Isolation - Mind Field (Ep 1)

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  • čas přidán 17. 01. 2017
  • 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.
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  • @bondfool
    @bondfool Před 4 lety +7123

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

    • @Nyabot-mh2zi
      @Nyabot-mh2zi Před 4 lety +66

      *pathetic*

    • @Raphael_27
      @Raphael_27 Před 4 lety +268

      _11 seconds have passed_

    • @PsychoBenches
      @PsychoBenches Před 4 lety +200

      *me waking up at 12:30 AM after being sleep since 4pm* Good morning

    • @ayanamii5334
      @ayanamii5334 Před 4 lety +41

      Raphael was that a JoJo’s reference?

    • @Raphael_27
      @Raphael_27 Před 4 lety +45

      @@ayanamii5334 _perhaps_

  • @zahazasha
    @zahazasha Před 4 lety +15722

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

    • @iampumhead487
      @iampumhead487 Před 4 lety +421

      Scripts bro scripts 🤣🤣

    • @paularooney1937
      @paularooney1937 Před 4 lety +85

      @@iampumhead487 so true

    • @notmikaela669
      @notmikaela669 Před 4 lety +65

      Im laughing 😂😂

    • @SovetskiDuck
      @SovetskiDuck Před 4 lety +145

      Worst was that demo in the intro, not scientific at all the guy was also given verry boaring script to follow

    • @mrmemes7883
      @mrmemes7883 Před 4 lety +272

      "clearly he's on the border of misery"

  • @NoriMori1992
    @NoriMori1992 Před 11 měsíci +1258

    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.

    • @kaydenv8669
      @kaydenv8669 Před 9 měsíci +147

      Me too I was like please don’t fuck it up

  • @AbhNormal
    @AbhNormal Před rokem +3648

    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: 👁️ 👁️
    👄

    • @AzillaKiami
      @AzillaKiami Před 11 měsíci +89

      sounds about right lmfao

    • @Gregory_12
      @Gregory_12 Před 10 měsíci

      🤯😷🙏👽🥳🪜🔥🐈‍⬛🔥🍉🎥🍝

    • @jumentoqueanima
      @jumentoqueanima Před 9 měsíci +4

      ​​@@AzillaKiamiLel yeah.

    • @MrMiguel211
      @MrMiguel211 Před 7 měsíci +4

      Who is William?

    • @williamxin9146
      @williamxin9146 Před 7 měsíci +40

      excuse me but my mind immediately jumped to fnaf when i read william and michael

  • @curtisleblanc5897
    @curtisleblanc5897 Před 4 lety +7224

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

    • @neskey
      @neskey Před 4 lety +465

      "i think it's saturday morning, about 9 am"
      - Michael stevens, 8:26 am *friday*

    • @curtisleblanc5897
      @curtisleblanc5897 Před 4 lety +18

      @@neskey Did you see my other comment like this?

    • @curtisleblanc5897
      @curtisleblanc5897 Před 4 lety +6

      Hey, thanks for 450+ likes! :D

    • @elionddh
      @elionddh Před 4 lety +3

      Do you play league of Legends bro?

    • @curtisleblanc5897
      @curtisleblanc5897 Před 4 lety +6

      @@elionddh Nope. :/

  • @CheeseYourself
    @CheeseYourself Před 4 lety +4944

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

    • @dablackpanda1348
      @dablackpanda1348 Před 4 lety +79

      23:52

    • @iamhawkeye3162
      @iamhawkeye3162 Před 4 lety +233

      As someone who has been to jail, that anticipation of being bailed out but never getting it, brings the same effect. I can’t imagine what people who went into solitary felt.

    • @fanaticism3204
      @fanaticism3204 Před 4 lety +48

      I started crying, I don’t even know why.

    • @liambohl
      @liambohl Před 4 lety +47

      @@fanaticism3204 You started crying because it was sad to see his disappointment. I started crying too.

    • @Krypton1x09
      @Krypton1x09 Před 4 lety +6

      same

  • @RobMost
    @RobMost Před rokem +1417

    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.

    • @pronintendo1984
      @pronintendo1984 Před 8 měsíci +186

      3. The Door is there that can be opened by him at any time.

    • @mrmcboingboing7643
      @mrmcboingboing7643 Před 8 měsíci +172

      @@pronintendo1984 I feel like that would make it harder. Having to choose to keep going is a super difficult task

    • @pronintendo1984
      @pronintendo1984 Před 8 měsíci

      @@mrmcboingboing7643 Perhaps

    • @vie-on-whitte
      @vie-on-whitte Před 7 měsíci +109

      4. Even though he cannot tell time, stills knows that it will be there only 3 days.

    • @yukitamekuni
      @yukitamekuni Před 6 měsíci +17

      he covered all of this on his Anthony Padilla interview

  • @Peter_1986
    @Peter_1986 Před rokem +1652

    The last several minutes of Michael's time in the room were literally identical to depression;
    that is _exactly_ how depressed people act.

    • @eureka9217
      @eureka9217 Před rokem +60

      Ikr, so relatable

    • @mat-ys2gl
      @mat-ys2gl Před 10 měsíci +16

      Relatable

    • @Peter_1986
      @Peter_1986 Před 10 měsíci +97

      ​@justaguywhodoesntlikehentai
      If you have either experienced depression yourself, or observed other people who suffer from depression
      (I have had both of those experiences, by the way, although thankfully I recovered from depression about 14 years ago, and the people I know who have gone through depression are doing a lot better nowadays),
      then Michael Stevens' expressions towards the end of this experiment are very relatable, yes.
      That part basically was like a temporary depression.

    • @miguelisaurusbruh1158
      @miguelisaurusbruh1158 Před 9 měsíci

      retarded idiot depressed people don't act the same, they shouldn't act some way, this is why ignorants assume someone doesn't have depression because they don't act how they think they should

    • @PixelsPolygonsNPetrichor
      @PixelsPolygonsNPetrichor Před 9 měsíci

      *act is the keyword

  • @masonbernheim7629
    @masonbernheim7629 Před 3 lety +4948

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

    • @fluffy7636
      @fluffy7636 Před 3 lety +252

      He sounded utterly dissapointed

    • @unitgamex2972
      @unitgamex2972 Před 3 lety +339

      To be honest I felt really bad for him when I heard him say that.
      He was so optimistic up until that moment when he realized

    • @janetg9579
      @janetg9579 Před 3 lety +88

      23:48

    • @nickacelvn
      @nickacelvn Před 3 lety +38

      We will look back at this time in history as a mentally barbaric time as we look back today at medieval times when we use d to burn witches at the stake. (More profit this way, enslave them with debt and then start screaming about health and safety. What do you think?

    • @Hideyoshi1991
      @Hideyoshi1991 Před 3 lety +7

      @@nickacelvn 何 the fuck?

  • @Bulbasir130
    @Bulbasir130 Před 3 lety +6013

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

    • @melon4738
      @melon4738 Před 3 lety +477

      That would’ve been interesting
      “Yeah that knock on the door spooked me out.”
      ...
      “Or did it?”

    • @kojikarasake6969
      @kojikarasake6969 Před 3 lety +64

      @@melon4738 And how much does it weigh?

