Beatriz Flamini's Cave Days
How did Beatriz survive 500 days underground?
4.7 (36)
46 mins
Discover the extraordinary experiment of Spanish athlete Beatriz Flamini, who spent 500 days living alone in an underground cave in Granada, Spain. Explore how she lived without sunlight or direct contact with the outside world while scientists monitored her physical and psychological responses. View how her experiment became one of the longest documented periods of voluntary human isolation underground.
Ep 1:
508 Days Underground: The Collapse
Beatriz Flamini emerges from a Spanish cave after 508 days alone, smiling and triumphant—until she collapses, revealing a PTSD diagnosis from an isolation she chose and designed herself.
Ep 2:
Into the Dark: Flamini's Descent
Before the cave, a restless soul in Madrid; before the record, a meticulous plan. Trace Flamini's path from existential crisis to the brink of 500 days underground.
Ep 3:
The Trauma She Built Herself
Inside the cave, time dissolves, hallucinations creep in, and a secret eight-day escape threatens everything—culminating in a breaking point that redefines what trauma really means.
Ep 4:
Rewiring the Mind After the Cave
What does Flamini's self-made ordeal teach us about healing? Explore the science of self-traumatization, personality, and the surprising power of choosing your own recovery.
Discussions (5)
Zane
Level 9 · 10 hours agoThe part about self traumatization being invisible because it comes from inside your own head is so accurate, you just think this is normal life
Sloan
Level 3 · 10 hours agoShe left singing and came back filing a complaint against herself
Bruce
Level 3 · 10 hours agoI chose my own chaos too
