A New Netflix Documentary Looks at the Strange, Coma-Like Condition Known as ‘Resignation Syndrome’
Life Overtakes Me, Netflix’s short but affecting documentary that opened on June 14 focuses on a rare but timely disorder: resignation syndrome. Children with the condition appear to be sleeping, but they can’t be woken—seeing only a hopeless future, they become completely cut off from the outside world. As one doctor puts it, “Parents are… Read More »