When the world makes you crazy, we’ve found the perfect escape: The Floataway Pod (www.floataway.com).

It looks like a small Prius without windows or tires. You can enter with or without a bathing suit. Just raise the motorized top and step into the antiseptic calm blue orb.

You sit in the silent dark, in ten inches of water heavily steeped in Epsom salts. You dream without sleeping. It runs $95 for your session.

At the Elite Wellness Center (www.elitewellnesscenter.com) in Emerson, they call it R.E.S.T. , or Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy. The center website lists more than two dozen ailments where the floatation chamber may be useful, including diabetes, anxiety, depression, and irritable bowel syndrome.

Spa director Philip Gotthelf says the treatment works especially well for migraine sufferers.

There are only two Floataway facilities in this country. The other is on the left coast. In Europe, there are flotation centers booked hour after hour, as pod users zone out.

Back in Emerson, a young mother, Karen Barouk took a pod break from her newborn. The total lack of any noise or light made her “refreshed” and “completely relaxed.” Barouk began her sessions during her pregnancy.

Imagine, giving a pod session as a gift to a stressed out friend, co-worker, or even boss. They’ll check in, check out, and chill. One hour a day-- totally unplugged.