Reply #4: You should watch 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,' if you haven't yet [View All]

[frazzled]

It's based on the true story of Jean-Dominique Bauby, the former editor of Elle magazine, who suffered a massive stroke and was in a coma (though only for a month or so) and awoke unable to move, except for one eye. He had a condition called "locked-in syndrome," and learned to communicate by blinking that one eyelid. He wrote his memoirs about the condition--through blinking!

It's really a remarkable film (directed by the painter Julian Schnabel). If you want to imagine what it is like to be "locked in," you will have a very good idea by the end of the film.