    • @jasonpowerz360
      @jasonpowerz360 Před 3 lety +236

      He just turns into an actual SCP
      "Hey, VSauce, Michael here. You can't keep me in here forever....Or can you?"

    • @roux6715
      @roux6715 Před 3 lety +22

      @@jasonpowerz360 SCP SAUCE

    • @d00d68
      @d00d68 Před 2 lety +2

      @@roux6715 🤣😂

  • @Jessdoes
    @Jessdoes Před rokem +400

    Man, what are we doing in this country with our penal system? Seeing Michael essentially in solitary for three days, but by choice, was sobering. I spent a little over three days in a community jail back in 2010 (I was literally wrong place wrong time on Friday evening of the weekend before new years, my charges were all dropped in court a couple months afterwards), and even though I was surrounded by people and there were stimuli like books etc, I found myself pacing the same way he did. I did pull-ups on my bunk until I couldn't anymore. I read every single book there because I couldn't sleep. I cried in the shower where the warm water did something to make me feel better. And I was only there for three days.
    I can't imagine how much worse it would have been to be in solitary. At this point, I'm certain that every person who has spent time in jail has experienced trauma or brain damage of some variety, and it definitely needs to change.
    I think of Otto Warmbier (the kid who visited North Korea and was imprisoned for stealing a poster). He came back with extreme brain damage, but there were no signs of physical assault or extreme abuse. While I'm sure something nefarious happened there, I do wonder how much of that was due to his brain decaying from his time spent in solitary confinement in a hostile, foreign country.
    We see it with mass murderers on trial, too. They oftentimes appear completely catatonic. While these people need to be severely punished, is it really humane to be giving them brain damage and possible psychological damage beyond repair before they've been sentenced?
    I'm impressed by the man in the video who said he spent 5 consecutive months in solitary and now well spoken and wise he appeared. Imagine how alive that man must've been before they stole pieces of his personality from him.
    We're supposed to be against cruel and inhumane punishment here, yet Michael's video makes it clear that our entire penal system is cruel and inhumane as is. Especially when it's a matter of a truly innocent person being imprisoned.
    I don't know what the answer is. So I don't know that I should've even brought up the issue, but something has to change. At the very least we need to be looking to rehabilitate criminals so they don't get out and go back to doing the same shit. Again though, I don't know what the answer is.
    Thank you for doing this Michael. This was harrowing to watch. As a biophysicist who does research on how the brain works and operates, I'm particularly interested in how isolation might harm us. Some individuals never get over the trauma of isolation and literally go insane from it. I'm curious where that difference lies and what we can do to prevent it from occurring in general. This video was as enlightening as it was horrifying. Thanks for everything you and your team do for the good of science.

    • @blaircambeul2696
      @blaircambeul2696 Před rokem +2

      Honestly though

    • @PixelifyReal
      @PixelifyReal Před 10 měsíci +3

      💀

    • @RIPvizzini
      @RIPvizzini Před 4 měsíci +8

      Thank you for this comment, damn

    • @bouncingfootball
      @bouncingfootball Před 4 měsíci

      This is the type of things i waste my time on

    • @neurofiedyamato8763
      @neurofiedyamato8763 Před 4 měsíci +3

      I completely agree. We need to do rehabilitation and make a lot of social change from education, training, and more to reduce crime but punitive methods beyond fines or short term jail time is too extreme and has repeatedly proven to not work. People return to the live of crime. When countries treat criminals humanely, the outcome is often better as seen in several Nordic countries.

  • @jvrvr5539
    @jvrvr5539 Před 11 měsíci +797

    I love this video but i cant help but laugh at Michael spinning in circles at 19:30
    Truly insightful

    • @cygnus-nk3tz
      @cygnus-nk3tz Před 9 měsíci +53

      19:37 was even worse

    • @godnyx117
      @godnyx117 Před 9 měsíci +28

      "You spin me right round baby, right round!"

    • @derdoktor206
      @derdoktor206 Před 8 měsíci +16

      It made me giggle that he started talking about how bad the soap smelled

    • @ly_lh09
      @ly_lh09 Před 8 měsíci +31

      "Our minds want to stay active" Michael: 🌪️

    • @FleRpa
      @FleRpa Před 6 měsíci +6

      With the little guitar chord too🤣🤣🤣

  • @RiceGobble
    @RiceGobble Před 2 lety +18498

    “Being in a room like this can lead to brain damage”
    3 years later
    “Do chairs exist?”

  • @kristenmoon4405
    @kristenmoon4405 Před 7 lety +24181

    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.

    • @TmaadHMD
      @TmaadHMD Před 7 lety +5244

      Thank you for your kindess and humanity. Just because one may be deemed a monster or animal does not mean you also must become one. Your sympathy was beautiful. Thank you, social work professional.

    • @Stringz
      @Stringz Před 7 lety +1995

      thanks for being a good person. it is terribly cruel to do that to anyone. remember these people were born innocent here just like any of us have. they have turned horrible due to the math of whatever trauma they have endured and they are just the product. yes they may have done horrible things and should not be allowed to be around people to possibly harm them. but nobody deserves this kind of torture. it is just brutal torture to the mind and if you were subjected to it i think a lot of you would change your mind. you have to try and remember we're all the same here beneath all the colors and beliefs.. we're all a product of this crazy world and we do the best with the minds that we have, albeit some better than others. But you also haven't lived their life.. walked in their shoes.. been damaged so badly to do whatever damage they did. You're entire world view may very well be an entirely different world to many other people. we need to remember to be more kind to others, because we have no idea what they may be feeling inside. and even the smallest thing that you say to a person that is seeing the world through a difficult lense can have a big impact; positive or negative. I guess I kind of went off into a different tangent, but you get my my point. its really about understanding and compassion for one another. we need to look at the whole picture. not just the end product. people need to judge more based on intent and context than feeling.

    • @kristenmoon4405
      @kristenmoon4405 Před 7 lety +2449

      No, they deserve to be locked up. They don't deserve to have to suffer like that, they're still people, capable of feeling remourse, pain, they have friends and families etc. Especially for those that will get out in their lifetime, we need to be able to have them rehabilitated instead of stiring in their crazy.

    • @kristenmoon4405
      @kristenmoon4405 Před 7 lety +187

      Christina Ward very welcome. I hope they're doing well now :)

    • @mathiasoleander2077
      @mathiasoleander2077 Před 7 lety +23

      Kristen Moon aa

  • @awoo21
    @awoo21 Před rokem +340

    This video has made me uncomfortably aware of all the little things and ways I think to cope with being alone. I don't really have that many friends and have recently recovered from a really tough depression in which I completely isolated myself for probably about 99% of my time. I feel... sober? now. As if I was lost in my own world for an eternity and so many habits I have of viewing the world are so... flawed than the way the actual world operates. I can't really put the experience into words but I think that's the point.
    Isolation has to be one of the worst things you can do to a human being.

