Sensory deprivation tank

El Guapo!

Anyone ever tried one of these?
It seems like an interesting experience. There's loads of videos on youtube of people talking about what they've experienced while using one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeqmKwsvM58

There's a place in Dublin city centre that has these tanks and I was thinking about giving it a go for the craic.
From what I've read, you kind of have an out of body experience where you see everything clearly and your consciousness opens up and you become really relaxed.

So what do you think? Is it something you'd try or do you think its just some money making hippy crap?

Giselle

I've done it twice.

I didn't come out knowing the secrets of life, but I felt like I'd slept for about ten hours in the space of 45 minutes. I felt a lot of peace, but it didn't last.

El Guapo!

Giselle wrote: »

I've done it twice.

I didn't come out knowing the secrets of life, but I felt like I'd slept for about ten hours in the space of 45 minutes. I felt a lot of peace, but it didn't last.

Would you recommend it or is it a waste of time and money?

Giselle

Dean09 wrote: »

Would you recommend it or is it a waste of time and money?

I think its probably different for everyone, but I wouldn't go again.

I got two sessions as a gift or it wouldn't have occurred to me to try it. If you're curious, and open minded to it, you'll probably get more out of it than I did.

RobbieTheRobber

I have done it twice too.

The first time i ruuined the experience by getting the water into my eyes and irritating me.

Unlike the other poster i didnt come out feeling refreshed i just felt very bored inside.
Once the feeling of floating was done with I found the experience a little boring.

Abi

Two bottles of wine gives me all the sensory deprivation I need.

seamus

Basically what you're doing is you're paying someone so you can daydream. The purpose is to remove all external stimuli so you don't get distracted and your mind is free to wander and think about mad stuff.

I imagine lots of people simply drop off to sleep.

The reality is it's no different to finding a very quiet place in your house, closing your eyes and meditating for a while. Except that you're wet and floating.

Micky Dolenz

I've a few people locked up in my attic. I'll ask them later how it is.

Tabnabs

Op, do you have a bath in your house? This evening after sunset, fill it up, turn off the lights and get in...

JoeyJJ

Joe Rogan is a bit of a nut anyway. I know I would be thinking about letting go and probably wouldn't achieve it.

whubee

Deprivation tank - has taken my sight, taken my speech, taken my hearing, taken my arms , taken my legs, taken my soul, 45 mins of hell.

Kasabian

Tabnabs wrote: »

Op, do you have a bath in your house? This evening after sunset, fill it up, turn off the lights and get in...

Is this the start of something?

im invisible

How am i supposed to hallucinate with all these swirling colours distracting me?

mconigol

http://www.amazon.com/Brainwash-Secret-History-Mind-Control/dp/031232572X

This is a really interesting book on stuff related to the op. Sensory deprivation etc...have a read OP

tricky D

Featured in the film Altered States with William Hurt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbYT3UclhNY

Oranage2

Sounds like jiberish - Scam if you ask me just like Chiropractise

reap-a-rat

"I told the witchdoctor I was in love with you"

CrazyRabbit

Sensory deprivation tank? Isn't that like watching Eastenders or Fair City? Parts of your brain stop functioning and you just 'switch off', drifting into a coma-like stupor.

Saila

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Sensory deprivation tank? Isn't that like watching Eastenders or Fair City? Parts of your brain stop functioning and you just 'switch off', drifting into a coma-like stupor.

but the part of it which decides to throw the tv out the window comes out to play

Saila

depends if you drop acid before you go in or not

TEMPLAR KNIGHT

that video pretty much relaxed me enough anyway

blaze1

Will I find walternet if I go in?

Matthew23

JoeyJJ wrote: »

Joe Rogan is a bit of a nut anyway. I know I would be thinking about letting go and probably wouldn't achieve it.

Joe Rogan is a very smart and interesting guy. He is very open minded and therefore gives credence to ideas which many would consider nutty, rightly or wrongly.

He has a sensory deprivation tank in his house, and he uses it frequently. As he says in the video it takes time to get used to it in order to really benefit from it. I dont know how much you can expect to get from a single, or even a few visits, but it certainly sounds like it could be useful if utilised to its full potential. The removal of sensory stimuli facilitates meditation, and meditation in itself can be very beneficial, instead of charging through life without reflecting on yourself as well as your environment.

Hercule Poirot

Not that I'd be his biggest fan but Dan Brown writes in one of his books in which the main character is put in one, he likens to experience to dying...

angie16ab

blaze1 wrote: »

Will I find walternet if I go in?

lmao

Kecono

Hey El Guapo,

Heres a short documentary of the uses of sensory deprivation tanks that i found very, very interesting.

http://youtu.be/yCYglCDgpu0

Whereabouts is this place in Dublin with sensory deprivation tanks. Im interested in trying them myself.

