Reddit reviews Ghost Boy: The Miraculous Escape of a Misdiagnosed Boy Trapped Inside His Own Body
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They all thought he was gone. But he was alive and trapped inside his own body for ten years.
A lot of your questions are answered in his book: Ghost Boy
The closest documented real-world phenomenon that I can think of is the book Ghost Boy by Martin Pistorius. Kid essentially enters a coma as a 12 year old child and slowly and gradually regains consciousness from age 16 to 19. Freaky stuff.
I am not entirely sure how much his experiences would relate to this, however. He did completely miss his most physically transformative years, essentially waking up in a new body so to speak. However, he awoke to a familiar world, surrounded by family. You decide whether or not it's pertinent.
Related: NPR just did a story called Locked-In Man on their new series called Invisibilia. Martin Pistorius also wrote a book on his experience called Ghost Boy that is worth the read.
I highly recommend reading A Ghost Boy- it is about this very same subject. Based on a true story of a misdiagnosed boy who everyone thought was brain dead but was actually completely aware he just couldn't communicate it.
I also think that he heard his parents talking about how he was a burden to keep alive or something. I'll see if I can find it.
Edit: I'm 99% sure it's this man, but the article doesn't say about the rape or sexual abuse or anything. I'll dig further.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/01/09/376084137/trapped-in-his-body-for-12-years-a-man-breaks-free
Edit2: I think I found it! I think I read it in the book he wrote about his experience. https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Boy-Miraculous-Misdiagnosed-Trapped/dp/1400205832
Ghost Boy is a book that tells a compelling story.
Pretty much his whole story from the beginning all the way up to when he met his wife and started regaining more ability to control his body. I read it in a couple nights before going to bed. Here it is on Amazon.