Isolation - Mind Field (Ep 1)

What happens when your brain is deprived of stimulation? What effect does being cut off from interaction with the outside world have on a person? What effect does it have on me, when I am locked in a windowless, soundproof isolation chamber for three days? In this episode of Mind Field, I take both an objective and a very intimate look at Isolation.

[kristenmoon]

I worked as a prison guard in a solitary confinement area. The other guards really just stayed in their central area. I would actually get out and go by each cell and talk to everyone for a bit. Let them know what all was happening in the world, what time it was, what was going on in the world, etc.

I had grown men, literally crying to find out it was raining outside, they literally couldn't remember what raid looked like. It's inhumane.

[mustafaamin]

Michael not only returned to us but also made Mind Field free.

Truly a generous god

[masonbernheim]

The heartbreak in his voice when he says “I don’t think I’m getting out today”

[RobMost]

There's 2 things that actually make it easier for him 1. He knows if he gets too crazy he gets released. 2. He knows he's being watched, he still has a camera to interact with.

It'd even worse if you don't have those.

[bondfool]

When Michael says “good morning” and he’s only slept for like an hour and a half... actually weirdly disturbing.

[aidanmaley]

Michael: "I'm kind of scared about this"
*3 days later*
"This soap is really unique. It's not a kind of soap I've used before."

[RiceGobble]

“Being in a room like this can lead to brain damage”

3 years later
“Do chairs exist?”

[AbhNormal]

William: “I spent years, sometimes months on end, in this little room with no external stimuli, only food slipped through a slot in the door and my own thoughts. It is, quite literally, mentally scarring.”
Michael: “Cool! I’m gonna do it too!”
William: 👁️ 👁️
👄

[bunyan]

It blows me away how fast he wasn't able to discern reality from his dreams, to dream and wake up and think that you might be in a dream now and what you just dreamed was reality, good god that is a horrifying thought.

[zahazasha]

"I've known Michael for 3 years and I've never seen him do a pushup."

[curtisleblanc]

"I think I'm gonna have dinner now."
- Michael Stevens, 11:00 a.m.

[NinjasDTA]

I was held in isolation for 94 days for a crime I didn't commit. Time progressively slows down to the point where an hour feels like an entire day. You find yourself creating entire alternate realities in your mind. You go from sleeping half the day to pass time to being awake for days daydreaming half the time. You entirely lose track of time, day and night. It is by far the worst thing I could ever imagine having to experience. I would have rather been tortured. Luckily I had access to read 3 books per week or I would have quite literally lost my mind

[CheeseYourself]

Honestly, when he said "I don't think I'm getting out today.", I felt kinda sad.

[Bulbasir]

Imagine when they walked in they say “Oops totally forgot that you were in here Michael, it’s been a month”

[Alex-pish]

from his ama:

Q: Hey Michael! In episode 1 of Mind Field there was a scene when you woke up and appeared quite disoriented and confused, so confused that you needed to open the door to the test chamber to confirm your reality. I'm dying to know what were you dreaming about?




A: Essentially, I had started to lose the ability to differentiate dreams from reality. For some reason, I was in the room in both.

I dreamt that someone (not anyone I'd ever met, but someone who seemed familiar in the dream) had come into the room and told me I was done. That 72 hours was up. But then I woke up. But I didn't realize that I'd woken up. I saw the door closed and wondered why they'd left and closed the door behind themselves. I figured everyone was just busy or something and that I could come out when I felt like it.

So I opened the door but it was so dark and nothing was moving. I was really confused and anxious about being confused. Who had been in the room? Why was I alone? I had been so certain that I was finished. That I could come out. But no. I was still alone. Always had been.

[NoriMori]

28:29 I appreciate their restraint in not jumping up and walking over and ending the experiment when he cracked the door, but rather waiting to see what he would do.

[coppurt]

Michael: I will be staying in this room... for three days

Me: I will be watching free Mind Field episodes... for three days

[greyscale]

“I don’t like the smell of this soap”
“Clearly Michael is very uncomfortable right now”

[Diego-sssg]

lol when Michael left the chamber, the guys monitoring him should have been like

"Bruh it's been 15 minutes"

[evirs]

"He who travels the fastest, travels alone. He who travels the furthest, travels with others." That's a top tier quote right there.