Gillian Ferguson looked in the mirror and could not understand what kind of woman was looking at her. After spending only a day unconscious, Gillian forgot her entire past life and even herself. Her daughter and husband became absolutely strangers to her, and no trace of the memories of the previous 40 years remained
This story began in February 2007. Gillian was at home when she suddenly felt ill. The woman was immediately sent to the hospital, and when she woke up a day later, she could not remember anything from her previous life and even who she was. “In just one day, I lost all the memories that I had accumulated in my life,” says Gillian. The woman, who is now 43 years old, did not know which school she went to, forgot about her own wedding in 1989, her husband Neville and even that 14 years ago she gave birth to her daughter Rebecca. As for the doctors, they did not have a single guess what happened to their patient. They could only assume that she had experienced some rare form of stroke. Since no other consequences of the stroke were observed in Gillian, after only a couple of days the woman was allowed to go home.which became a completely alien place for her. “When I returned home and looked at myself in the mirror, I was shocked. The woman in the reflection was completely unfamiliar to me. It was very strange for me to know that I am a wife and a mother,”says Gillian.
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Leaving the walls of the hospital, the woman was at the very beginning of the journey to find her own self. With the help of family and friends, she had to put her whole life together like a mosaic. “I felt very uncomfortable in my own home. Everything about him was completely alien. I went into the bathroom, saw toothbrushes there, but did not know which one was mine. Everything was brand new. I had to get to know my own husband and daughter again. At first it was especially difficult to communicate with Rebecca. They were strangers to me, with whom I had nothing in common, no common memories. It was all incredibly difficult,”says the woman.
It soon became clear that trying to regain her memory was going nowhere, and Gillian decided that she would have to re-know her life by asking forgotten friends and relatives and studying photo albums: “I have a giant folder full of memories. It contains photographs of school days, drawings of her daughter, her school report cards. " The most unusual experience for Gillian was meeting her own sister, which Neville organized: “It was really weird. I didn't feel anything for her, she was another stranger to me. Now we talk a lot on the phone and are really close again. My sister told me that I am a big fan of the ABBA group, there are indeed many CDs with their songs in the house, but now I absolutely do not like them. "the husband and daughter decided to take her to the places that they had once visited with the whole family to gain new memories. “I intend to relive all the happy moments again, to share the joys of the trip with my husband and daughter, whom I’m still getting to know all over again,” says Gillian. No one knows if the woman's memory will return, so she says that she intends to get so many good memories so that they can replace those that she may have irrevocably lost.so that they can replace those that she may have irrevocably lost.so that they can replace those that she may have irrevocably lost.