Would you sleep in your own grave.

I knew someone who did this, she went on a course in the UK where they dug a hole in the ground ( which symbolised the grave ) then they sleep in in for the night...the idea was to over come fears/obstacles that were holding the person back because contemplation of your own death and realising that you only have one life would free you in some way.

The person who did it said it helped her but I don't know If it a good idea.

kylith

So, what you're really asking is 'Would I sleep in a hole in the ground'.

That would depend on things like the outside temperature and precipitation, the depth of the hole, and the chances of being eaten by the local wildlife.

WoollyRedHat

Salt of the earth type was she?

xLexie

Eww, no, worms.

vektarman

Cremation ftw

smash

How much did they charge her to sleep in a muddy hole?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

smash wrote: »

How much did they charge her to sleep in a muddy hole?

i hope it was a lot

Baneblade

well it would be a good idea to break it in. it will have to do you a long time

FoxT

I expect that I shall, in due course...for a very long time...

CardBordWindow

Depends how drunk I am. I'd sleep anywhere with enough in me!

Canis Lupus

Didn't Pilkington do something similar in An Idiot Abroad?

Either way I wouldn't have any qualms about it assuming it was done safely but the idea behind it just sounds like bollix. The usual bull that surrounds all that self help malarky.

Sleep in a grave for a night. It will make you more successful in work and with women!

Dyr

for fifty quid I'll hold your head under water until you nearly f***kin drown. Repeatedly.

Just as effective and will save your precious time

I have alway been good at doing what I wanted possible because I am a bit eccentric and have little to no interested in what others think, but I am always amazed at the amount of people who are afraid to do things in this life, do they not realise that life is just a blink and then you are dead and may never have got to do what you want because of fear.

Duggy747

Since I want to be cremated I asked to try out my urn.

Recompiling myself back from ashes was a lot harder than I thought....

Plazaman

When I was in Nam, the foxholes we lay in could have been our grave. Charlie didn't care as he sent bullets whizzing our way regardless of if it were day or night, relentless, unending. The dark of night was a frightening cover and the cold light of day was no solace. And Texas, once a master of his gun was lost in the thousand yard stare.........


........Whoa what the fúck just happened?

SEPT 23 1989

What was the name of the horror film where a prisoner tries to escape from prison by being buried alive?

mariaalice

mariaalice wrote: »

I knew someone who did this, she went on a course in the UK where they dug a hole in the ground ( which symbolised the grave ) then they sleep in in for the night...the idea was to over come fears/obstacles that were holding the person back because contemplation of your own death and realising that you only have one life would free you in some way.

The person who did it said it helped her but I don't know If it a good idea.

I really despise this sort of quasi-theraputic, new-agey, baseless rubbish.

Why didn't they give her a half hour nap and tell her it symbolises non-existence?

Because its hard to sound like you're giving someone a life changing experience if you don't make it uncomfortable or hard for them. Then when its over they're so grateful to be out of a cold, damp, muddy hole that they start to believe it had some significance.

Because if it doesn't, they're just suckers.

frag420

Over my dead body!!

I'll be in it long enough once I'm dead so unless there's a nice memory foam mattress at the bottom of it and somewhere to plug in a kettle, then no, no I wouldn't.

AnonoBoy

Well I wouldn't sleep a night in my ass and I've been told that I don't know that from a hole in the ground. So no. No thank you. I would not.

homemadecider

Unless the price she paid included ownership of a burial plot, then she did not sleep in her own grave.

Also she sounds like an idiot.

Ush1

How does it make you realise you only have one life exactly? They don't actually kill you yeah?

juan.kerr

OP, was this in a graveyard? Or was this done with pillows and cushions?

juan.kerr

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

What was the name of the horror film where a prisoner tries to escape from prison by being buried alive?

Shawshank Redemption?

jd007

wtf is wrong with people? O.o

Bad Santa

I have a fear of being buried alive, so no.

Jimminy Mc Fukhead

Plazaman wrote: »

When I was in Nam, the foxholes we lay in could have been our grave. Charlie didn't care as he sent bullets whizzing our way regardless of if it were day or night, relentless, unending. The dark of night was a frightening cover and the cold light of day was no solace. And Texas, once a master of his gun was lost in the thousand yard stare.........

The Generals. They did the ordering. We did the dying.

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

What was the name of the horror film where a prisoner tries to escape from prison by being buried alive?

This maybe, but the idea has been used in a few programs and films.

Smiles35

I have a thing about mourners. So I would, but the more watching the merrier I'd become.

Plazaman

juan.kerr wrote: »

Shawshank Redemption?

Can't remember that in Shawshank. Although the bride getting buried in Kill Bill always teaches the importance of learning the finger punch to break through wood.

lightspeed

kylith wrote: »

So, what you're really asking is 'Would I sleep in a hole in the ground'.

That would depend on things like the outside temperature and precipitation, the depth of the hole, and the chances of being eaten by the local wildlife.

How much do they charge for this hole digging course?

Reoil

mariaalice wrote: »

contemplation of your own death and realising that you only have one life would free you in some way.

And how exactly does sleeping in a hole in the ground do this?
Is she not able to imagine it and gain perspective from that?