Life Overtakes Me

This documentary features the lives of refugees who have found asylum in Sweden.

Having fled their home countries because of war, famine, pestilence, there is a strange phenomenon in several refugee families-the body shuts down.

Resignation Syndrome is the name for this shutting down of the system. Patients with this affliction remain in a sleep state, similar to that of a coma. It's as if everything they've seen, everything they've endured has sent their system into a state of shock. Once finally in safety, their bodies shut down, from all of the trauma they have endured. Those that have the syndrome can be in this coma-like state for a matter of days, weeks, or years.

This documentary shows the strength of the human spirit, and the fortitude that comes with fleeing your country to live in a land of safety.

Now streaming on Netflix, 3 stars.