History Photographed on Instagram: "Terminal lucidity is a rare but documented neurological phenomenon in which individuals who are near death—often with severe brain injury or degenerative disease—experience a sudden, brief return of mental clarity. In cases of catastrophic trauma, like extensive burns or organ failure, the body is already shutting down, yet the brain may enter a paradoxical state of heightened activity. Neurologists suggest this may occur because the final collapse of inhibito