Posted on 04/07/2020 9:00:57 AM PDT by cmj328
Solitary confinement as a punishment is closer to a form of torture, with serious consequences for neurological health. Teams of researchers are investigating further the deep effects of this practice and studying the possibility of regulating it to maintain physical activity as well as sensory input and circadian rhythms, in order to prevent profound changes in the brain.
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We're just regulated to always be on the go.
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I’m borderline introverted...in another era, I might be the mountain guy who shows up in town every 3 months for supplies and 5 minutes of conversation...then I’d be good for another 3 months of not having to deal face-to-face with them dang people.
Same here.
Solitary confinement is sometimes the only solution to keep a violent offender from harming other inmates.
If a violent inmate can not be trusted to be in general population what other alternative is there available to a prison staff?
I need people around so I can yell at them to keep off of my lawn. Without that amount of human contact I start hallucinating about people on my lawn and yell at them.
Interesting. Thanks for posting. After having a tumor removed from my brain 2 Januarys ago, I was mostly in the hospital for the first 3 months of 2018. All I could think of when I was healing...I voiced to my children and wife, “get me out of here.” I was in medical prison, psychologically. It was not fun. Life was fun and easy before that.
Stay healthy. Enjoy every day.
I remember there was a study done back in the 80s where they looked at the brains of POWs who had been tortured. There was definitely “central and cortical atrophy”. There have been lots of articles in the Developmental Psych Field that showed “higher complexity in dendritic synaptic complexity” in animals reared in an environment that was “rich” (lots of toys and things to manipulate vs reared in “spartan” environment.
It’s real. The brain can’t just be “parked” and then expect it to work like it used to.
I think I was perhaps a Nun in another life. I love the quiet of introspection.
This is a biased study that did not consider the brain frequency of the subject.
People in the Delta and Theta frequency need emotional bonds to stabilize consciousness while people in the Alpha and Beta frequencies can stabilize themselves.
People in the Gamma frequency actually prefer solitude.
The folks doing the study don’t understand the brain and consciousness. This is also the reason that Bowlby and Ainsworth’s bonding and attachment theories are so accurate and valuable.
I’d welcome solitary confinement. My wife is driving me crazy, nitpicking everything I do, and there’s nowhere to hide...lol.
Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome actually enjoy solitude.
LOL! That's exactly what I retired to. Come on in, the water's fine.
I will admit that one of my New Year's resolutions was to increase my social interaction to more than once or twice a week. (And then this happens.) There are some well-known effects of over-isolation, including excessive manic volubility to the first poor soul you run into, and the longer the isolation the more pronounced the effect. That said, online social interaction is not to be despised - I've noticed that since lockdown cut in, my family and I have greatly increased the frequency of email and especially texting. Kinda nice.
Same, even though hubby is usually watching TV or sleeping. H’ll be 80 in July.
I work from home (before it was the “in” thing like it is now) and I admit have caught myself blabbing a bit longer than I normally would on a couple of recent calls from colleagues. Granted, I’ve known them for many years and it is nice to catch up. But I usually end things a lot quicker.
I agree about online social interaction with family. It has that nice barrier where you can keep in touch remotely. I don’t miss the days of when I would look at the clock wondering when I could make an escape!
Yeah yeah... I still have imaginary friends from my childhood. Gimme a book and I’m fine. I can do solitary standing on my head.
I could sit in there forever... scream every now and then to make the screws think you are crazy and suffering. I don’t wanna get shanked in the yard.
+1
Maybe stop in and see the nymphs du prairie before heading back to the hills.
Okay with solitary but not so much confinement.
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