Is "suspended animation" the term I want to use to describe someone that is completely aware of their surroundings via hearing (I/E their brain is awake) but their body is not? They can't move, can't feel, can't open their eyes. All they can do is listen.
Paralysis is the word that comes to mind. Suspended animation brings the idea of unconsciousness with it.
yes, wreybies is right... fyi, no one has yet found a way to suspend animation in humans and then bring them back to full functionality... though the issue is currently the subject of research, in order to find a way to make it work for long term space travel...
And here I thought suspended animation was a cartoon character kicked out of school for a week. (I'll shut up and go away now)
No. It's a term coined in the olden days by the guy who drew Wile E Coyote. You know, before Wile began his fall began or a bus splatting him or the boulder pausing to give time for him to hold up the "Yeah-I'm-Fucked" sign. That's how the cartoonist coined suspended animation. Nothing like a stroll through the cow pasture, so much to be gathered on rippled-soled shoes and what good is wisdom if not shared?
I was going to suggest cryosleep but that word actually involves a specific method of a form of suspended animation. Paralysis seems to be the perfect word as Wreybies suggested.
No it's not. There are lot's and lots of animation principles and that is not one of them. Try again. BACK TO THE THING. Sleep paralysis is a real thing, with reality, which has also been called "night hag".
