He’s right tho, most hallucinogens give you “visuals” not really hallucinations, sleep deprivation gives you “true hallucinations” as in you actually see real things, it’s kinda hard to explain but it really is different than any other drug
@@hankworley3066 but you would have to be insanely sleep deprived to get a legitimate hallucination. After a conservative amount of hours, I can get mild auditory and occasionally visual hallucinations, but I've never stayed up long enough to get legitimate ones.
@@a-a-rondavis9438 I absolutely agree, the longest I’ve stayed up was 2 nights in a row (just around 60 hours with no sleep) and I can recall being in a classroom and seeing my dog running around, hearing people calling my name every few seconds etc. but the hallucinations mildly started on the 2nd out of 3 days
@@a-a-rondavis9438 the only drug I’ve ever taken that gave me the same hallucinations was diphenhydramine but I would highly recommend against it, there’s a good reason as to why people don’t use deliriants recreationally
Hallucinations from sleep deprivation are unique but not incomparable to drug use. The descriptions of dmt, which I haven’t done, seem to be more powerful than the hallucinations I’ve experienced from drugs and hallucinations
I stayed up 100 hours straight in 2017 for my twitch livestream. I played runescape the whole time and talked, listened to music. Drank a lot of water and took 4 quick showers. David is right when he says there is no high like it, the hallucinations are truly remarkable
I've had problems with opiates over the years and have had 7 straight days no sleep before. It is like your brain wants to dream and its gonna whether you're awake or not. Full on psychosis basically
So true bro. I have had stints where I stay up 3 days and sleep 2 times a week. That voice in your head dissociates and becomes something you can bounce ideas off of like a 2nd person. It’s a wild ting.
Flat Globe Bear opioids dont keep you awake, morphine, codeine is what’s used to sedate you while performing operations. Unless you’re an addict and can’t sleep without it
I feel like this could’ve been a 10 hour podcast with all the different tangents and story lines David could go through and I’d listen to every second of it.
The mental fortitude of this man is insane. The pain tolerance, discipline, physical mastery, self-control are off the charts. Just try to imagine what it would be like to stay awake and standing in the exact same spot for 3 days, encased in ice, unable to move your arms or turn. Almost anyone would be begging to get out after 15 minutes. He’s like, beyond human.
What if he's messed up on opiates? It would increase his pain tolerance, make him calmer, and lower his heart rate. That's my only explanation for his abilities
ASAP I mean could be that but he said he was wearing a catheter. I can relate to him because whenever I’m in a lake with a bunch of people, I can’t pee. The urge is there but nothing comes out because subliminally I’m embarrassed if anyone finds out I am peeing.
I seriously wonder if those stunts caused any damage or the brain. Like surely being starved for 30 days, your body starts eating itself? He say himself @7:50 that he never fully recovered...
@Alex Font go out of your way. I used to be like that. Wouldn't even piss or shit in public toilets if I was busting. Now I leave the door open if at a party, and make my friends listen to my piss rocketing into the toilet. Everybody pisses...
@@gagefischer8932 Joe might get David in a hole where he can't explain something due to an unexpected/unanswerable question. David's act is still illusion art, he knows that and everyone knows that. An illusion can easily be toppled if the artist isn't careful enough which would explain why David is kinda boxing Joe's questions out.
