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

[Danpascooch]

Wow, that's like, the worst thing to happen to anybody

ever

 

[Raven's Nest]

Jesus H (for Herbert) Christ! I have often wondered what would be worse than living with cancer or autism etc but this beats all that. I don't think the frustration can carry the same meaning ever again...

 

[Nukey]

Oh dear god, this is terrible.

 

[Daniel Cygnus]

Hooooly crap. This is insane. I just couldn't imagine.

 

[Dimbo_Sama]

Reminds me of Johnny got his Gun.
This would be so creepy...

Yeah but much worse. At least in that film he could move his head.

 

[TheFacelessOne]

The frustation would've beat the crap out of me. I just couldn't handle something like that. It's like being buried alive, except it's worse. You don't die in a shortwhile from oxygen loss.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Just wow, i can't even begin to imagine what that must be like... just dear lord.
Any thoughts on this perhaps?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1230092/Rom-Houben-Patient-trapped-23-year-coma-conscious-along.html

Daily Mail?....

 

[Last of the Chinchillas]

That has got to be the absolute definition of a living hell. Just...holy shit.

 

[skywalkerlion]

Dear God.

THIS is a fate worse then death.

[/melodramatic]

But seriously, I couldn't imagine being a prisoner in my body. For a day. But for freaking TWENTY THREE years?!

 

[SantoUno]

Wow, what a poor man, sitting there and watching your life go by without taking part in it, the sorrow...

 

[gamefreakbsp]

Oops

 

[Sparrow]

Well. That sounds like it would have blowed pretty hard. I mean, twenty three years. Did he atleast have a TV? Tell me someone put on the damn TV in his room.

 

[@]

Good god.

He reminds me a little of Buster Bluth.

 

[Avatar Roku]

Yikes! This is fucked up!

What's even more surprising is that it looks like the guy isn't really holding a grudge. Just goes to show you how important life really is....

[small]Waitaminute! Was I just being sentimental on an internet forum???[/small]

There might be a reason for the lack of a grudge. Slight parallel, my mom was hit by a truck last year, and just barely survived. However, rather than being angry at the guy who ran a red light and hit her, for a few months, she was just too happy to be alive. I imagine this is similar.

 

[letsnoobtehpwns]

Wait till he hears the song "One" by Metallica!

 

[Jharry5]

I can't even begin to imagine what that must have been like. I've only been around for 19 years, so trying to comprehend 23 years of not being able to move or communicate is impossible...

 

[dududf]

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!

 

[sirdanrhodes]

Has anybody watch Jonhny Got His Gun? Or read it?