Do you believe in "resurrection from the dead"? There are always all kinds of things in this world that cannot be explained by common sense. Just like a bedridden for 14 years, everyone thinks that he is just a "marionette", a person with an empty shell but no consciousness, but in fact he not only has an independent mind and personality, but also a "computer scientist" with a super high IQ.
This man was Martin, who was known as the "Ghost Boy." During his 14 years in bed, Martin was subjected to inhuman torture by a caregiver. Because of this "abuse", he once wanted to end his life, but he did not have the strength to tie the chicken, and he did not even have the ability to die. Fortunately, in the end, he met a kind person, not only let everyone know that he was still awake, but also realized his dream all along.
At a nursing centre in South Africa, a young boy named Martin is experiencing the darkest moments of his life. He was treated like garbage by the caregivers, randomly abused, kicked and beaten, and his stomach was forcefully fed hot and smelly food, and he was pushed into the sun to expose him. When the people around them saw all this, they seemed to be accustomed to it, and no one stood up to say a word for him.
It's all because they think Martin is a "puppet," a "marionette" who can't speak and isn't conscious. At the age of 12, Martin had a serious illness that led to his diagnosis of "degenerative neurological disorders."
There is no cure for this disease, and the only thing the patient's family can do is to watch the patient step by step towards death. This was a huge blow to Martin's parents. No parent can watch their children gradually die. At first, Martin's parents took good care of him, hoping that one day, there would be a miracle.
But as time goes on, the patience of parents is gradually exhausted. The mother also suffered from severe depression, often trying to "kill" Martin with her own hands when there was no one in the house. She believes that the home can only return to normal if Martin dies.
This also made Martin's father very worried. He knew that his mother had so much resistance to Martin because she was ill. It is precisely because of the deep love for her son that the mother will behave so strangely. To protect his son's safety, Martin's father sent him to a nursing center.
I thought that in the nursing center, Martin could get better care. Unexpectedly, he was not only abused, but even the nurses who took care of him often sexually assaulted him. During his 14 years in bed, he suffered inhuman treatment, but this was not the most terrible. The most terrible thing is that Martin's consciousness has long been awakened, he is sober about what has happened to him, but he has never been able to do anything.
As early as the age of 16, Martin gradually regained consciousness, when he was still at home and carefully cared for by his parents. When he wanted to tell his father about it, he found that his body was powerless. No matter how strong his consciousness was, his body never reacted.
He couldn't tell the people around him through any external actions that he had regained consciousness. To outsiders, the only thing he had changed was the occasional slight spasm twitch in his body. But this is a completely normal reaction to a "patient" paralyzed in bed. Therefore, his parents did not care, and no one noticed that he had regained consciousness.
In this way, Martin "watched" his parents quarrel over taking care of him, and his mother suffered from severe depression and even wanted to end his life with her own hands. After being taken to the nursing center, he also knew very clearly that he was suffering from inhuman torture. After being sexually assaulted by a nurse, he once wanted to die, but he couldn't even die.
This painful shell plunged him into a deep despair. How he wished that he was just a shell, so that he would not feel any changes in the outside world, and his heart would not suffer so much. His soul was also constantly suffering.
Obviously conscious, but can do nothing, this feeling of powerlessness, may never be able to be perceived by others. Martin was like falling to the bottom of the sea, and he could clearly feel that he was constantly swimming to the shore, but he could never see the light. But there was no way for him to completely fall to the bottom of the sea and end his life.
You can only keep going upstream, but you don't know when you will see the light that belongs to your life. Slowly, he got used to this state of life and gradually became numb. For life, he no longer asks for anything, and has completely become a person with no desire and no demand.
What really changed Martin's fate was a girl named Veena, a muscle masseuse. Unlike the other caregivers, Veena was very kind-hearted, always patient every time she faced Martin, and never had any contempt for Martin because he was just a "puppet" in a wheelchair.
This also gives Martin, who is at the "bottom of the sea", see a glimmer of hope. Veena often shared small stories with Martin during his massage. Every time she spoke, Veena stared into Martin's eyes, and over time she felt as if Martin could understand what she was saying. So she asked Martin repeatedly, and soon she gave herself a definite answer.
She knew that Martin was by no means as unconscious as it seemed. But how to get him to speak, let others be like himself, know that Martin can return to normal people, is the biggest problem that Veena faces.
To this end, she consulted countless sources and finally found that she could pass a language test to make Martin "speak". Everything after that completely verified Veena's idea. After testing, Martin was not only conscious, but as long as he was systematically exercised, he was soon able to return to normal language function.
When their parents learned of all this, they cried with joy, and their mother's depression completely improved. Under the careful care of his parents, Martin not only returned to normal, but also obtained a university undergraduate degree due to his super talent. He finally lived the life he imagined like a normal person.
Martin waited too long for Nirvana to be born. During the 14 years of inhuman torture, he once thought of giving up and was completely desperate for life. But fortunately, Veena's presence really saved him. Everything that Martin suffered was unimaginable to ordinary people. The soul of the "ghost boy" was finally "released" and obtained a successful life.
Martin's story also inspires thousands of families. Especially for the parents of children with disabilities, they see the hope of life in Martin and the future of their children. As long as you look forward with confidence, you will surely get the day when the miracle will happen.