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David James

Teen girl awakes from coma, asks if her babies are okay, doctor tells her they don’t exist

In a story that sounds like a The Twilight Zone episode, 19-year-old French girl Clélia Verdier awoke from a medically-induced three-week coma after a suicide attempt, during which she dreamed an entire life. The first thing she did upon regaining consciousness? Well, do what any mom would do and ask if her children were okay.

The confused medic said she didn’t have any children. The realization slowly dawned on her that they had only existed in an incredibly vivid and detailed dream. In an interview outlining her experience, Verdier said that despite never having given birth, she still has false memories of labor:

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