    • @greed8493
      @greed8493 Před 10 měsíci +5

      Do you mind if I ask how you're doing now? I'm in a similar situation to you

    • @seva7500
      @seva7500 Před 9 měsíci

      when im alone i play with my balls

    • @AndrewXigna
      @AndrewXigna Před 7 měsíci +16

      i described my depth of depression as being deep within a haze, and coming out felt like coming back into clean air, so yeah i feel you. it feels good to feel like a real person again

    • @mikuenjoyerXD
      @mikuenjoyerXD Před 7 měsíci +2

      ​@@AndrewXigna🫂

    • @JonahNelson7
      @JonahNelson7 Před 4 měsíci +4

      It is so unbelievably important to be in constant contact with other people. This modern world makes it easier than ever to be sequestered away which is such a travesty. I hope one day humanity doesn’t suffer so much

  • @evirs
    @evirs Před rokem +203

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

    • @xeonkitcat1119
      @xeonkitcat1119 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Like skyrim, "don't you go hollow on me".

  • @MisterAwsome1234
    @MisterAwsome1234 Před 7 lety +1900

    "Now I'm upset."
    I think this is the first time I've seen Michael express any sort of negative emotion.

    • @tablesalt8746
      @tablesalt8746 Před 7 lety +16

      awwww that's so sweet...

    • @skinnybaddieb3016
      @skinnybaddieb3016 Před 7 lety +11

      So is your profile pic!

    • @TheCrackFoxxx
      @TheCrackFoxxx Před 7 lety

      Potato 6403 Lol who cares that other guy had to stay there for 50 times as long without the ability to leave whenever he wanted

    • @Paulthefonz
      @Paulthefonz Před 7 lety +1

      MisterAwsome1234 *any

    • @lilcheezegamingvlogsandmus9762
      @lilcheezegamingvlogsandmus9762 Před 7 lety

      Paulthefonz hhhhhhdudjuduudjdudduuududururufufufuhffjhyo my name is sodudhdjdjdjfjfjdjdjdhd check out my check and go go go

  • @greyscale8137
    @greyscale8137 Před 4 lety +5437

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

  • @jgriffin9084
    @jgriffin9084 Před 4 měsíci +59

    "I don't think I'm getting out today"
    Absolutely heart breaking

  • @Boxscape_VR
    @Boxscape_VR Před 9 měsíci +151

    My biggest toxic trait is thinking I'd be able to get through this with my adhd alone💀

    • @Lune4528
      @Lune4528 Před 4 měsíci +4

      Lol me too

    • @diamondangel3442
      @diamondangel3442 Před 4 měsíci +9

      Yeah, I would rearrange the furniture (if possible), use water bottles and food containers for building stuff/ putting them in aligned rows (I have that little autism trait as an extra to ADHD lol), disassemble anything and use as freaking arts and crafts supplies, make music with everything. That's 3 hours taken care of :P

    • @diamondangel3442
      @diamondangel3442 Před 4 měsíci +7

      Challenge myself to vocalize most deranged sounds known to man, write on the walls with water and food (good enough paint). My brain would refuse to give up much later than I do.

    • @HarryThe1stJester
      @HarryThe1stJester Před 4 měsíci +15

      ​@@diamondangel3442"Thats 3 hours taken care of"
      Yeah, out of 72 total hours. Sure you can keep yourself occupied for a few hours or a day but it gets pretty horrible without any stimulus after a while.

  • @Mr2h294
    @Mr2h294 Před 4 lety +8040

    I feel bad for the poor editor that had to filter through 72 hours of footage.

    • @shrock9241
      @shrock9241 Před 4 lety +75

      doubt

    • @andybradley8347
      @andybradley8347 Před 4 lety +261

      They probably had more than 1

    • @SmileUniverse1
      @SmileUniverse1 Před 4 lety +687

      Its easy , u just play it with speed x10 or 20 to pick some random video part and rely on audio waves to find the part where he talks +its clearly high production so they got a team of professionals , no big deal :D

    • @GabrielMartinez-si8ju
      @GabrielMartinez-si8ju Před 4 lety +232

      I used to work with security cameras, theres a little bar underneath the footage that shows when there is activity or noise going on, which makes filtering really easy

    • @asiancynical4682
      @asiancynical4682 Před 4 lety +104

      Feel bad for the camera
      It's been sitting there for 72 hours and has to see Micheal going insane which no one wanted to see

  • @aidanmaley9826
    @aidanmaley9826 Před 7 lety +3330

    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."

    • @firstaccnt
      @firstaccnt Před 7 lety +118

      "But, what is soap?!"

    • @TheSpidersider
      @TheSpidersider Před 7 lety +66

      "Do you want some soap facts?"

    • @AverageHarry
      @AverageHarry Před 7 lety +89

      "Soap was invented by sir soaps a lot In 1999"

    • @firstaccnt
      @firstaccnt Před 7 lety +15

      yummy n' bubbly

    • @wedmunds
      @wedmunds Před 7 lety +31

      To us commoners, soap is something we wash our bodies with. It gets bubbly when wet. But, to chemists, soaps are organic salts that can be dissolved by both polar and nonpolar liquids...

  • @dogewasfound
    @dogewasfound Před rokem +182

    27:32 even when he is half awake he still got that signature eyebrow raise

    • @rubberduckz2739
      @rubberduckz2739 Před 9 měsíci +8

      No hes not confused just training for that intro

    • @bxnkaii
      @bxnkaii Před 6 měsíci +9

      Hmm looks like its just a dream. Or was it?

  • @sirbill_greebi3811
    @sirbill_greebi3811 Před 11 měsíci +370

    Watching someone else deal with depression, anxiety, and isolation helps me fully understand how hard it was for my parents and family to see me struggle with it.

  • @coppurt
    @coppurt Před 4 lety +5126

    Michael: I will be staying in this room... for three days
    Me: I will be watching free Mind Field episodes... for three days

    • @milesnichols8497
      @milesnichols8497 Před 4 lety +30

      I can't believe how true this is

    • @Doctorispie
      @Doctorispie Před 4 lety +4

      Mfw it’s been 3 days

    • @nibbletrinnal2289
      @nibbletrinnal2289 Před 4 lety +6

      @@Doctorispie its been three days since you said its been three days

    • @mathmanmoo
      @mathmanmoo Před 4 lety +1

      coppurt lmao same

    • @jaredolsen5143
      @jaredolsen5143 Před 4 lety +3

      @@nibbletrinnal2289 It's been 3 days since you said it's been 3 days since you said it's been 3 days.

  • @alamian7625
    @alamian7625 Před 3 lety +2779

    I’m ok with staying in that room for 3 days, but I’m not ok with everybody able to hear everything hitting the water when I take a shit

  • @skyesfallenxx
    @skyesfallenxx Před 3 měsíci +19

    This is how I was during COVID isolation. I vividly remember staying in bed, staring at the ceiling, and I couldn't even understand what the teacher was saying in online class. Even though I knew it was morning, my body couldn't tell, because I never opened the blinds, and my room was always dark.
    I have never, ever felt depression like I did then. I became obese, I over-ate because it was the only thing to do, and I got to a point where I felt desperate to get out, do something, be somewhere. The moment schools opened for half-days, I was rushing to be there, every day I could. I just wanted to talk to someone other than my abusive family.
    It was the worst 2 years of my entire life. I don't think I've been the same since then.

  • @joshuacyrus
    @joshuacyrus Před rokem +66

    The moment when he opened the door and then just went back in blew my mind. I don't even know what it means, it was just unbelievable.