It's crazy that I have seen David Blaine for the past fifteen years. Since I was thirteen yrs old. And I never have seen him being his authentic self. Seeing him actually being himself is so weird to me. His persona is all I ever saw. Seems to be a really down to earth quirky guy
What he says around 13:45 is the truest shit. I suffer from narcolepsy which isn't what people really think it is. It isn't really falling asleep randomly but rather the inability to stay awake due to chronic sleep deprivation and fatigue. REM cycles are broken so the body doesn't rest at night -- they say that someone with this condition feels like the average person would staying up 48-72 hours straight, but this is our everyday. I have experienced countless hallucinations when extremely fatigued and agree, it can be one of the strongest experiences ever. I don't recommend anyone doing this -- there's a reason why sleep deprivation is used as a torture technique and long-term stretches can cause permanent damage and even death. I have seen my couch breathe, seen shadow figures appear and disappear in my vision, blinking lights, objects in my periphery that aren't there, etc. But the worst parts -- and he captures it here -- are the time warping and delusions. When in this state, time will sometimes freeze or sometimes speed up at such an incomprehensible speed. You will forget the names and faces of people you knew just days before and experience the nightmare, as he put it. Deep-rooted beliefs that people are out to kill you (hence him reaching for the chainsaw), physical numbness, or even the belief that you don't exist. Sometimes it feels like the version of me in my dreams feels more real that the one in my waking life. Imagine being able to access the delusions of your weirdest dreams, but while awake. This means any monster you've seen or heard in dreams can pop up and so can the sudden intuitive beliefs like we get when dreaming or while high. It's truly fucking crazy what the brain can do. I also love how he talks about the small checkpoints when running on the treadmill. This truly is the best way to get through these moments -- or anything difficult -- and I use this for my day-to-day. The control he has over his own body and mind is beautiful.
Dude my whole life I have been able to stay awake for days id say 5 days was the most without any form or drug and I have felt what you speak of many times. I've done all types of hallucinogens also and never felt as crazy as when sleep deprived. I can't imagine living with that everyday man and i truly hope that they develop a cure or at least something that gives you some relief brother god bless
i say all the time if our brains were truly computers they are by far the best on the planet. They are capable of almost anything man i wouldn't even doubt if we were able to fly we just haven't figured it out hahaha
There was this one time when I used to do the night shift at a hotel. I once had a 48hr-ish no sleep going on, didnt think I'd have any repercussions to it. And then, during the morning at around 5am, when I was setting up the breakfast table, I felt like I was trippin' on some shit. Cutlery - fork on left, knife, and spoon on the right; I remember placing them on the like 7 tables and when I come back, some of the cutlery is missing, i felt like a walking zombie, i saw people, the environment was crumbling and would show fragments of my home. I freaked out and had a seat on one of the chairs. Next to me, my boss was sitting down and having a conversation with me, I go to reply and then I see him somewhere else. It was an experience for sure. I had to endure three more hours of it at the reception. Everything felt real, yet it wasn't. I had to keep pinching myself at some point to keep a conversation with a guest cuz sometimes, I'd be talking to no one
i remember the impression i had of david was that he was an emotionless being maybe laughing once in a blue moon. but i come back to see his stuff again and here he is full of emotion and happiness while talking. look at how he's talking here. he's so happy talking about his accomplishments. i know no one asked but this made me smile ear to ear :)
Im breaking mine because i spend minimum an hour and a half on the toilet in the am reading and playing on my phone. Edit: 86 likes...wow. My most prolific comment is about excessive time spent on the crapper. How fitting.
I accidentally did what the allied troops did to the holocaust prisoners. Please be careful when you do fasting diets. Make sure you know what to do 24/7 when fasting n
I love David Blaine because he’s one of the most humble guys but he’s also not tryna act like “oh well it was nothing it could’ve been better” he actually shows how amazed he is at even the things he did.
Idc what nobody says, David Blaine is a 🐐 his personality A1. He doesn’t care about money, or death, he cares about sharing his memories with others while he’s here and you can’t get any better than that.
I remember watching that on tv when I was a kid, and he said after, "seconds became minutes, minutes became hours, and hours became days, man." It's really lucky to be able to see this interview years later.
