keep in mind that it's going to be a long day, so this all-white room has been specifically designed to minimize any input to your senses and maximize your boredom while you're there. I have to say he's been in for a good 50 minutes or so, it's almost an hour coming up on my first hour and it's going to be fun, how are we doing Greg? Hi Don, it's good to see you, how are we? How are you doing? My name is Dan and along with Greg. and some of us are going to be taking care of AJ for most of those 50 hours, so he's already been in for 45 minutes and I really think the reality is that it's starting to dawn on him for the first 45 minutes that he's been in. talking to the camera a lot and keeping us entertained I think he's been very aware that we've been looking at one two three four five oh five okay I've got a B5 six here we go seven eight nine uh what could I do what?

Can I do what can I do What can I do? I'm going to stack these funds as high as I can. Yeah, he doesn't want to make a mess when he's there. Maybe you want to make a mess because if you think. about that if he makes a mess he drops all those conflicts there he clearly has could give him something interesting to do he's almost taller than me if I had to pick a moment right now I'd say I'm here for almost two hours now one hour is already ruining the time doesn't look good I want to organize my room I want to organize it put things where they belong he's doing a lot of things to try to keep his brain active you know one two three four There's a part of me that really believes I could survive the next 50 hours .

What I find a little difficult about all of this is that I can't believe that we have this really uncomfortable feeling of having too many thoughts and not being ahead at the same time to Being stuck in this uncomfortable feeling of having too many thoughts, too many ideas, too many things that do and not be able to concentrate on any of them. It's my stomach. I'm going to have my first meal. How do I add the bar to this? there's no cutlery come on I think it's time I need to use the bathroom I shouldn't be on YouTube it's so embarrassing oh my god there we go it's okay to sleep right now ah I'm having these weird moments where I just want to look. at nothing but then I stare at nothing like right now I just enjoy looking at the ground why do I enjoy this?

It's been three hours and he's already getting upset like this monkey. It was a bad time to exercise more. I'm going to do 1000. steps one two three four five hundred I'm pretty scared with the way AJ stalls halfway through uh 1000 steps. I just looked to my left from his juggling tissue paper, but he's an idiot, but just doing it with two, he's realized that he's incapable of doing it for free and still can't do anything. He has finished. All signs show that he will age like crazy in the first four hours. Kobe is too easy on the board.

I can't get tired. These lights bother me, they are literally piercing my eyes. I'm going to go under the bed for a bit so those lights are on there 24/7. And this will immediately disrupt your sleep cycle. His body won't know what. The time of day I'm doing the strangest thing for him will be because Asia is always on the dark route and you can't get anything lighter than this, that's what he'll struggle with so he can miss this opportunity. sleep too if he makes it through this this could really be bad oh we really wanted to attack you there but I went in and he's losing his mind a little bit but I really think he's going to go crazy when he sleeps when he goes and sleeps once.

I think when he wakes up he's going to be more delirious than ever. He will have no perception of whether it is day or night because that is when he will begin to get angry, frustrated and confused. I want to know how many spins I can do in a row yes yes hey why what really interests me is how many activities you can create no no after a game you always start contemplating life is the silent mode it offers ah the frustration is going to take effect I know I'm stuck here forever I've gone crazy I'm currently working on my masterpiece I have no friends here so I need to make some AJ made a friend and he seems to have I've been deprived of people long enough to create someone out of nothing.

Hey, my friend just wanted to know how he's doing, so in psychological terms we'd call it anthropomorphization, which means turning an inanimate object into a human, wait, what do you say? You understand, you came in here, you're off the bench, that's crazy, now I'm just doing it, I'm just making a YouTube video, bro, to a certain extent, this is actually a healthy coping strategy because it allows us to project some our negative. feelings into an external object and this can really help maintain AJ's sense of self while he is there. I feel like this whole challenge has become up, down, up, down, I don't know how long it's been going on here.

I have a burst of energy and then I have nothing if this is going to continue like this for the rest of the 50 hours I won't understand the numbers what do I do? I've seen it all, I don't care man. I'm lying down I don't care, I'm over it In fact, I'm over it. It's starting to be a little difficult for him now. Overall, I'm starting to think you might not be able to get over it. the first 24 hours but we'll have to see well I can't take it anymore I think I'm going to bed my prediction now is that it's almost midnight I've been struggling too much to sleep good night God he's probably slept for about four hours, probably the most uncomfortable four hours of your life watching it on the screen it's moving everywhere good morning, I'm just going to get up, I never know how much time I've had to sleep yeah, well, this is my My head is pounding.

I woke up with a huge headache. One of the first things I noticed this morning was that AJ was complaining about this headache, and from what I understand, AJ relies quite heavily on caffeinated drinks in his normal daily life. This man lives. on Mountain Dew's lips I think it's the liquid he drinks early, that's why his head hurts. So I really want to leave. If I had to guess the time, I would say it's 10.11am. I don't have much time until it's the first 24 hours. The funny thing is the first thing I always look at my phone.

