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Originally Posted by ReliableSource
I'm going to get blasted for this. There's zero studies out there that involve the subject being offered a large sum of money by friends for staying in solitary confinement. 99.99999% of studies are people who are dealing with the harsh conditions of being in prison.
Holy men in India do a 2 week solitary retreat, it sounds like they lose their mind too. Lots of breaking down and crying and the breaking down of you ego. If you're not ready for it, you can get mind ****ed. I'd imagine a holy man has a stronger resolve then some random prisoner and I'm talking about a real holy man that actually train in all sorts of way like Sadhus, yogis, monks not some bible thumper type.
Even these people have mental breakdowns, some random in the US is gonna more than likely have a weaker mind, body, emotional disposition than some holy man that trains every day in all of those areas.
In the holy man solitary retreat they had light and probably more space then a bathroom and they still lost their minds. I'm curious is anyone has studied this yet as I'm sure it's been around for 1000s of years like most of their training methods.