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The Induced Coma: When a nation stops flinching at its own pain, By Folahan Johnson

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Published 15 Oct 2026, 7:27 am·54 min ago·1 min read

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The hard truth is that the sedation is partly self-administered. Numbness has become a survival mechanism people resort to when outrage never produces change; people protect themselves by ceasing to feel. That is understandable. The post The Induced Coma: When a nation stops flinching at its own pain, By Folahan Johnson appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria .

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