# Locked-in Syndrome and the Misplaced Presumption of Misery

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/locked-in-syndrome-and-the-misplaced-presumption-of-misery/
- Published: 2022-08-17T10:00:51-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image credit: Jens Linder / Unsplash. Article by Jonathan Moens. Undark – August 8, 2022. In 1993, Julio Lopes was sipping a coffee at a bar when he had a stroke. He fell into a coma, and two months later, when he regained consciousness, his body was fully paralyzed. Doctors said the young man’s future was bleak: Save for his eyes, he would never be able to move again. Lopes would have to live with locked-in syndrome […] Click here to view original web page at undark.org