From the archive: ‘Is anybody in there?’ Life on the inside as a locked-in patient

The Audio Long Read

The Guardian

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 27 March 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2020: Jake Haendel spent months trapped in his body, silent and unmoving but fully conscious. Most people never emerge from ‘locked-in syndrome’, but as a doctor told him, everything about his case is bizarre. By Josh Wilbur. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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1:17.0	Hi, I'm Josh Wilbur. I'm a writer based out of Charleston, South Carolina, and I'm the author of
1:30.0	Is Anybody in There Life on the Inside as a locked in patient published in 2020?
1:37.2	I was drawn to the story because I wanted to write an in-depth profile piece so I was
1:41.7	actively looking for a compelling personal story and I'd come across and
1:47.5	ask me anything interview on Reddit about Lockton Syndrome in which a person is awake and conscious but cannot speak or move.
1:55.4	Then I realized that the person who posted the thread had actually recovered
1:59.2	from this condition and was now in a position to answer questions.
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