“You simply exist. It’s a very dark place to find yourself because, in a sense, you are allowing yourself to vanish.”
One day, Joan, in a state of hopelessness, told her son, “I hope you die.”
“Yes, I was there, not from the very beginning, but about two years into my vegetative state, I began to wake up,” Martin recalls. “I was aware of everything, just like any normal person. Everyone was so used to me not being there that they didn’t notice when I began to be present again. The stark reality hit me that I was going to spend the rest of my life like that – totally alone.”
Martin had even heard his mother’s cruel words.
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Man awakens from 12 years in 'vegetative state'"
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Martin Pistorious fell into a mysterious coma
when he was a vibrant 12-year-old boy in the 1980s.
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Not the guy I would spot in a lineup ;) Looks very good for a guy who's been away that long.
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