    • @jojough8283
      @jojough8283 Před rokem +34

      It seems like he dreamt that the door was locked...
      That would have been so horrible

    • @vbgsantander
      @vbgsantander Před rokem +13

      I don’t think he dreamed it but wanted to get out because of anxiety but struggled with the idea and regrets it. Then half saved his face by saying the dream comment

  • @diabeticjesus87
    @diabeticjesus87 Před 3 lety +3477

    I'm really surprised that he didn't end up playing with those bottles. Stacking, tossing, something.

    • @megb7715
      @megb7715 Před 3 lety +268

      That or drumming on the counter. Either one would be my first choice.

    • @blackfordoblique1965
      @blackfordoblique1965 Před 3 lety +168

      ...spin the bottles

    • @Itsgiraffeagain
      @Itsgiraffeagain Před 3 lety +49

      @@blackfordoblique1965 oh my

    • @williams3552
      @williams3552 Před 3 lety +251

      He propabely did do something with the bottles. But they cannot put in everything he did in those three days.

    • @eggandcheesesoda9874
      @eggandcheesesoda9874 Před 3 lety +43

      or throwing the toilet paper.

  • @costelc4077
    @costelc4077 Před 4 lety +2826

    When he came out he should have said HEY VSAUCE MICHAEL HERE

    • @G_4J
      @G_4J Před 4 lety +35

      LMAO

    • @baluandhavarapu5786
      @baluandhavarapu5786 Před 4 lety +65

      He would have planned to do that, but when we was allowed to come out, nothing would work. Like you forget right what you have to write during the exam

    • @TSVerse
      @TSVerse Před 4 lety +7

      Brother?

    • @gammathecommon
      @gammathecommon Před 4 lety +3

      LMAO

    • @Asr.-
      @Asr.- Před 4 lety +9

      *no, it's mind field*

  • @Atetrigrams
    @Atetrigrams Před 2 měsíci +15

    At my worst, I pretty much put myself through this, in the sense that I wasn’t allowing myself any communication with others. I trapped myself in my room & I only had myself, alcohol and tv/my phone to entertain me.
    I’d comment on posts on social media, but outside of that, there was no verbal communication.
    When I was inebriated, I’d react/talk to myself about what was happening in the videos/shows I was watching & acting as if I was filming myself and talking to an audience.
    In that state, since I was actively doing it to myself, I didn’t recognize that I wanted communication. I was just scared to communicate because I had shut myself off from other people for so long.
    What Michael said at the end, about experiences, really struck a cord with me because it reminded me of what I’d been missing in those moments.
    I had nobody except myself. And the sad thing is, I did it to myself.
    Glad to be better & I’m glad that I’ve gotten better at communication. I struggle sometimes, but that’s part of the process.
    All in all, I guess losing your mind is important sometimes, right?

    • @ainsmas361
      @ainsmas361 Před 2 měsíci

      Cool story bro. Nobody’s listening.
      Touch grass, be of service to someone mate, depression isn’t real.

    • @isabelflann4087
      @isabelflann4087 Před měsícem

      ​@@ainsmas361I'm listening to them. I am sure you are a kinder person than this comment makes you out to be. What I love about the internet is that often, somewhere, someone really is interested.

    • @isabelflann4087
      @isabelflann4087 Před měsícem

      ​@@ainsmas361also, depression was a major topic of this video?

    • @isabelflann4087
      @isabelflann4087 Před měsícem +1

      This was my initial reaction too. When studying night and day forms engineering degree during the pandemic, I would sometimes not speak to a soul or see another face for days. Just me, spotify, and calculus. Then that amount of isolation became normal to me... I'm only just now realizing how much it fucked me up.

  • @Idan_K
    @Idan_K Před 5 měsíci +18

    The biggest unspoken factor is how bright it is in there, greatly affecting his sleep

  • @cthulhus
    @cthulhus Před 3 lety +10444

    Michael's wife: **crying because vsauce might lose his sanity**
    Michael: "i dont like the smell of the soap"

    • @lenira7750
      @lenira7750 Před 3 lety +50

      XD

    • @huntingaliens5477
      @huntingaliens5477 Před 3 lety +329

      He's Michael, we're vsauce ;)

    • @Innuend.o
      @Innuend.o Před 2 lety +126

      @@huntingaliens5477 Michael's parents are our parents

    • @pog4302
      @pog4302 Před 2 lety +85

      @@Innuend.o *Soviet Anthem Plays*

    • @andywr.097
      @andywr.097 Před 2 lety +25

      @@pog4302 I choked on air when I read your comment

  • @Bottle68194
    @Bottle68194 Před 7 lety +2328

    If I were left alone in a room for three days like that I'd have developed a new language and created a tribe of people composed of nails and pubes and established myself as their god.

    • @cjloft7676
      @cjloft7676 Před 7 lety +7

      Barny bum Fluff looooooooooool

    • @Villfuk02
      @Villfuk02 Před 7 lety +71

      i would master bottle flipping (he has plenty of bottles)

    • @TitusM7
      @TitusM7 Před 7 lety +2

      LMAO

    • @Mesjach
      @Mesjach Před 7 lety +3

      LMFAO

    • @cozycarry
      @cozycarry Před 7 lety +4

      this is so genius hahaha

  • @AmySorrellMusic
    @AmySorrellMusic Před 4 měsíci +14

    I have been disabled in bed for over 15 years. I experience a lot of isolation. If it were not for video games I'd be totally unraveled. I miss my friends and playing music with them the most. I have become very adept at maladaptive daydreaming, a trauma response to long term isolation.

    • @ilovepeoplebro
      @ilovepeoplebro Před 4 měsíci +4

      You are super strong! I personally am very proud of you

    • @AmySorrellMusic
      @AmySorrellMusic Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@ilovepeoplebro Thank you. 💚

    • @ainsmas361
      @ainsmas361 Před 2 měsíci +1

      God bless you mate.

  • @CommanderNoob
    @CommanderNoob Před rokem +37

    Michael is an amazing example of a human person just like you or I, who will go through great lengths to explore the world of science. Thank you, Michael.

  • @seanisawesome000
    @seanisawesome000 Před 7 lety +1389

    It's SHOCKING, what lengths people will go to just to avoid boredom.

    • @turbosoggy8404
      @turbosoggy8404 Před 7 lety +2

      Seanisawesome000 Punny

    • @feetmusk
      @feetmusk Před 7 lety +10

      Seanisawesome000 hey that's pretty good

    • @SirNeutral
      @SirNeutral Před 7 lety +2

      I know, right? After five minutes I'd be singing anode to the thing.

    • @homiixide
      @homiixide Před 7 lety +8

      its SHOCKING, how many gullible people believe this is actually real and not setup.

    • @reverend900
      @reverend900 Před 7 lety

      Joker was just bored in THE DARK KNIGHT without Batman.
      That's an extent

  • @dudebro3573
    @dudebro3573 Před 4 lety +2525

    He should've just said prime numbers for 72 hours.

    • @thedollarsauce
      @thedollarsauce Před 4 lety +2

      Yeah...

    • @M4RC90
      @M4RC90 Před 4 lety +18

      from memory? yeah sure...

    • @user-nl6xv2fh9f
      @user-nl6xv2fh9f Před 4 lety +11

      Are you making a tokyo ghoul reference?

