Saturday, March 14, 2020

Postsecret review: coma

Just one secret for now, but I thought it was particularly interesting.

"The brain damage was so bad, I had the option of letting you die. Months later, when they said you'd never again be the person I loved, part of me wished I'd said 'Yes.'"

The concept of being in a coma fascinates me and I wonder what it would be like to be in a coma. Of course that doesn't necessarily mean I'm going to go out of my way to try and be in a coma so I can find out, but I am curious. If I were to be in a coma, I'd hope that it didn't turn me into a vegetable and that I would eventually be able to return to how I was prior to the coma.

This secret makes me wonder how I might react if I were placed in a situation like the person who wrote the secret. Would I choose to let my significant other die, or would I have them continue living, but with severe brain damage? A very interesting rhetorical question.