Peace

Dades

One to keep an eye on for now methinks.

Triangular

Kecono wrote: »

Whereabouts is ...

http://harvestmoon.ie/

Literally 2 in Ireland afaik. Booked months in advance too...afaik. Havent heard anything of them in years, but I imagine the concept will continue to become more and more popular...

Papa_Bear

Can you pee in it?

Ruudi_Mentari

Do not fall for it..

or not into it, at least :eek: is just a posh name for the slurry tank.

wandatowell

I through on some jethro tull in my bath, kick back with a few beers in a cooler and chill the fu*k out.

Happy days pal!
















Plus my skin is bloody great too

IM0

Ruudi_Mentari wrote: »

Do not fall for it..

or not into it, at least :eek: is just a posh name for the slurry tank.

and the sensory depravation part of it is your nervous system dieing after you have fallen in and are on your way to dieing for real

mconigol

It worked for Chris

kylith

I'd love to try one, just for the experience of total quiet and darkness. I bet I could sleep soooooooo well in one of those things.

Chuck Stone

Kecono wrote: »

Heres a short documentary

http://youtu.be/yCYglCDgpu0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8LOLswfTkQ

Overflow

In combination with Cortexiphan and LSD you can slip between parallel universes

JustAThought

Overflow wrote: »

In combination with Cortexiphan and LSD you can slip between parallel universes

It's taken me about 2 days to find the courage to read this. Put in a tank - a dark tank - with no sound audible, no way to see & left floating in water in the dark. Makes me feel ill to think about it. Clearly I have trust issues. Not to mention the buried alive & waterlogged coffin thoughts that I can't get out of my mind .
No way thank you , not if it was free, not if you paid me. Horrified by the concept.
Relax? I'd sooner stick pins in my shins to relax.

TPD

JustAThought wrote: »

Relax? I'd sooner stick pins in my shins to relax.

I read that as 'I'd rather stick my penis in my shins'

Not a nice sensation, I'd imagine..

conorhal

JustAThought wrote: »

It's taken me about 2 days to find the courage to read this. Put in a tank - a dark tank - with no sound audible, no way to see & left floating in water in the dark. Makes me feel ill to think about it. Clearly I have trust issues. Not to mention the buried alive & waterlogged coffin thoughts that I can't get out of my mind .
No way thank you , not if it was free, not if you paid me. Horrified by the concept.
Relax? I'd sooner stick pins in my shins to relax.

It does sound a bit like 'relaxation Guantanamo Bay style' doesn't it?

If you fail to have a revelation about the meaning of life while floating there, do they offer you a free waterboarding?

IM0

conorhal wrote: »

It does sound a bit like 'relaxation Guantanamo Bay style' doesn't it?

If you fail to have a revelation about the meaning of life while floating there, do they offer you a free waterboarding?

no but you get a free motorboating

ScumLord

45 minutes isn't enough time if you take a fistful of shrooms before you go in. When they open the door after 45 minutes it freaks the hell out of you, the guards end up being called and it takes 5 of them to drag you out of your foxhole. Other than that it's great.

This is something Stoners use simply to help them focus which they then mistake for the secrets of the universe :rolleyes:

ScumLord

Deleted User wrote: »

This is something Stoners use simply to help them focus which they then mistake for the secrets of the universe :rolleyes:

Ironically some scientists do use drugs to discover the secrets of the universe. The DNA helix was realised while under the influence of LSD.

awec

Thought this was going to be a thread about some new form of torture that's been uncovered.

ectoraige

I used one before in a different place in Dublin. I found it quite relaxing and feel asleep. When I wrote I was very well rested, but I didn't have any out-of-body sensations. Maybe I would have if I'd stayed awake.

However, the place I did it in seemed like an office with a tank shoved into it. There was a cheap-ass shower stuck in one corner and nowhere to put your clothes except on the ground. Overall it wasn't as good an experience as I'd hoped for. I'd have gained more from a back massage, but that's just me.

BrendaN_f

ScumLord wrote: »

Ironically some scientists do use drugs to discover the secrets of the universe. The DNA helix was realised while under the influence of LSD.

complete myth

discgolfer420

If you want to experience an outer body experience or get tuned in to your third eye, try d.m.t and it makes you feel great days after and productive

JD DABA

discgolfer420 wrote: »

If you want to experience an outer body experience or get tuned in to your third eye, try d.m.t and it makes you feel great days after and productive

No need to tune in ...my third eye is always firmly within my grasp.