“Misdiagnosed With Coma, Belgian Man Communicates After 23 Years” - NY Times

Metallica’s video for “One” used to scare the hell out of me. There was something about a guy losing all physical bodily function but retaining his consciousness that was existentially disturbing. It made me scared and heebie jeebied like when I get too high and think way too hard about the concept of infinity.  I was able to move on by telling myself it was just a scary idea, nothing more. Well, now I know it’s not just a scary 80’s metal video, and I’m back to being terrified of becoming trapped in my body with no way of communicating to the outside world. I’m sure I’ll sleep horrifyingly tonight.