    • @ArdaCoffeeBean
      @ArdaCoffeeBean Před 4 lety +2

      Im waiting for that episode

    • @Mestoyo
      @Mestoyo Před 4 lety +32

      I'am hesitating between a reference to Pucci or Tokyo Ghoul

  • @Pheminon1
    @Pheminon1 Před 9 měsíci +9

    This is probably the BEST thing to get out of CZcams Originals...

  • @gamerxplanetx8637
    @gamerxplanetx8637 Před 2 měsíci +10

    He was never the same after this video....

  • @Zquiett9
    @Zquiett9 Před 7 lety +3378

    If he was in there against his will, not knowing he will be out in those 3 days I bet he would suffer brain damage.

    • @speedyrob6651
      @speedyrob6651 Před 6 lety +108

      Zayne O'Conner Yeah That's what I was gonna comment

    • @navyameka6709
      @navyameka6709 Před 6 lety +334

      Zayne O'Conner It's absolutely true. Part of why he was fine is because he had hope that soon everything would be all right. Hope is the best motivator.

    • @sagesabr
      @sagesabr Před 6 lety +50

      I'm surprised that they didn't talk about long term effects or if there would be any.

    • @thallan
      @thallan Před 6 lety +3

      Buds420King.... Well played nigga

    • @matjazpinter
      @matjazpinter Před 6 lety

      polah Bear l

  • @mustafaamin9516
    @mustafaamin9516 Před 4 lety +29511

    Michael not only returned to us but also made Mind Field free.
    Truly a generous god

    • @tearsim8043
      @tearsim8043 Před 4 lety +459

      It is not free for me
      Bro what the heck
      Edit: actually they are available now
      Idk if i was too early or what

    • @iLiokardo
      @iLiokardo Před 4 lety +214

      Literally just became free.

    • @georgeprout42
      @georgeprout42 Před 4 lety +160

      Free for the rest of the year. He announced it on vsauce earlier.

    • @steep9695
      @steep9695 Před 4 lety +8

      Mustafa Amin yep :)

    • @joethecrow9092
      @joethecrow9092 Před 4 lety +4

      It’s still not working

  • @NinjasDTA
    @NinjasDTA Před rokem +8

    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

  • @beepbeep3598
    @beepbeep3598 Před 5 měsíci +14

    This reminds me of my visit to the mental hospital. It’s not completely solitary confinement goddamn it was hard. I remembered my third night there I didn’t have a roommate so I was completely alone. I started pacing around, looking for something, anything sharp and talking to myself. I started pulling at the sheets but they were sewn onto the mattress. Tried suffocating myself in the pillow but it was breathable.
    There was a window covering up the actual window and the windows were frosted so I couldn’t see outside at all. I started desperately trying to pry off the window and I went to bed crying because I wanted to go home.
    That was with stumli and other people to talk to. I think I would’ve fully gone mad if I spent those three days in that room. Not to mention, our prison system is just evil for placing people in those.

  • @thatcanadian3240
    @thatcanadian3240 Před 3 lety +2317

    Soap: *exists*
    Michael: “and I took that personally”

    • @seb310801
      @seb310801 Před 3 lety +12

      Underrated comment

    • @theoofer478
      @theoofer478 Před 3 lety +7

      Busty hot babe therapist: There is nothing such as michael the soap abuser..
      Michaels soap (with severe ptsd): ASAAASVFANGE EGYQE. HELP MEE AQAAAAAAAAH FGMWIGZRY
      Busty hot babe therapist: If you don't stop screaming I will put you up my asshole!
      Michaels soap (with slightly less severe ptsd): don't mind If I do!

    • @thatcanadian3240
      @thatcanadian3240 Před 3 lety +31

      @@theoofer478 what the fuck

    • @theoofer478
      @theoofer478 Před 3 lety +3

      @@thatcanadian3240 yes

    • @jonsnow9659
      @jonsnow9659 Před 3 lety +15

      @@theoofer478 dude you're disturbed

  • @ericthex6510
    @ericthex6510 Před 4 lety +2551

    Michael is a brave man for letting those legs hang off the bed while he sleeps

    • @MexMX
      @MexMX Před 4 lety +106

      I think he rather thrived the risk

    • @deletedjkcndsnsdnkcj
      @deletedjkcndsnsdnkcj Před 4 lety +149

      fear might be better than boredom

    • @lucasmillerthelewderofloli9327
      @lucasmillerthelewderofloli9327 Před 4 lety +162

      Seriously. I can't even fathom sleeping with my legs uncovered hanging off the bed and I'm 22. Fucking monsters under the bed. :(

    • @zaksharaz5105
      @zaksharaz5105 Před 4 lety +50

      @@lucasmillerthelewderofloli9327 my bed has drawers built into it so that means their is no bottom of it it's all solid but am still scared of letting them hang out

    • @firstnamelastname6682
      @firstnamelastname6682 Před 4 lety +14

      If i hang my legs over my bed and my knees are facing down when i wake up it feels so painful because the weight of everything beneath the knee was pulling it down. I hate that feeling.

  • @puhlsar1
    @puhlsar1 Před rokem +16

    Nice to see Michael becoming OMORI from the hit indie rpg game OMORI

  • @feathdev
    @feathdev Před 5 měsíci +124

    This is the living embodiment of “Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats make me crazy.”
    EDIT: thanks for almost a HUNDRED likes on this comment?! Wow, I didn’t think a stupid shitpost would make me the talk of the town! You know where else you can do this? ON MY VIDEOS THAT I’VE MADE.

    • @cameronharding2878
      @cameronharding2878 Před 2 měsíci

      Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room. A rubber room with rats. And rats made me crazy

    • @Thehuman-it3oz
      @Thehuman-it3oz Před 2 měsíci

      Mf you have 3 vids

    • @Frikpro8000
      @Frikpro8000 Před 6 dny +1

      You just had to ruin it

  • @helloimnisha
    @helloimnisha Před 4 lety +4402

    Who is here after Michael made all the epis free? I am crying in broke

    • @jburnsey48
      @jburnsey48 Před 4 lety +30

      Nisha K This one has always been free

    • @Rogther
      @Rogther Před 4 lety +38

      Yeas, I'm rewatching the free ones so I get the complete experience

    • @helloimnisha
      @helloimnisha Před 4 lety +13

      @@jburnsey48 i am watching the free ones too

    • @HeavyMetalKittenx
      @HeavyMetalKittenx Před 4 lety +4

      All CZcams shows have done this. The ones after sept 24 come out once a week free

    • @helloimnisha
      @helloimnisha Před 4 lety +1

      @@HeavyMetalKittenx really? 😨

  • @Mikeological
    @Mikeological Před 7 lety +2140

    I'm curious as to what he 'dreamt' that made him open the door.

    • @ma100592school
      @ma100592school Před 7 lety +257

      I was hoping they would cover that! Oh well.

    • @FeralBoarding
      @FeralBoarding Před 7 lety +176

      Probably about opening the door and the experiment ending haha

    • @MysteryPancake
      @MysteryPancake Před 7 lety +26

      Of all the ad revenue he will make from this video by pretending he's confused

    • @Ronnie-Bagpipe
      @Ronnie-Bagpipe Před 7 lety +65

      My guess was that he had a dream about the door not opening ever or they leave him in for even longer. Im guessing they didnt go over it because he literally forgot what he dream about

    • @wrijack
      @wrijack Před 7 lety +47

      He probably doesn't even remember. He left it in the room.

