What goes first?

[Speaks]

If you were isolated in a dark room, no sunlight. The only source of light being blue light from your tv which stays on 24/7. Eat nothing but bugs, drink nothing but energy drinks, alcohol, and caffeinated drinks like coffee. And what’s on tv is a combination of propaganda and children’s cartoons all day, all night.

What would go first? Your body or your mind?

 

[passenger]

Probably your mind.

 

[ElegantAura]

The body will deteriorate first, probably due to a lack of essential nutrients to maintain its health

 

[Nebulous]

Body for sure. But both at the same time.

 

[Reddington]

Body, though when you're trapped with your own thoughts, it can lead to horrible things for certain people.

 

[Dismal_Bliss]

Depends how much body fat you had going into the situation, or if there are enough bugs to keep you nourished and sugar-laden energy drinks to keep sustaining you. I know people who spent years in isolation or concentration camps, etc, and later released.

 

[Juneberry]

I'm fairly certain my body is going first. I'm already weak to things like alcohol and caffeine as is (though they do help numb pain sometimes, so I don't hate them in that regard since I'm already in chronic pain)... but add to that eating nothing but bugs (which would take a while to get used to) amongst other things, and I highly doubt my body would survive. My mind would probably last longer, since I tend to be very easy to stimulate mentally and actually still like some kid's cartoons despite my age. Though... If I'm not allowed to mute and/or turn that dang TV off, I might lose my mind too. Or my body will go from a migraine before something else can take it.

 

[Mad Hatter]

Me? I'd wait until my jailer came in to check on me...put a choke hold on him then fight my way out. If I got shot dead in the process then it would be better than wasting away in that little room. Locking up the Mad Hatter is like locking up a Tasmanian devil or a wolverine, it won't end well for you....nope.

P.S. My mind is already gone so no loss there.

 

[MrDawn]

It would be both simultaneously. I know that over in North Korea they lock you up in a dark cell while having you crouch.