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Imagine waking up in a hospital room surrounded by strangers who are smiling, crying,

and shaking each other's hands. They're celebrating something that makes no sense to you.

You don't remember being sick.

You don't remember falling asleep.

You don't remember coming here at all.

And then someone tells you the truth.

You didn't fall asleep yesterday, or last week, or even last year. You fell asleep decades ago.

The world you knew is gone. Everyone you love has aged or died, and somehow, impossibly, you have just opened your eyes again.

In the early 20th century, a mysterious illness swept across the globe. It didn't explode

with the violence of the plague. Instead, it crept quietly through households and hospitals,

stealing movement, speech, and awareness from millions of people. Victims were left frozen inside

their own bodies, aware but unable to respond, or drifting in and out of consciousness for years

at a time. Doctors had no cure, no reliable explanation, and no way to predict who would recover

and who would never wake again. The illness became known as encephalitis lethargica, or sleeping

sickness, but the name barely captures the horror

for what it did. For some, it began like a mild flu. For others, it appeared suddenly and without

warning. People collapsed mid-tasked. They frozen place while walking, eating, or speaking. Parents

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