Man who was in "Coma" for 23 years, was awake the whole time.

[Jark212]

That is my idea of hell.

I've told my relatives that if I get put in that sort of state to kill me right away.

I'd lose my sanity, this man is much stronger than I...

 

[sky14kemea]

Ouch, saying "That sucks" doesn't even begin to describe it :/

Also, there was a guy in a come in the Hilssborough Disaster...? o.o *goes to check history*
Damnit, I should've known about that >_>

 

[Rock 'n' Soul]

I really can't even imagine what that would be like. And I agree, "One" immediately comes to mind.

 

[scotth266]

I can't even begin to imagine what that feels like. I'm surprised that he didn't go insane after only a year of that.

 

[The Riff]

8395 days in awake but not able to do anything. I would have tried to drool or something to try to signalize that i was awake. I wouldn't survive 1 day not being able to do anything, i nearly go insane when i am not able to get to sleep at night.

 

[KittywifaMohawk]

Wow. That just sucks.
I want to know how he didn't go insane.

 

[silentsentinel]

They should recheck every coma patient in the world with those new scans.

 

[silentsentinel]

Wow. That just sucks.
I want to know how he didn't go insane.

I don't know how he did it, but I think that the me from 4 years ago could have handled it. Back then, I could entertain myself for days on end with nothing more than my own imagination. Then I lost faith in the world as time went by (naturally), and my imagination is nowhere near as vibrant as it was before...

Curse you, Conservative Americans.

 

[ArcWinter]

Some people get all the luck.

 

[GrandAm]

"My name is Buck and I'm here to F***"

OT: yes, that is definately a nightmare scenario.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

World Champion for acting asleep?

Jesus, that's some fucked up shit... I would go insane after a month of that... but...being like that...Holy shit.

On the other hand, what if he spent that entire time contemplating our existence, and became a world renown psychologist!

I cannot imagine what one could occupy themselves with in such a case. Building a fantasy world to retreat too seems the most logical option, but given that amount of time with absolutely nothing to do, I can only imagine what could have been accomplished in any field that simply requires a great deal of thought. Hell, in 23 years of uniterrupted thought, the man would have had the time to recreate the totality of mathematical knowledge if he started with knowledge of simple arithmetic.

Any further comment I can make would simply reiterate the theme of the thread.

 

[Do4600]

It was probably very quiet most of the time so at least he could lose himself in thought or imagination, at least that's what would happen to me after a few months.

 

[Azmael Silverlance]

God i cant even stay put for 2 mins and he was frozen in his body for 23 years! That must have been some hell he went tru . . . .
But at least he is going to do some thing now. Better later than never . . . .still gosh its incredible
Now i bet ppl all over the world are requesting re-scans of their relatves and friends in case they are not truly in coma too. This is horrible!

p.p: On positive side....this proves we are doing something right in hospital tech!

 

[Distorted Stu]

Woah scary. That must of been horrible, i cant imagine it.

 

[MGlBlaze]

That is some serious nightmare fuel right there. Like... serious 'personal fucking hell' stuff. I can't even begin to fathom what that must have been like. I know this has all been brought up before, but this man is a living example of 'I have no mouth and I must scream'.

What's even worse is the doctors... how could they misdiagnosed someone that massively? Not less for 23 FUCKING YEARS. My god...

I don't think I'd be capable of not bearing a grudge if I was that man... actually I don't think I'd be capable of any higher thought any more... seriously, I would have LOST it.