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How extreme isolation warps the mind
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Re: How extreme isolation warps the mind
#22"researchers have found that in darkness most people eventually adjust to a 48-hour cycle: 36 hours of activity followed by 12 hours of sleep". Wondering if this would be possible under normal circumstances (without the isolation, in daylight, with no psychological side effects).
Re: How extreme isolation warps the mind
#23> For starters, isolation messes with our sense of time. Interestingly, people who have lost their sight or hearing, at birth or from a young age, experience this too. From my own experience (back when I was deaf), I would (and occasionally still do) perceive relatively large stretches of time (up to a few hours) as considerably less, and vice-versa. Funnily enough, though understandably I suppose, I also have a very…
I've experience the exact same process you do while trying to recall events and event order.
I attributed the difficult to a diagnosis of mild dyslexia and ADHD (if you believe in that sort of thing). Since these diagnoses in my early 20's I've learned these tricks (such as rationalizing event order).
Now, in my early 30's, this has just become habit. I'm still not as good at remembering events as others but with the mental tricks, I'm adequate.