[getlawgdon]

Your bizarre use of "malice" explains a lot about why you don't see how "slither" and "come back to life" are plainly uncharitable phraseology to associate with people dealing with tbi. If you can't figure that out, buddy, I don't know what to tell ya.

[chairmanwow1]

I think you are off base here. OP’s comment isn’t malicious.

[nitrogen]

Indeed, to me the comment in question sounds like a subjective description of what the hyporesponsive might be feeling as their lucidity or initiative are taken away after a brief window of activity.

[xwdv]

As the author of the original comment, I feel this is the most accurate comprehension. Other comments seem to have taken a more literal read, but that would be incorrect, as clearly the patients are neither dead nor snakes.

I would debate that slither isn’t a negative connotation when used in reference to senses, for instance: electrical impulses slither through the synapses of the human nervous system, allowing us to perceive a reality.

[imwillofficial]

My initial read was OP specifically chose obtuse phrasing in order to cast a malicious tone on the situation.

There is no positive attribute to describe something as “slithering”. Not only does it carry negative connotations, it also poor fits the patients behavior.

So Purposeful use of negative phraseology. Incorrect usage of negative phraseology highlighting the willful choice of such words.

Perhaps the OP is a poor English speaker, if that’s the case, He should not be defended, this negative reaction is a social teaching aid.

[WalterBright]

> "come back to life" are plainly uncharitable phraseology

There are many meanings to the phrase "come back to life". For example, my car "coughs into life" when I start it, and "comes alive" when I floor it, though nobody would infer it is actually alive. If someone "steps lively" that doesn't mean they are otherwise dead. A "live wire" isn't expected to be living, and also a person can be called a "live wire" meaning they're very engaging.

To "come back to life" in this context appears to mean simply that the person becomes animated and responsive to his surroundings. It's a phrase that would never occur to me to be offended by.