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* Prisoners can become like this after long periods of solitary confinement.
* Severe cases of [[Broken Bird]]s can end up as this.
* There are two types of [[Wild Child]]ren or feral kids: those who have lived isolated from human contact brought up by animals and those who live in complete isolation due to [[Abusive Parents]]. This becomes a major [[Tear Jerker]] because unlike the former, who at least have the care and attention of animals to keep them company, the latter are completely and totally isolated from any form of contact whatsoever, causing them to become severally developmentally disabled and withdraw into themselves. A particularly bad case was [http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/article750838.ece Dani]{{broken link}}, a young girl who was locked in her room and deprived of human interaction for the first 7 years of her life, wallowing in her own feces and with only cockroaches for company. When finally rescued by child services, she had a perpetual [[Thousand-Yard Stare]], did not react to heat or cold or even pain, didn't respond to hugs or affection, and couldn't even use her hands. Although she is improving from her care, it makes one wonder how such neglect of basic needs can deprive the part of makes people human.
* If you lie in the bed, in dark, silence and deprived of any other stimulus for long enough, you can lose your sense of self.
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