How can coma work help patients, families, and caregivers?
Coma Communication: Coma work furthers the internal and external communication of patients in altered consciousness. This can aid patients to complete inner work and spontaneously come closer to the surface, and at times even all the way out of coma or other altered consciousness. With metabolic comas emergence can be quick and dramatic. With coma from traumatic brain injury and other causes progress is usually slow, but measurable. Families and caregivers are often relieved to find ways to communicate with loved ones and clients about treatment options, life and death decisions, and love and personal connection. Family and caregivers often feel validated about their perceptions of subtle cues they have noticed. Also as a caregiver or friend, please if you are able, take time to listen to the feelings of the family and friends without judgment. They may feel angry, incompetent, bereaved, guilty, overwhelmed, helpless, loving, etc. all at the same time, and may express their feelings in
