Would you accept being locked in an empty room...

[QUOTE=Rose]Here's my reasoning for why I could do it, I've went over a month before(while being depressed) with just sitting in my bed doing nothing, no tv, internet, phone, ipod, nothing. Just eating, if i actually did that, and leaving to go to the bathroom. I really think I could do it based on that fact. while it was obviously under a different circumstance, i[B] think it's basically how you mentally approach it.[/B][/QUOTE]

I agree. Here is another mental approach. Besides for my previous prisoner one. It's kind of interesting and worth a shot.


Pretend it's a long dream. I know sounds kind of crazy. But let's think about this. Being stuck in a empty is dream (or nightmare) like. Only in a dream would you ever imagine yourself in a situation like this. So initially it's not too hard to tell yourself you are dreaming. Now if you can convince yourself it's just a long dream, I think you will take everything less seriously. You wouldn't be too worried about your family, or the 10 million dollars. Just trying to outlast this dream. Just keep telling yourself everyday, "I am just dreaming and I will wake up soon with everything I had yesterday". It will all seem like fantasy to you. Maybe that will help you last.



Kind of a risky plan, but maybe for some this could be the right mind-set.

I don't know.
I wouldn't risky my sanity to win 10mil and can't spent them in the right way.

[QUOTE=BankShot]The fact that 90% of posters have said they could do it makes me think that the general consensus is that ISH thinks its a no-brainer.[/quote]

I don't think they see it as an easy task. They see the 10 mil and think, "Hell yeah, I could do that!" Ask if they'd do it for far less if you think they think it's an easy task. It's just that their minds are more focused on the 10 mil than the actual task.

[QUOTE=Gambler23]I agree. Here is another mental approach. Besides for my previous prisoner one. It's kind of interesting and worth a shot.


Pretend it's a long dream. I know sounds kind of crazy. But let's think about this. Being stuck in a empty is dream (or nightmare) like. Only in a dream would you ever imagine yourself in a situation like this. So initially it's not too hard to tell yourself you are dreaming. Now if you can convince yourself it's just a long dream, I think you will take everything less seriously. You wouldn't be too worried about your family, or the 10 million dollars. Just trying to outlast this dream. It will all seem like fantasy to you. Maybe that will help.



Kind of a risky plan, but maybe for some this could be the right mind-set.[/QUOTE]

I know how I'd break it down mentally
first couple months I'd do it because I know I could then month three rolls around and I start thinking of 10mil and what Im going to do with it and that would get me to maybe month 5 and I'd be like well I'm nearly half way there why not go more. and I'd make it to month six and know that after that it's alllll down hill.

Now re-adjusting to society would be terrible, and I'd probably be ****ed up in the head for awhile. and feel weird being around people again and feeling anti-social. But I'm pretty sure 10million would make up for that.

[QUOTE=BankShot]These are the kind of comments that make me realize how naive people can be. :roll:[/QUOTE]


This. There is no chance I'd be able to do this. Humans are social creatures, and the mind needs stimulation. Read any book written by someone who has been in solitary confinement and you will hear it's the absoloute worst punishment. Read Marching Powder earlier this year and he talks about how it is absoloute hell. I think people really underestimate how hard this can be.

wouldn't do it because I'd go crazy, not worth 10M to make your self a schitzo for the rest of your life.

On a side-note, I think Hollywood should make a movie on this. Some crazy man offers anyone $10 Million to do this project, and a small number of people accept the offer. And then we can see how each person approaches it, how they think, and how they end up. Would be a nice small budget film.

[QUOTE=BankShot]These are the kind of comments that make me realize how naive people can be. :roll:[/QUOTE]
How so? Obviously I am not going to sleep 365 days straight and you'd be naive if you even assumed I meant that. But I can sleep 10-12 hrs a day easily. Eat, sleep, workout, think about chics, daydream about my future as a multimillionaire.

As far as missing out on a yr of pop culture, you could catch up when you get up. Not much important or lifechanging is going to change. Glenn Beck an Fox News are still going to be mad, Jersey Shore will still be on tv, the same artists will be hot with a few new ones who you missed the beginning of their career, Lindsey Lohan will be in and out of rehab, etc. I don't think it would be a hard readjustment at all.

Let's just take from today and go a yr back and act as if you just got out from the experiment today. What will you have missed? You might wonder how/why Jersey Shore clowns are so popular, yet you still would have been free for the first season. You'll be like who the hell is Justin Bieber. You might have missed when different fashion trends kind of crossed and the European influence made its way into all styles of fashion so you'll wonder why the hell everybody's clothes are so tight. Obama was president a yr ago so no chance there. A few celebrities died while you were in. Who won the title in sports? LeBron is a Heat, how'd that happen? 2 minutes and somebody fills you in.

[QUOTE=GOBB]What part of being LOCKED IN AN EMPTY ROOM dont you understand?

This is not hey guys you're going to be locked in a room and in it will be things that interest you that you can enjoy for a year. And get this? $10,000,000 will be yours. The whole idea is you sitting in an isolated room for an entire year with only the things to survive (so you dont die in it).
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GOBB, im shaking my head slowly back and forth. The op is clearly stated and understood, we are saying IF you were gonna do that shit then THAT is how you would do it. It would be easy as hell if you had just one distraction (ball and hoop, guitar and pick, porn mag and hand) to get yourself through it. The comment was based on how much easier it would be for that one distraction, not "lets ignore the EMPTY ROOM FACTOR" and spin wheels.

thank you for your time

[QUOTE=Gambler23]On a side-note, I think Hollywood should make a movie on this. Some crazy man offers anyone $10 Million to do this project, and a small number of people accept the offer. And then we can see how each person approaches it, how they think, and how they end up. Would be a nice small budget film.[/QUOTE]

I kinda want to say this has been tried before, I just can't remember when or how.

[QUOTE=BankShot]Do people really not grasp the challenge thats being presented?? The point of this exercise is that you have [B][I]nothing[/I][/B] but essentials for life, and the space you are enclosed in. Nothing else. No paper, no books, no basketball, no contact with anyone. Nothing. :confusedshrug:[/QUOTE]

yeah yeah yeah..... i can read, i was just making a statement. Thank you for wasting your own time. Read the rest of what i said, i clearly said that i wasnt sure that i could do it.

Id be fine to begin with, but by month 2 I'd be smearing shit on the walls and having hallucinations of the JFK assassination. Something that sounds easy, but if hardened criminals crack in solitary, I doubt anyone here could hack it.

I had a client whose parents locked him in a small room the size of a closet until he was 15.....I could definitely do one year.

Question. For those that think they can hack it, have any of you ever been locked up? Prison? Jail?

[QUOTE=Patrick Chewing]Question. For those that think they can hack it, have any of you ever been locked up? Prison? Jail?[/QUOTE]

hell.... i was in a holding cell for 12 hours and i was bugging out, i think it was just the whole idea that i might have to be there for a while that scared me. It was cool though i had a drunk homeless guy Reassure me that i would be out within a few hours......:D