Ep. 2 Human Statues: When Your Brain Betrays You

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*Fair warning: this episode contains disturbing medical content that may affect your sleep. You've been warned!

What would you do if your body stopped obeying your mind? If you could think, feel, and see everything around you—but couldn't move a single muscle to show the world you were still in there?

Between 1917 and 1928, a mysterious epidemic swept the globe, leaving millions of people locked inside their own bodies. The medical community had never seen anything like it. They still haven't.

This week, I'm diving into one of the most terrifying medical mysteries in history—a disease that made people question everything they thought they knew about consciousness and free will. We'll explore cases that sound like something out of a nightmare, and discover why some experts believe this nightmare could be far from over.

Think you can handle knowing what it's like to be completely aware but utterly helpless? Think you want to understand what happens when your brain declares war on your body?

Press play if you dare. But don't say I didn't warn you.

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