My cousin was in a really bad car accident in South Africa last year and is still in a coma - although she's starting to come out of it, here and there. I'm wondering if anyone else has been in a coma, and what their experience was. Were you aware that family & friends were visiting you? Could you hear them? What did you wish someone would have done for you?
Posted Mar 23, 2010, 8:45 PM UTC
During the actual coma I can't remember anything (so no cool out of body experience) and then as I started to come out of it I can remember bits and pieces (being scolded for pulling out my IV for one). I guess it look me like 2 days to fully wake up once I started to come out of it and they tell me the first day I was dazed and did not say anything and as I came out of it I started to talk and answer questions but I don't really remember that either. I guess it may depend on the injury, mine was a fracture skull so it may be different depending on the circumstances.
has anyone ever been in a coma for any length of time?
I can assure you, OP, that many many people have been in comas for lengths of time.
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Did you have any out-of -body experiences, or just complete nothingness
I was for about a week after I was hit by a car as a kid. I did not hear or feel anything during the coma that I could remember after coming out of it. But then again I could not remember anything form the week before it happened either, still can't. What I wish someone would have done for me...not take pictures of me looking dazed while I was coming out of it.
I only see a deleted comment. What did the user say?
What happens when you come out? I think you should do an AMA. Do you just snap out of it and suddenly wake up... or do you wake up then relapse into a coma over and over until you're able to remain conscious?