Can attest about sleep deprivation - Had quite intense insomnia due to nicotine (cigarettes) withdrawal for about 2-3 months. Slept 2-3 hours a day on average, with odd 6-7 hour sleep about once a week. Started seeing and hearing weird stuff, noticing things that I KNEW I normally would not notice - numbers, time that looks similar on both sides like 22:22, I started checking things constantly and then having anxiety when the thing I checked for eventually happened, had weird falls of anxiety when talking to friends, as if their faces were of unknown strangers, I started having so called mind-pops, when you have random words or images pop into your mind without a cue (I speak several languages so I had reappearing words in russian that made no sense to be in my mind), I developed OCD behavior and thoughts, e.g. rethinking same thought hundreds of times, I had experiences middle of night when I wake up and feel absolutely depersonalized and had to take long walks outside just to feel normal. Mild hallucinations happened and left quite unpleasing mark even now - I constantly felt like sharp objects around me are for some reason very dangerous for my eyes so I had to put all pens and even sheet angles away from my vision. I felt extremely anxious and stressed during my job, even though there was zero cravings for smoking, I actually feared it, as I thought it would prolong my state. Interesting thing that happened before sleep I started watching some youtube videos on repeat almost like an autistic or OCD sufferer, because that was an odd thing that let the weird thoughts and images in my head calm down. Otherwise it was very hard and to go to sleep in silence as approaching unconsciousness almost always caused anxiety and more weird thoughts that made me more awake again and again. And what was interesting I sometimes fell asleep during the day and had outstanding weird dreams that were so vivid I could not gather my thoughts whether I was in reality or still dreaming when I woke up. One that stayed with me was fleeing from a giant blast, like a nuclear blast and I and some friends and family members ran, into a house when the all-encompassing light and heat overtook us and all I could think was "so this is how it feels to die" and then "I will avange whoever did this" and felt like I will survive. woke up and there was sun shining in my room, and I felt almost like I woke up in heaven even though it was simply my own room. It was experience that a religious person would probably see as some sort of a divine experience. I knew fully well that I feel odd, and later learned that your mind during sleep deprivation is similar state that people with schizophrenia experience. the only real way I could reaffirm my sanity was that I knew I thought crazy things, and that crazy people do not know or acknowledge it. Thank god it all ended almost by the book on 2nd moth I rapidly gained back ability to sleep undisturbed and that got me back mentally in just few days.
Tell you what, You wrote a fantastic story brodda -- Respect for having underwent the trials and tribulations 💪 And what got you through? The Book on 2nd Moth?
@The Dude We all know or suppose that nicotine withdrawals normally don't amount or lead to anything that severe - so what's the point; Point was his experience and the story about it. And yeah you cudda, We always can; It wasn't so much about the wording; Just the demeanour and drive behind it. Definitely expressing an attitude of superiority in having experienced suffering way worse, 'so whatchu complaining about? That's noffin!' -- was your attitude like.
You’re getting a rare glimpse into the mind of someone who has mastered his mind and body to a degree that we will never understand. This guy is a genius about himself. It’s wild.
David goes off on tangent but always finishes the point, comes back to the topic, and it's related to the main topic. That's not "marijuana drifting", that's a powerful mind.
Blaine’s commitment/ awareness sets him apart on a level beyond the common assumptions of most magician’s! He’s a full package! Athlete, artist, entertainer, magician, explorer, adventurer, teacher etc…this man pushes his mind and body to his own set limits not pre conceived potentially achievable limits that’s are the current status quo!
