Actual, real, living nightmares. [messageIcon: Flash]

[Kalahari Inkantation]

Heaven forbid, this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locked-in_syndrome

a patient is aware but cannot move or communicate verbally due to complete paralysis of nearly all voluntary muscles in the body except for vertical eye movements and blinking. The individual is conscious and sufficiently intact cognitively to be able to communicate with eye movements.

Total locked-in syndrome, or completely locked-in state (CLIS), is a version of locked-in syndrome wherein the eyes are paralyzed as well.

[Kalahari Inkantation]

This could happen to anyone:

Possible causes of locked-in syndrome include:

• Poisoning cases
• Brainstem stroke
• Diseases of the circulatory system
• Medication overdose
• Damage to nerve cells
• A stroke or brain hemorrhage
• Traumatic brain injury
• Result from lesion of the brain-stem

[Mando Pandango]

DARKNESS

IMPRISONING ME

ALL THAT I SEE

ABSOLUTE HORROR

I CANNOT LIVE

I CANNOT DIE

TRAPPED IN MYSELF

BODY MY HOLDING CEEEEEEEEEEEEELL

[Mando Pandango]

in a similar vein: being consciously aware while under anesthesia. extremely rare but it has happened. i've never had to be put under for any kind of surgery and i'm dreading the day it inevitably happens because of this exact fear

[Kalahari Inkantation]

i actually got to experience that one myself lol

it was very odd

[Mando Pandango]

TEC NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Kalahari Inkantation]

yeah that probably happens an order of magnitude or so more than is reported (i mean, i didn't even mention it lol)

[Mando Pandango]

WHY WOULD YOU TELL ME THAT

[Kalahari Inkantation]

i feel it's only fair you should know for your personal risk calculation purposes

idk, i always appreciate upfront realistic warnings of the myriad gnarly ways something might go awry lol

And I don't recall ever being warned that it's actually possible to wake up in the middle of it. I thought that was practically a myth.

[Kalahari Inkantation]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP-deyaj7jo

imagine waking up to that

Jesus Christ.

[Kalahari Inkantation]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwcHsI8o8ig

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

 

[Kalahari Inkantation]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpal_tunnel_syndrome

Christ.

could you imagine

[Kalahari Inkantation]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Carpal_Tunnel_Syndrome,_Operation.jpg

EUAGH AUGHAGS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[Kalahari Inkantation]

My favourite is that Windows will update even when set to update outside of active hours is enabled

[ME##]

I guess this isn't a real, living nightmare (yet) but I keep having a fairly recurring dream of trying to stop my car and it not stopping lol