We have heard about some pretty unbelievable-yet-true tales which we wondered how that can even happen. Here’s one such miracle today we are going to tell you about!

What would you do if you were locked for years in your own body, your brain intact but with no way to communicate? And how do you survive emotionally when you are invisible to everyone you know and love? It’s pretty horrible to even imagine, right! But, this guy from South Africa has gone through this all and revealed about how he felt at that time.

In the late 1980s, when he was 12-years old, Martin Pistorius fell into a coma where he remained in a vegetative state for 12 years. Doctors were not sure what caused his illness but suspect it was cryptococcal meningitis. His condition grew worse and soon he was unable to move, speak or even make eye contact. Eventually, he crashed into a coma and physicians said he would die, but his family proceeded with a routine.

Everybody thought he was a “vegetable”, but after 12 years in a coma, not only did he wake up, but revealed a shocking secret.

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Listen to what life was like for Pistorius, trapped with his thoughts for over a decade.

According to Martin, about two years in his condition, he regained consciousness. Martin says he remembers everything and was perfectly conscious for most of the time. He even overheard his mother say she wished he was dead but knew she was heartbroken seeing her son lay there, silently suffering.

“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.”

Unfortunately, there were no tests conducted on him at the time, which would have likely figured out that his brain is very much active.

His body became his prison, but he was ultimately able to escape after spending years trying to communicate with the outside world.

“You don’t really think about anything. You simply exist. It’s a very dark place to find yourself because, in a sense, you are allowing yourself to vanish. The stark reality hit me that I was going to spend the rest of my life like that – totally alone,” Martin said.

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