Sometimes I look around my living room, and the most real thing in the room is the television. It’s bright and vivid, and the rest of my life looks drab. So I turn the damn thing off. That does it every time. Get my life back.

Michael Crichton
About This Quote

This quote is spoken by the main character of the film "Awakenings" by Penny Marshall. The movie was about a group of patients suffering from a disease known as encephalitis lethargica. It is a sleep disorder that causes people to become mentally incapacitated. No matter what these patients are doing, they can't lift their heads or open their eyes.

Their bodies are dead, but their minds remain active. Their lives seem so real to them that they cannot turn off the television and switch off their brain. They continue living in vivid detail, reliving yesterday and dreaming about their futures. This is why this quote is so powerful.

To get our lives back we must get our minds back and not let our brains run us into the ground with their vivid dreams and thoughts of tomorrow.

Source: Airframe

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