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Many of us have achieved this unintentionally when we have fallen ill. I have also done this many days (mid-20s), when saddled with crippling depression.

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Unless you're on the verge of dying, with no one you know around you, don't you at least check your phone once or fall "asleep" with the TV on while sick? Or have some other person who checks in on you in one way or another?

I spent many hot summer nights staring at a ceiling for ~8 hours because I couldn't sleep. Or laying in bed due to migraines. The only thing I would do was get up to use the bathroom.

When I caught H1N1, I was too sick to leave my room for several days and no one was around for ~10 hours at a time.

Those of us with regular migraines are experienced with the "no external stimulation" rule. Checking a phone or hearing someone open the door to check on you just brings a fresh wave of pain. Unfortunately the pain even in quiet times is usually too distracting to get any good thinking done. Sleeping too much makes the headache worse, and anything you eat is unlikely to stay down. The boredom of a migraine day is unlike anything else I've experienced.

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