On Monday, Nov 25, 2002, at 21:14 Europe/London, Harmon Seaver wrote:

On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 12:58:55PM -0800, Steve Schear wrote:

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I should think that a bit of practical training in self hypnosis could thwart sensory deprivation. I read some books in my youth on SH and found I could put myself in a self-induced altered reality state from which I could not be easily awakened. I imagine you could make yourself lean up against a wall until your muscles failed without much of a problem. I've heard surgery without anesthetic is possible, so physical abuse might be thwarted as well for the well conditioned.

Practioners of yoga should have a ball. Just another yogic meditation exercize.

Neither of you appear to understand what psychological torture is. Read some of the reports on the web about what happens. These techniques are employed by governments the world over to break fanatical and trained terrorists. It's not some New Age weekend camp when you imprisoned and beaten by your captors. -- Steve Mynott <steve@tightrope.demon.co.uk>