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I cannot imagine the frustration that turned into feelings of futility and worse as he laid there year after year unable to communicate.

Hard to believe he's sane enough to communicate.

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About 40 years ago there was an Alfred Hitchcock or a Twilight Zone episode where the guy had the same thing, only he cried and the tear saved him from that fate.

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I cannot imagine the frustration that turned into feelings of futility and worse as he laid there year after year unable to communicate.

The headline says it all:

 

Paralysed Belgium misdiagnosed as in coma for 23 years

 

How the heck can anyone tell the difference?

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Good grief, that story freaked me out. Like Faustus said, how he maintained his sanity through that ordeal is beyond me.

 

reminds me of an old Alfred Hitchcock episode. guy was in a car accident and completely paralyzed and the doctors thought he was brain dead and were going to finish him off

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I'm gonna need more than the word of The Amazing Randi before I dis-believe.

I'd say I'm the opposite. When I said "hard to believe", I meant it. I'm not saying it's impossible (I just don't know that much about this medical conditions), but I'm far more inclined to belive it's fake.

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Just watched a video of this guy and it looked his 'helper' typing using the poor chap's hand whilst he blithely does not even look at the keyboard (or even seem aware of what is going on around him). If he is not even looking at the keyboard how can he 'guide' the person typing.

 

Looks like bs to me. Unfortunately.

 

I'm with Randi with this one.

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About 40 years ago there was an Alfred Hitchcock or a Twilight Zone episode where the guy had the same thing, only he cried and the tear saved him from that fate.

 

Pretty sure it was Twilight Zone.

 

He worked and worked, and finally was able to move one finger slightly. They pulled him out of storage, and moved his arms and hands so that the moving finger couldn't be seen. IIRC, that's when the tear came.

 

There was a "House" episode with Mos Def. They were going to harvest his heart, when House noticed that his eyes slightly moved.

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Just watched a video of this guy and it looked his 'helper' typing using the poor chap's hand whilst he blithely does not even look at the keyboard (or even seem aware of what is going on around him). If he is not even looking at the keyboard how can he 'guide' the person typing.

 

Looks like bs to me. Unfortunately.

 

I'm with Randi with this one.

 

What he said.

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I'm gonna need more than the word of The Amazing Randi before I dis-believe.

 

Just out of curiosity how long has your wife been in a coma? I mean she has to be to stay with you, right?

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This was a movie Johnny got his gun or something like that, which was the basis of Metallica's "One":

 

I can't remember anything

Can't tell if this is true or dream

Deep down inside I feel the scream

This terrible silence stops it there

 

Now that the war is through with me

I'm waking up, I cannot see

That there's not much left of me

Nothing is real but pain now

 

Hold my breath as I wish for death

Oh please god, help me

 

Back in the womb it's much too real

In pumps life that I must feel

But can't look forward to reveal

Look to the time when I'll live

 

Fed through the tube that sticks in me

Just like a wartime novelty

Tied to machines that make me be

Cut this life off from me

 

Hold my breath as I wish for death

Oh please god, wake me

 

Now the world is gone I'm just one

Oh god, help me

 

Hold my breath as I wish for death

Oh please god, help me

 

Darkness imprisoning me

All that I see

Absolute horror

I cannot live

I cannot die

Trapped in myself

Body my holding cell

 

Landmines has taken my sight

Taken my speech

Taken my hearing

Taken my arms

Taken my legs

Taken my soul

Left me with life in hell

 

edit: link and Lyrics added

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I've seen a little bit of this Facilitated Communication up close. Looks like a big hoax to me.

Hoax is a bit kind. Deliberately giving relatives false hope seems to be pretty evil in my mind.

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What he said.

Does the "Steely Dan thinks it is a fake so it must be true or vice versa" rule apply to this like Sean Taylor, the dead census worker and hundreds of other news items? Or does the "blind squirrell finds a nut" rule apply?

 

Stay tuned for the answer.

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