WEVE all woken up after a night out and felt confused, right?<\/p>\n
But can you imagine waking up sober and having absolutely no memory at all of the last 20 years?<\/p>\n
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Well, 36-year-old Daniel Porter woke up one morning in July 2020, in a bit of shock.<\/p>\n
This wasnt just any old morning - Daniel woke up next to his wife Ruth, 37, to find that he had no idea where he was OR who was lying next to him.<\/p>\n
Thinking he had been kidnapped and feeling very confused, Ruth had to try and convince her husband that she was in fact his wife.<\/p>\n
Living in Texas, Daniel could still remember his parents but had no memory of meeting his wife, getting married, getting pregnant or buying their first home.<\/p>\n
He also had no recollection of his 10-year-old daughter Libby.<\/p>\n
When Daniel woke, he was convinced he was living in the 1990s and thought that he had to get ready for school.<\/p>\n
Just like that, 20 years of memories had vanished.<\/p>\n
Daniel is now working to rebuild his memories - he has none between 2000 and 2020.<\/p>\n
Ruth said: He woke up one morning and just had no idea who I was or where he was. <\/p>\n
He thought he was either drunk and gone home with a woman or that hed been kidnapped.<\/p>\n
Ruth recalled that Daniel didnt recognise the room and was looking for an escape route.<\/p>\n
Ruth said: Luckily, we were on his parents farm so they could confirm that I was his wife and he believed them but he had no idea that he had a daughter and he was scared of our dogs.\"<\/p>\n
Ruth had to help Daniel get dressed but Daniel didnt recognise his clothes.<\/p>\n
Ruth revealed: \"He was angry when he looked at himself in the mirror. He was asking why he was old and fat.<\/p>\n
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After taking Daniel to hospital, the family found that he had suffered Transient Global Amnesia, a sudden, temporary interruption of short-term memory.<\/p>\n
This form of amnesia can't be attributed to a more common neurological condition, such as epilepsy or stroke.<\/p>\n
During an episode of transient global amnesia, your memory of recent events simply vanishes, so you can't remember where you are or how you got there.<\/p>\n
Additionally, you may not remember anything about what's happening in the here and now.<\/p>\n
The condition most often affects people in middle or older age.<\/p>\n
During the recovery process, you may slowly begin to remember events and circumstances.<\/p>\n
The family were told to expect that Daniel would have his memory back within 24 hours, but this didnt happen.<\/p>\n
Daniel also lost all memory of his education and so was forced to stop working as a hearing specialist.<\/p>\n
Ruth attempted to get Daniels memory back, by driving round his old neighbourhood and reintroducing him to friends.<\/p>\n
Ruth revealed: He hid Libbys birthday presents a week before he got amnesia so when her birthday came, we couldnt find them because he couldnt remember where hed put them.<\/p>\n
We didnt find one present until four months later and they were shoes so shed grown out of them by the time we found them.<\/p>\n
Ruth reinforced that Daniels personality is now different - he has different tastes in food.<\/p>\n
However, Daniels humour is still the same and is actually more friendly and sociable.<\/p>\n
Prior to Daniels amnesia, he didnt like going out, but now he loves it.<\/p>\n
Just months before Daniel awoke confused, he began having stress-induced seizures due to big life changes.<\/p>\n
He had a really traumatic year in 2019 - first he lost his job, then moved back with his parents, then damaged his back and had to begin using a walking stick.<\/p>\n
After Daniel lost his job, the family sold their house and most of their possessions and moved to Missouri.<\/p>\n
The couple moved for work but didnt get paid so ended up stranded with no friends or family around them.<\/p>\n
They then moved back home to Daniels parents farm.<\/p>\n
Following the move, Daniel started having non-epileptic seizures.<\/p>\n
They started off pretty violent and one caused a slipped disc and a lot of pain.<\/p>\n
It is believed that cumulative stress triggered Daniels memory loss.<\/p>\n
Daniel is now going to therapy to try to work through the trauma.<\/p>\n
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Meanwhile, a family went from being childfree to nine kids in three years after adopting four, having a son and then QUADS.<\/p>\n
Also, a woman reveals her twin brother is two years older than her and she only found out when she was 16.<\/p>\n
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