Life Overtakes Me (Swedish: De apatiska barnen; English: The Apathetic Children) is a 2019 Swedish-American documentary film directed by Kristine Samuelson and John Haptas.

The film shows how hundreds of refugee children in Sweden withdraw into a coma-like illness called resignation syndrome, apparently because of traumatic experiences they had.

[5] As of October 2021[update], 100% of the five critical reviews compiled on Rotten Tomatoes are positive, with an average rating of 7.7/10.

[7] According to witnesses cited by the Swedish magazine Filter, one of the children profiled in the film was pressured by her parents to simulate resignation syndrome for the express purpose of improving the family's prospects for permanent residence status in Sweden.

The witnesses insisted that the girl had been a well-functioning, normal child who was coached into faking her illness when doctors and officials were present.