  • @victor_.
    @victor_. Před 8 měsíci +11

    That chamber changed michael forever, he will never be the same

  • @sibusisoofentse9557
    @sibusisoofentse9557 Před 9 měsíci +7

    Watching someone else react to your words help you truly experience it is a monumental insight

  • @e.n.o.5814
    @e.n.o.5814 Před 4 lety +2363

    Prisoner: Isolation is really bad
    Michael: I'm doing that for three days because I want to
    Prisoner: "confused look"

    • @Astraeus..
      @Astraeus.. Před 4 lety +142

      Unless you've actually been to prison though, you'll never understand the fundamental difference between isolation because you CHOSE it and isolation that is FORCED on you. For instance; at home, my actual range of "movement" is the couch, the kitchen, the bathroom, and back. This is maybe 35 feet of movement. I can stay in there for a couple weeks at a time with zero trouble, it'll never really bother me. Meanwhile, I spent a week in jail before and nearly lost my shit....

    • @trevormondria5825
      @trevormondria5825 Před 3 lety +32

      @@Astraeus.. suppressed against your will is definitely different.

    • @Vanessa-lw3ol
      @Vanessa-lw3ol Před 3 lety +3

      Taranizs don’t you have electronics when your at home

    • @meydana538
      @meydana538 Před 3 lety +22

      True tho he really looked at him like “why tf are you doing this to yourself?”

    • @josheaster1547
      @josheaster1547 Před 3 lety

      @@Astraeus.. meanwhile?

  • @dm.3047
    @dm.3047 Před 4 lety +1919

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

    • @robertfan332
      @robertfan332 Před 4 lety +36

      I've known him for a while and I've never seen his legs so hairy. Cmon man.

    • @dm.3047
      @dm.3047 Před 4 lety +1

      @@robertfan332 uh I think your talking about another time.

    • @rickliu2997
      @rickliu2997 Před 4 lety

      Lol

    • @georgeg9319
      @georgeg9319 Před 4 lety

      My favorite part 😂

    • @carealoo744
      @carealoo744 Před 4 lety

      302nd Like!

  • @carinen8119
    @carinen8119 Před rokem +24

    Fascinating! I experienced pretty intense boredom on a 10 day meditation retreat and found it very interesting how my brain would conjure up all sorts of memories to keep me distracted

    • @meeka5041
      @meeka5041 Před 11 měsíci

      Vipassana?

    • @carinen8119
      @carinen8119 Před 11 měsíci

      @@meeka5041 yes! 10 day silent retreat

    • @lucasjames8281
      @lucasjames8281 Před 3 měsíci

      That’s not a meditation retreat, that’s 10 days of wasted time. In meditation, there is no you to even get bored

    • @carinen8119
      @carinen8119 Před 3 měsíci

      @@lucasjames8281I'm not sure what you mean by this, but am curious to hear more. Care to share?
      My experience involved phases of boredom, and phases of focus. And many other interesting feelings and thoughts.

  • @The_YellowGuy_
    @The_YellowGuy_ Před 8 měsíci +10

    oh so this is how he went insane

  • @ithurtswhenipee4526
    @ithurtswhenipee4526 Před 3 lety +21764

    Cool to see Michael spend 3 days as a discord mod

  • @Kazoeru
    @Kazoeru Před 7 lety +3767

    Why didn't you do bottle flips??!

    • @jovis6995
      @jovis6995 Před 7 lety +93

      Voxle this deserves more likes. I hope he will see it and realise how dumb he was for not doing it :) literally entertainment for hours

    • @QweRinatrtY
      @QweRinatrtY Před 7 lety +77

      +Jovis
      I hope you realize how courageous he is for not doing it

    • @fretnation671
      @fretnation671 Před 7 lety +1

      Voxle hahahahaha🤣

    • @Vsauce
      @Vsauce  Před 7 lety +881

      I didn't want any more stimulation than the bare minimum.

    • @rokozaki
      @rokozaki Před 7 lety +3

      pure awesome

  • @boi7316
    @boi7316 Před rokem +22

    After this, he became insane, staring into our souls in every short he makes.

  • @joaojonito3764
    @joaojonito3764 Před 10 měsíci +10

    He was never the same after this

  • @poohandler8646
    @poohandler8646 Před 7 lety +2693

    i take a 3 hour nap and I don't know what day it is

    • @zucchini2114
      @zucchini2114 Před 7 lety +12

      No Pe sameeeee 😂

    • @narglesonthebrain8731
      @narglesonthebrain8731 Před 7 lety +92

      i once got home from school and i took a 4 hour nap and I thought it was 6am and i had to go to school and i started freaking out
      another time i took a 16 hour nap when i got home from school and i thought the opposite and i thought it was 6pm and i was late for school that day

    • @poohandler8646
      @poohandler8646 Před 7 lety +8

      Alix L lol I've only pulled off a 12 hour sleep night

    • @SeahorseTrash
      @SeahorseTrash Před 7 lety +34

      No Pe one time I fell asleep really early and woke up at like midnight thinking it was the morning so I went downstairs and made a bowl of cereal. My dad gave me the weirdest look lol

    • @Konuta
      @Konuta Před 7 lety +111

      A NAP IS NOT 16 HOURS LONG.

  • @hiphyro
    @hiphyro Před 4 lety +1515

    "This is about as boring as a room can get."
    Wrong. It has carpet.

    • @petemoss7704
      @petemoss7704 Před 4 lety +87

      EXACTLY. You can look at it until faces appear or move it around to make art.

    • @temperance7
      @temperance7 Před 4 lety +23

      We can start counting the no of threads,finish it in rows and remember the number of rows by associating with age ,date of birth ,son's age (essentially something with emotional value)and sleep and resume the next day till day 3

    • @lopamurble4056
      @lopamurble4056 Před 4 lety +12

      *Shuffle shuffle shuffle*

    • @zotethedead7779
      @zotethedead7779 Před 4 lety +6

      That's even worse, now I'm just disappointed that carpet exists

    • @isaiahwilliams2642
      @isaiahwilliams2642 Před 4 lety +9

      Great, now he has to do it all over again.

  • @soundmind69
    @soundmind69 Před 4 měsíci +6

    Jameson was not a good test subject
    I wouldve sat there for 3 hours zoning out, making my own movie in my mind. Take a nap, sing a song, sort out my life.

    • @EvelynSucksAtLife
      @EvelynSucksAtLife Před 4 měsíci +2

      Planning out an entire high fantasy novel

    • @Sumit_Girhe
      @Sumit_Girhe Před 2 měsíci

      Thats your overthing habit , which isnt good

  • @jacksxnthomxs6981
    @jacksxnthomxs6981 Před 5 měsíci +10

    i feel like mr beast didn’t actually spend 7 days in the room, considering the effect less than half of the time had on vsauce

    • @HammyGorgon
      @HammyGorgon Před 5 měsíci +2

      No his craziness makes it worse

  • @gamerking-jq5wi
    @gamerking-jq5wi Před 7 lety +2106

    Me: mom get me popcorn.
    Mom: why.
    Me: I'm going to watch someone get tortured

  • @kodredcud
    @kodredcud Před 7 lety +1503

    "Why is this on CZcams Red?! THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!"
    1. It's a half an hour
    2. He had scientists and doctors help him (and I doubt it was free)
    3. He had that isolation room and observation room built for this (or rented for this, if it existed already)
    4. He rented the sensory deprivation chamber
    CZcams Red allows its creators to go above and beyond with their videos. Get over it.

