Slumber Eternal

"Take care O Traveller" the mysterious voice warns. "Those without care may find themselves under a spell of sleep ... and may never wake up"

I do actually have something to talk about it seems. Last night I watched Body Shock: The Man Who Slept For Nineteen Years, and it was very disturbing. This particular man was in a vegatative state from 1985 to 2004. During this time, his eyes moved would focus on different places, leading his family to believe he was still, in effect, 'alive'. In 2004, he somehow regained the power of speech, but had lost many of his motor functions, including the full use of his tongue, meaning that his speech was slurred. He also lost parts of his brain which inhibited his primitive urges, such as sex and violence. But more importantly, he was left without the ability to retain new information. He believed it was still 1985, that his 19 year old daughter was still a baby, and that he still had full motor control. Any attempt to tell him otherwise would lead to threats of violence, and he would soon forget it anyway. Another man was also shown, who was unconcsious for only ten minutes after a car accident, but recieved damage to the frontal lobe of his brain in such a way that left him unable to feel love for his wife and child. A healthy family life, suddenly gone, just like that. It really made me think, how things can change suddenly, and how we shouldn't take what we have for granted. This may sound preachy I know, but I don't care. If you watched this, I'm sure you must have felt even part of what I did