When I invited my friend Sarah to join me in trying sensory deprivation tanks, as invented in 1954 by a so-called “consciousness researcher” named John C. Lilly, I saw a flash of understanding on her ...

I realized I had claustrophobia — a fear of small spaces — at 28 while on a night bus in Cambodia. I've learned that when I'm triggered, it can feel like I'm suffocating and trapped. Through therapy, ...

I get really nervous before my rec league soccer games. I play goalkeeper and like many athletes (using the term loosely here), I put way too much pressure on myself. The day of a match, I start ...

Do we actually know what is happening in the mind when we are physically and socially isolated? Originally created in the 1950s to study consciousness, sensory deprivation tanks may provide some ...

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MISSOULA — Two new businesses in Missoula will be offering sensory deprivation float tank therapy this summer, a service that is gaining in popularity across the country. Customers lay down in ...