Had that. Do not recommend- I started cycling between being manic & then depressed (high and low) like a person with Bipolar disorder. I had really bad chest pains and felt like I was having a heart attack when I tried to sleep. Asked friends for help the next day but they tried to get me to just sleep on my own for a few hours (I couldn’t bc it had already been 6 days and I needed meds to knock me out, but I didn’t have any kind of meds). Then I had a seizure (but I thought I just passed out in a chair and took a nap bc I was alone) and then I went to a therapist (I felt like I was in a dream & I couldn’t recognize my own name on my ID) they just told me to take melatonin and sleep (like I wasn’t trying but my mind was racing and wouldn’t slow down). Then I went to a friend’s house started to hallucinate while watching a cartoon movie & it scared me so I took the melatonin and laid down (my anxiety was so high, I could hear every sound super loud & was watching Stranger Things). My friend offered me weed, but I said no and finally slept. Woke up 4 hours later and couldn’t recognize myself in the mirror. I lost my identity and my thoughts kept changing every few seconds. It was like doing acid or mushrooms bc I had an ego death and felt like there was no point in anything (turns out, egos are extremely important for humans). I read a book and was basically overthinking so much that I had to re-read every sentence a bunch of times, then I wrote a bunch of stuff that was just not true at all, and I texted a bunch of ppl weird shit that scared them lol. I called my friend at 8am and she just told me to eat a peanut butter sandwich & I waited for my other friend to come back to her apartment that she let me spend the night at. She took me to the hospital bc she was scared for me when I said I had psychosis and didn’t recognize who she was until a few minutes after she started talking bc I couldn’t remember anything that was happening. It felt like dementia and my brain felt very damaged. It took me about 6 months of resting a lot & also working hard in therapy to get past the trauma of psychosis bc I thought I was going to die. Turns out, I just needed sleeping meds lol.
Moe Clips Haha I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic lol but thanks for reading my long story. My psychiatrist and doctor both think I just smoked something laced but I definitely didn’t bc none of my symptoms were immeadiate- it was over a week. I did experience withdrawals (which contributed to the mania) from stopping smoking weed & I didn’t know that you could become addicted to smoking weed. People still don’t believe me when I say I was. Was misdiagnosed as schizo and bipolar bc I think I had some brain damage from not sleeping but I never got any scans. I had complete amnesia when I woke up in the hospital and my memories slowly came back over a week. Number one thing I learned is don’t stop taking anything if you’re on a high dose (pot and/or mood stabilizers) bc when I stopped taking those, I had complete brain fog. I had never felt that bad until a week later when the half-life of the drug had left my system and my brain chemicals were so imbalanced. I just took anxiety meds for a month after that and time was the best thing for me bc I had flashbacks to the trip/psychosis. Amazing how the brain and body (bc I wasn’t eating and lost my period) can repair itself tho. I was 19 and I ran a half-marathon 5 months later. I feel lucky that I don’t have any addiction issues now too (just anxiety & hormone issues) bc I know it’s probably genetic for me.
Tim Wing I used to be a heavy meth user and there have been times I have stayed up maybe 5 or 6 days in a row and the hallucinations are not like tripping on acid it is completely real in your mind . Staying up 6 days will make you hallucinate by itself but throw some meth in there with it and it creates this weird paranoid state where all of your senses seem to be on a super human level and everyone is out to get you and it leads you to a very dark place . It is really hard to even describe it unless you have been there . Needless to say but those were some of the worst times of my life
Justin B I became fixated on this thing that happened and I started thinking everything was connected (like random unimportant shit that doesn’t matter and didn’t have anything to do with me). I was making everything about me and definitely paranoid, when I realized I was wrong- it just made me upset with myself bc I knew I wasn’t thinking correctly and was going crazy lol. The scary thing is that you don’t know when it will end or when you’ll get peace. I wish someone would’ve given me sleep meds and cbt therapy sooner.
How can y'all call David weird when half of you just sit behind your computer screen and continue to do nothing with your life lmao, keep doing you david.
"These are things that you don't consider when you're practicing in your coffin in your house." No one "Finally, someone else understands my struggles!"
“These are things you dont consider when you’re practicing in your coffin” Oh yeah, totally feel you on that one dude. When I practice in my coffin I totally forget to think about the bathroom.
I was in one of his magic tricks as a kid in vegas. Was given a autograph and was told to never to tell anyone the trick and that people who write articles would ask me after the show. After the show I was meeting my father after I got lost in the group walking out and was randomly attacked by a man demanding to know how the trick was done. Thanks Dave
