@seanking1775
The Lamp story is the scariest I’ve ever heard. Living ten years of a life only to wake up and realize it wasn’t real would be overwhelmingly depressing.
@christinegoldfus9473
I'm one of the 20,000 people who had anesthesia awareness during a surgery. It was terrifying! I remember wondering if they knew I woke up, and then I heard them say "she's awake". It only lasted about 20 seconds and then I was back out. Thank God!!!
@TheRoc20
Has anyone else noticed that mrballen seems so much happier compared to a few years ago? It's just really nice to see, he deserves it so much
@tiffanycollins30tc
16 minutes is one of the most TERRIFYING thing I've ever heard in my life! I briefly woke up during my apendix bring removed, i was in 2nd grade, i remember waking up doing nurses, hearing voices, and then going back out.. Thank God, i didn't feel anything. Im so glad this guy did get justice, sadly after he took his life.. I cannot imagine feeling all that.
@MandaKaye615
The lamp story is actually fairly common! Many ppl have said that while asleep, in a coma, or just basically wide awake somehow spent days, weeks, months, or years claiming to get as old as 65 and in this they had family, children, a career, home, etc and basically lived out another life and when they woke up or came to it was only hours and it was like they went to an alternate dimension or parallel universe and lived this life so when they came back they had actually became attached and loved ppl or children and became deeply sad or even depressed like they was mourning the death of them and it’s so crazy. I love hearing those kind of stories and find them fascinating!
@RavenReads
"The Lamp" lives rent-free in my head at all times, I swear.
@jch12341
No matter how many times I hear the anesthesia story, it gives me chills every time. I cannot imagine the agony Sherman was feeling. I've only gone under twice for different surgeries and both times nothing unexpected happened, and so hearing that this has happened to others besides Sherman is terrifying.
@skreeeet
MrBallen recycling stories is actually something I look forward to. Usually you'd think it's a bad thing but he really does improve on the structure of the story telling and it feels brand new!
@TheSourKraut
Around 4 decades ago, I had surgery where they completely put me under. Immediately after the surgery, the part of the anesthesia that "turns off my vision/hearing" must have worn off faster, because I could hear everybody talking very clearly, but I couldn't open my eyes or let them know I felt some pain. I must have been able to suddenly move, because their "smalltalk" abruptly turned into panic yelling for someone to hold me, but it was too late. I was later told - off the record, by a nurse who was present - that I pushed myself off the table and fell face first to the floor. I didn't see or feel anything, but I still remember someone screaming for a doctor and to "stop the bleeding". I still have a nice scar above my eyebrow, where I split my face open. Last thing I remember was someone saying "let's glue it shut" and "XX milligram of ... something...fast" I then woke up hours later, in a room with a headache that made me not even feel my surgery pain. That pain came later, when the headache eased up. Long story short, it was determined later - during an internal investigation - that my body processed the different anesthesia drugs at a different rate or speed. At first nobody belied me, but the big fresh head wound and me recalling all their conversations convinced them. Did I sue? No. Due to the "investigation" it was deemed an unforseen and unavoidable accident. Did I get ANYthing? Sort of. Besides the scar, I had the best experience and was treated like royalty for the rest of my stay. They even let my visiting friends roll my bed into the smoking lounge (yes, back then I smoked and smoking was allowed almost everywhere - even my primary doc had an ashtray in his exam room) Oh, and I STILL - on occasion - have a short bout of panic when I recall the feeling of utter helplessness while trapped in my body but conscious. It was horrifying. And while I felt some pain, it was more like discomfort. Just imagining feeling a surgery is enough to make me break out in cold sweat. THAT incident made me so afraid, that I stipulated in my will (the healthcare part) that I require at least 2 separate medical professionals (and a preselected trusted friend) to verify that I am ACTUALLY dead, before any autopsy or similar procedure. That's how much this experience messed with my head.
@dragongyal
The 16 minutes story had me squirming in my seat with anxiety. The detail you go into really conveys the absolute horror that poor man went through. I could barely listen to it. I pray his family has found some peace.
@ianhalsey8763
Thanks for sharing the story about Sherman. He was the preacher at my grandmother’s church. A very small country church rested near the top of the mountain in a middle of nowhere town. So as soon as I heard you say his name I knew where this one was going cause my grandmother told all of the grandchildren, myself included when we was all younger, the tragic story. I can barely remember Sherman but my grandma always said he was a great man and I doubt anybody would be the same after enduring such events. Thanks again MrBallen for getting this story out there and keep up the great content!
@jeffhubbard9951
The anesthesia story is still the most harrowing story I've ever heard John tell. It's absolutely horrific! I cannot imagine the agony; even hearing the story told is tough to sit through. What the hospital staff did to Sherman is unconscionable.
@Bigdaddybbq-t8g
As a 53 year old man who has had 20+ surgeries in my life every time I go under anesthesia I'm always paranoid that something like this could happen.
@HeisenbergFam
2 MrBallen videos in 3 days is like witnessing a holiday event
@SaltNBattery
As someone who's experienced Sleep Paralysis since I was 12 I've learned a few things.. It's best not to look around at anything, especially windows or doorways. Thankfully my dog is a real one, she somehow can tell when it's happening to me and does her best to wake me up. The first time it happened was pretty amazing. Just knowing she's there, feeling her laying next to me and knowing she's watching/worrying makes me feel less afraid. It happens more often when I'm stressed out about something. Actually almost exclusively then. Also, it happens if I accidentally fall asleep on my stomach. Since I don't actively look around anymore, I don't see the "scary" things, like I used to when I was younger but I still get the terror feeling and the feeling that if I fall back asleep I won't wake up. So I squeeze my eyes shut hard, try to wiggle my toes and fingers. Try to move my leg off the side of my bed. So far that's worked out for me, or I don't remember the times it hasn't, you know because of the neuro/sleep/chemicals..
@flamingonugget
Happened to me! Epidural fell out during a C Section. I thought it was the worst pain I could EVER feel, until my daughter fell through my uterus next pregnancy. Though it doesn't match pain wise, it definitely traumatized me. Feeling them take my insides and putting them back inside me, the look on the anesthesia guys face was ghost white when he realized, Mike, he pumped through my drugs through my IV, and held my hand while I just cried until the pain meds kicked in. It was after the baby was out, so my husband was gone with my son, I was alone. I remember everything about that guy, his eyes, his face, his panic, my panic, the pain. That wasn't even the full extent of the pain, either, can't imagine if I had felt it all 🥹🥹
@shakebackj95
As someone who was a 5 videos a week enjoyer, multiple videos in one week brought back some major nostalgia.
@i3desiderata
The scariest thing about the lamp story, which I saw you tell on someone else’s show, was all the comments underneath with people saying it happened to them. One lady said she ‘watched a family for generations’ while she was in a short coma.
@nicholekuhns5046
“The Woman in Black” literally gave me chills and scared the crap out of me! I can’t imagine that experience!
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