Diana Nyad

I think that disassociation can take on a positive side of the coin, which is sharp focus.

So disassociation means you're not paying attention to some of those other aspects at the moment.

You're leaving them aside, and you're right in this moment.

So just picture—

I wonder if you could just, you know, as an actor, you could do this.

Let's say you're going to sit in that chair right where you are at your microphone for 53 hours.

And we're going to give you some water.

We're going to allow you to go to the bathroom every now and then, maybe a little bit of food.

But you're not going to be able to watch anything, no visual stimulation at all.

You're not going to be able to talk to anybody.

You're just going to be in your own thoughts and you're not going to be able to sleep for 53 hours.

Trust me, even though you're not spending huge amounts of calories swimming in a big open sea, you are going to start disassociating.

Can I call 911 during this process?

No, you can't call emergency services.

So you can imagine if I'm out there swimming for two and a half days nonstop, you are going to disassociate.

You're going to be in this interior.

little world of your mind.

And you're going to start, you know, the wafting scenes of your childhood are going to come, you know, floating across your mind.

It's like a dream.

It's like a dream.