Being fully aware mentally yet unable to give any indication that you’re still conscious is the stuff horror films are made of, yet it’s exactly what happened to Martin Pistorius.

Being fully aware mentally yet unable to give any indication that you’re still conscious is the stuff horror films are made of.

Yet, that’s what happened to Martin Pistorius, a South African man who spent years trapped inside of his non-responsive body.

His ordeal began when he was just 12 years old and started to lose his motor and cognitive skills.

At the time doctors told his parents that all they could do was keep him comfortable until he passed.

He unexpectedly survived and within a couple of years regained the ability to see and hear things. By the age of 19 he had regained full consciousness.

However, he had no way of letting the world know that.

After years of being subjected to endless Barney episodes and even hearing his mother’s tearful confession that she hoped he would die, he decided