‘Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings—always darker, emptier and simpler.’ —Nietzsche
At one end is our everyday consciousness, and at the other is total unconsciousness, as represented by coma. Actually, the term “coma” covers two very similar states: One is the kind of coma that results from a severe head injury or cardiac arrest, and the other is the state induced in a hospital setting by means of general anesthesia.
So anyone who has had general anesthesia has been in a coma?
Yes, general anesthesia is nearly identical to what we might call “natural” coma.