    • @mina86
      @mina86 Před 7 lety +39

      In my opinion, all of those things you’ve listed, made the episode *worse* than typical Vsauce video.

    • @Sh4d0wch40s
      @Sh4d0wch40s Před 7 lety +22

      The problem is that YT Red isn't available everywhere, and that's BULLSHIT.

    • @NATE-bz7mx
      @NATE-bz7mx Před 7 lety +18

      mina86 how so? not trying to be rude, just genuinely curious. if you ask me, this show is much more focused and less straying than traditional Vsauce videos.

    • @BarcalonaBoy6
      @BarcalonaBoy6 Před 7 lety +2

      Makho I lucked out and got a 4 month free trial of Google play music which also came with CZcams red. it's gone by now

    • @CerdurTV
      @CerdurTV Před 7 lety +13

      youtube red produced it, people don't understand that without it this wouldn't have happened

  • @peaoat3608
    @peaoat3608 Před 8 měsíci +14

    I always thought I'm alone and isolated but after watching this one I must conclude: NOT EVEN CLOSE!

  • @gregoy_smith
    @gregoy_smith Před rokem +13

    Did anyone 32:14 else notice he sort of had a lisp and I seems like h e got more of lisp after the chamber

  • @sploofmcsterra4786
    @sploofmcsterra4786 Před 7 lety +3222

    *goes to bed at **3:35**pm wakes up at **4:50**pm*
    'I don't know if I slept for 8 hours or if I slept for 3'
    Oh boy

  • @kyralee9117
    @kyralee9117 Před 7 lety +4293

    I felt so bad when he counted 6 not 9 water bottles :(

    • @devanharikumar89
      @devanharikumar89 Před 7 lety +503

      Yeah, one of the smartest guys we know. It was really heartbreaking to see that.

    • @vph1r819
      @vph1r819 Před 7 lety +170

      AGH I ALMOST CRIED AND I RARELY EVERY CRY D:

    • @vph1r819
      @vph1r819 Před 7 lety +84

      ever* oops I hate it when typos happen

    • @SPYROcard
      @SPYROcard Před 7 lety +233

      I guess that only proves that despite being a thoughtful person, he is still just like us, a human.

    • @aezracigdem
      @aezracigdem Před 7 lety +48

      Kyra Lee I think it was better because he killed some time and stood sane calculating

  • @themangodess
    @themangodess Před rokem +31

    Love how when he goes insane he does vsauce in his head

    • @guyincognito320
      @guyincognito320 Před rokem +1

      It's the Soylent. That's very unhealthy stuff, exacerbates the stress. If you replace that with quality milk you'd be better off in this experiment, and then much more so if you cycle the lights.

  • @Dazeye3
    @Dazeye3 Před 2 měsíci +5

    So this is when he went insane

  • @gulliverbaxter6440
    @gulliverbaxter6440 Před 7 lety +2247

    "Mum, I'm bored."
    "Be glad you're not like Michael, sweetie."

  • @lukealdrich
    @lukealdrich Před 7 lety +1502

    I wonder what would have happened to him if while being isolated one song was on repeat for the span of that time. I feel like that would have really mentally screwed him up.

    • @finocarino3366
      @finocarino3366 Před 7 lety +133

      Even if it was a song I really liked, oh gosh I would loose it

    • @doctorsarcasm.
      @doctorsarcasm. Před 7 lety +166

      a 72 hours version of nyancat

    • @chef4965
      @chef4965 Před 7 lety +47

      That's a new experiment right there!

    • @crimi1228
      @crimi1228 Před 7 lety +116

      Like they did to Daryl in The Walking Dead?

    • @lukealdrich
      @lukealdrich Před 7 lety +14

      Crimi idk I don't watch the walking dead

  • @FuriousCanadian
    @FuriousCanadian Před 9 měsíci +4

    This has made me realize my overeating may come not only from my original issues but more recently is being effected by my sleep being fucked for a few years

  • @High_Tech_Priest
    @High_Tech_Priest Před rokem +12

    Imagine if he stopped believing there was anything outside the room. That would have been chilling

    • @queercandy1
      @queercandy1 Před rokem +6

      if it was completely white, no camera and no stimulation, similar to the technique used in guantanamo bay, it's completely possible. it took about 2 days for political prisoners to succumb to psychosis if i remember correctly.

  • @curtisleblanc5897
    @curtisleblanc5897 Před 4 lety +540

    "Good morning."
    - Michael Stevens, 4:00 p.m.

  • @melko-
    @melko- Před 4 lety +1567

    i like how his mom was almost crying while he was worried about his water

    • @bloodmaged
      @bloodmaged Před 4 lety +144

      To be fair, she was seeing her son lose his mind

    • @nursmalik6024
      @nursmalik6024 Před 3 lety +17

      I'd be crying too

    • @noahshad09
      @noahshad09 Před 3 lety +6

      And then he starts talking about how the soap smells bad

    • @nebby947
      @nebby947 Před 3 lety +1

      agreed

  • @ahmedsaqawemaki2766
    @ahmedsaqawemaki2766 Před rokem +13

    I really liked to watch the full time of 72 hours and how you managed the suffering of isolation !

  • @kennethjohn0906
    @kennethjohn0906 Před 5 měsíci +3

    It's good to know that there are videos like these to watch whenever I'm washing dishes or doing laundry. Thanks, youtube.
    And yeah, knowledgeable videos like this keep me away from boredom so this is damn right.

  • @orion8447
    @orion8447 Před 7 lety +993

    "Me with myself for 3 days- sounds like my weekends

  • @AlecNormal
    @AlecNormal Před 3 lety +3741

    “... I don’t think i’m getting out today” was weirdly both sad and funny at the same time

    • @TheHorrorDevotee
      @TheHorrorDevotee Před 2 lety +114

      especially as there was a tiny voice crack as he said it

    • @badgerrash1576
      @badgerrash1576 Před 2 lety +5

      😂😂😂😂😂 for real hahaha

    • @Bennahr_Fett
      @Bennahr_Fett Před 2 lety +8

      It was Sad.

    • @castronator29
      @castronator29 Před 2 lety +4

      @@TheHorrorDevotee well that's me everyday. It's fckng weird. Even tho I never stood into a empty room and had internet, I did fell each and every one of the effects he said here. Weird.

    • @mrvaughn1449
      @mrvaughn1449 Před rokem

      😢

  • @wwatermelon15
    @wwatermelon15 Před 8 měsíci +11

    It maybe true that "He travels fastest travels alone"
    but he who travels furthest, travels with others 33:02

  • @HamedGhosi
    @HamedGhosi Před 9 měsíci +2

    Man I'm happy I got to know your channel. You are the best teacher I have ever had.

