南非男子Martin Pistorius有8年多的觉醒时间,当时由于被锁定综合症,他出现在植物状态中。 South African man Martin Pistorius was conscious for over 8 years while appearing in a vegetative state, due to locked-in syndrome.

南非男子马丁·皮斯托里乌斯(Martin Pistrilius)于12月12日患上隐型脑膜炎和脑肺结核后陷入植物状态, Martin Pistorius, a South African man, fell into a vegetative state at 12 after contracting cryptococcal meningitis and brain TB, leaving doctors believing he was unaware. 年龄在14岁或15岁左右,他恢复了意识,但仍无法移动或交流,被困在一个似乎无反应的身体里。 Around age 14 or 15, he regained consciousness but remained unable to move or communicate, trapped in a body that appeared unresponsive. 他后来透露了八年多来, 他完全知道, 听到谈话, 感到痛苦, 和持久的情感创伤, 包括听到他母亲说她希望他死。 He later revealed he was fully aware for over eight years, hearing conversations, feeling pain, and enduring emotional trauma, including hearing his mother say she wished he’d die. 在一名治疗师的帮助下,他最终通过眼睛运动进行沟通,重建他的生活,现在还倡导提高对锁闭综合症的认识,强调即使病人似乎反应迟缓,意识也可能持续存在。 With help from a therapist, he eventually communicated using eye movements, rebuilt his life, and now advocates for awareness of locked-in syndrome, emphasizing that consciousness may persist even when patients appear unresponsive.