I looked like I woke up and I was like I was thinking about my phone right away. That's just trying to look for it. I like this man. like this I'm eating a little bit of cereal but what I'm realizing is that there's no spoon here I don't know why that bothers me a lot it's with my bottle cap he's eating it with his bottle cap you can't go back use that that's a poor The foreign guy might have forgotten to put spoons in the room. I've been very impressed with AJ's ability to stick to some sort of routine.

While he was there, I see a lot more creativity than discipline in him. Here you just want to do another workout and it looks like you've filled your pillowcase with bottled water, food, I'm bored of this bed, oh it's a headache, oh my gosh, I'm not sure, but I think we're getting approaching. to our first 24 hours, but this is not a 24-hour challenge or experiment. I have to continue for another day, probably another two hours. You're right. I see my question and it's been almost a day, yes, an hour and in 10 minutes I'm going to go for a run, yes, he is an unusual man, well, he jumped on all fours, usually, this is his name, nothing this must have killed, I don't know, 20 minutes doing this and he'll just sit down. here and watch me for the rest of the trip.

I've been listening and AJ has been told that you know, you miss his family and stuff. I think it was quite strange to call my mom to tell her that you can't talk to me for The next three days I was a little worried, I don't know what kind of genius she thought, but come on, if you're proud, I decided to bring you one of the members of his family, but not one of the ones he really likes. How long does Japanese girl last? I'll give him another five hours before he goes completely crazy. I think she's doing great, he's dealing with it well, you don't have to destroy this talk with my hands.

Very impressed. I know this sounds weird. Pain is probably the most pleasant thing. It's like my hand hurts there. He felt pretty good. It's no big deal. Our environment is changing if there is no variation between the objects around us and if we do not receive feedback about our behavior, thoughts and emotions, we can quickly lose our sense of time. Is? I wonder what time it is. I wonder how long ago. I'm going left, if I knew how much time was left this would have been easy, if I had to pick a time right now I'll say it's almost 3am.

Thursday, so I'm leaving and everything, yeah, I won't. he's going to lie he wants to get out there's so much temptation to just open that door because there's nothing stopping him from leaving that door is open he can just open it and leave he shouldn't have done it he should have done it he should have done it I said ah yourself, it's a something I always wanted to learn and that's doing a handstand, that's what I do, what the hell, what's going on? Well, without a doubt, I learned to do a handstand, I'm finishing a lot of my arms. sweating when I go to bed there shouldn't be a lot of gifts of love from an adult either because oh my god this is getting really hard now this is oh my god this is where it's really scary.

I'm just going to lie down for a while. It will probably be very very late, very early, very early, Thursday at 5am. m. It's a little sad just seeing this now, he's saying things just to feel pain, just so he can relieve the boredom, oh, ever since he woke up, he's had a massive change in attitude. almost like he's at his breaking point now I think if I leave now I'll be very disappointed in myself for the last hour or so I guess I've been staring into space, this feels like it'll never end. Actually, I'm done.

I'm done and done if I can't sleep I'm going to get out of here so in my head I have about three hours left but I don't think I can do it man it's okay I'm really proud of the age because he's still in bed he hasn't left it, oh my gosh, I'm really looking at that door right now, I'm probably really excited looking at the store.I'm just thinking: Should I leave? I generally think he's at the point now where he probably thinks the 50 hours are over and you can go and he's probably forgotten that we have to take him. out there, but it's good, it's starting to be interesting to see how the next few hours unfold.

I'm looking forward to it and basically these are two clips here if I kick them both before I really wanted it just to see what happens overseas. three ah thousand AJ has been here almost 50 hours but I've seen him go through hell, it looks like he's struggling a lot um, I could see it right there, it actually looked like he was on his left legs, but he just has that. There's a little more to go, so now that we're nearing the end of the challenge, AJ is showing some real signs of distress there. I'm not sure he can do the full 50 hours.

I'm really thinking about grabbing that door now. In fact, I'm thinking about it. I'm really thinking about it. Oh my god, exactly, he's an hour and a half away, she said she was almost there, no, they changed it. Now the mental thing directly from me is like I keep growing I miss the fact that he's so close but he doesn't even realize that's what makes him so crazy to me. I usually don't realize how close that man came to opening that door. I think he was ready to leave but he didn't. Good morning AJ Chappelle. I mean, I can't even believe he's saying there's mental strength proving he's crazy, owls.

I don't think you shouldn't say how long. 50 hours is being in a confined space for real prisoners. I thought it was time about five hours ago. It's almost as if that room has sucked all the life out of him since the beginning of this journey. We've all seen AJ. Going through so many ups and downs on the journey. I think he will look back and see this as an achievement in the life that he has completed, but now, after all of this, the only thing left to do is open that door. AJ, this is Greg, your 50 hours are up and you can get out in 10.

Honestly, five guys, that's one of the hardest things I've ever done. I realize that I need to go out more and definitely enjoy my freedom and I finally went crazy. No, the only thing that I will go crazy with my next videos. Thank you so much for watching and a special thanks to Vsauce for the idea to subscribe so I hope you can watch this video. I love you.