  • @Lucas-dx4hz
    @Lucas-dx4hz Před 7 lety +593

    *You could flip the bottles.*

  • @chase_h.01
    @chase_h.01 Před 7 lety +22922

    So if people would rather torture themselves than be bored, that means boredom is the ultimate torture.

    • @nitra01
      @nitra01 Před 7 lety +614

      Chase H. paradox
      .

    • @dr.proctor5575
      @dr.proctor5575 Před 7 lety +139

      Chase H. Nice synthwave picture

    • @tinasnowball13
      @tinasnowball13 Před 7 lety +80

      My name is Patrick Star

    • @RaynDrop_
      @RaynDrop_ Před 7 lety +100

      I thought ur name was tinale calizaire

    • @ZAD720
      @ZAD720 Před 7 lety +186

      yep thats why kids go to time out

  • @TheLucylola
    @TheLucylola Před 8 měsíci +7

    He wasn’t the same after this episode

  • @jimmz6
    @jimmz6 Před 8 měsíci +5

    is this why his new shorts are so insane

    • @FreezyOH
      @FreezyOH Před 8 měsíci

      yes.

    • @asthasingh2899
      @asthasingh2899 Před 4 měsíci

      Haha that's what I thought 😅 Man lost his sanity here

  • @julianmuller9567
    @julianmuller9567 Před 5 lety +1861

    I really like the idea of that door opening at the end and some guy telling him "dude, you've been in there for 15 minutes"

  • @Alex-pi8sh
    @Alex-pi8sh Před 2 lety +3150

    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.

  • @user-hj6jn6cy4l
    @user-hj6jn6cy4l Před 4 dny +3

    Hey Michael, I have an interesting thought. What if there weren't cameras recording you, with people behind them? You would then be completely alone, no one to talk you, as no one would be hearing it. That would be real isolation, as the only thing that would connect you to the exterior would be your memories. Terrifying.

  • @ellamcguffee1669
    @ellamcguffee1669 Před 8 měsíci +8

    I remember I was a patient in a mental hospital, and the hardest part about it was nights Because we had to have the lights off there was no clocks just wouldn’t know. I remember waking up in the night and panicking after trying to figure out if I should go back to sleep or stay awake I can’t even imagine being completely separated from everything for three days

  • @simonk4174
    @simonk4174 Před 7 lety +2596

    That was damn interesting. I wanna know what he dreamt though.

    • @ThomasBob
      @ThomasBob Před 7 lety +25

      Simon Koetsier Mu thoughts excactly

    • @LegoFlow101
      @LegoFlow101 Před 7 lety +170

      He must of had a dream where the 3 days were over and he left the chamber.

    • @omaralcazar6928
      @omaralcazar6928 Před 7 lety +67

      Simon Koetsier He might have thought he heard something while dreaming, woken up and thought he was done.

    • @simonk4174
      @simonk4174 Před 7 lety +7

      Aah yeah sounds legit

    • @mitchlee45
      @mitchlee45 Před 7 lety +43

      Omar Alcazar no. he had a nightmare panic attack... for a little while there he was going crazy and thought he was Trapped inside... The experiment should have ended and or restarted right there at that moment

  • @bunyan2422
    @bunyan2422 Před 4 lety +546

    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.

    • @haroldbalzac6336
      @haroldbalzac6336 Před 4 lety +2

      It's pretty easy to discern reality from a dream.

    • @iamhawkeye3162
      @iamhawkeye3162 Před 4 lety +36

      Harold Balzac did you miss the whole experiment and only base this on people in the real world? I think you did.

    • @haroldbalzac6336
      @haroldbalzac6336 Před 4 lety +2

      @@iamhawkeye3162 no, I'm saying that there are way to discern dreams from reality.

    • @bugsmith9751
      @bugsmith9751 Před 4 lety +20

      @@haroldbalzac6336 i mean, it can be, but when you are in a situation that is known to degrade mental stability and void you of almost any sensory stimulation, including color, and all dreams you have are of you being in that same situation, it can be very difficult, some times it even takes a little bit to realize a dream you had in a normal living situation wasnt real, have you never had a dream where you hurt your self in it or got a pet, and when you woke up you are confused for a few moments about where your injury/pet went? most people experience it a few times, but in a situation that is exactly the same at all times, it may be very difficult to differentiate

    • @laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587
      @laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587 Před 4 lety +5

      @@bugsmith9751 I woke up angry at my older brother when I was younger after a dream where he abandoned me in a ditch in a forest to play with his friends. In the dream, I had some health condition and he either was unaware of that or didn't care and I died from the cold lol. We never had a great relationship irl, but he would never go that far in his cruelty unless it was an accident. Yet, I was still crying and angry at him when I woke up. It felt like he really did it and I held a grudge for a few days.

  • @ly_lh09
    @ly_lh09 Před 8 měsíci +7

    I don't know why but seeing Michael pace around in circles while counting was hilarious

  • @lesandersonstudent5520
    @lesandersonstudent5520 Před rokem +6

    Him saying "good morning" after like an hour of sleep will always kill me lol

  • @cloroxbleach9981
    @cloroxbleach9981 Před 5 lety +3158

    Scientist: You should never confine your self in a room for more than 3 days
    Vsauce: I'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move

    • @bnhdeluxe
      @bnhdeluxe Před 5 lety +12

      Clorox Bleach you are a fucking legend 😂

    • @joeblanco2652
      @joeblanco2652 Před 5 lety +27

      no I've been in confinement for 20 days. I went in and went into deep meditation. i learned alot
      I became better for it. I disagree

    • @cloroxbleach9981
      @cloroxbleach9981 Před 5 lety +37

      @@joeblanco2652 I'm not going to question it if it's anything outside of jail

    • @joeblanco2652
      @joeblanco2652 Před 5 lety

      @@cloroxbleach9981 lol

    • @lovestromgren1029
      @lovestromgren1029 Před 5 lety +1

      @@joeblanco2652 sure

  • @mishterkhalid3117
    @mishterkhalid3117 Před 4 lety +2005

    Petition to release the raw 72 hour footage.
    #releasetherawfootage

    • @misa-tj4uw
      @misa-tj4uw Před 3 lety +6

      @nitrrogen and i will the 128th like xD

    • @orid7909
      @orid7909 Před 3 lety +65

      theres footage of him pooping

    • @jerbil404
      @jerbil404 Před 3 lety +81

      They dont want you to see the endless amount of times of Michael wacking off too a white wall

    • @tenteclz8731
      @tenteclz8731 Před 3 lety +15

      jaydensbraindead it would help me affirm my sexuality, so yes

    • @sidhaantgupta1974
      @sidhaantgupta1974 Před 3 lety +11

      Jacks of 72 times

  • @Peter_1986
    @Peter_1986 Před rokem +6

    I like to use these "Mind Field" videos as a kind of countdown to Christmas.
    In Sweden we celebrate Christmas during Christmas Eve (nobody cares about Christmas Day, except that it is considered a holiday), and it is tradition to have some Christmas-themed television series every year throughout December up to and including date 24, and there are exactly 24 "Mind Field" videos, so that is perfect, lol.

  • @AverageKaijuGamer
    @AverageKaijuGamer Před 8 dny

    My Psychology teacher played this in my Psychology class. Its one of the only Psychology videos i purposely wanted to watch in my free time.