Talking with my husband Owen, I suddenly couldn’t understand a word he was saying.
It was the strangest sensation. I could hear he was speaking, I just couldn’t make out the words.
Less than a minute later, I was back to normal.
‘Are you OK?’ Owen, 45, asked, concerned.
‘Fine,’ I said.
But it wasn’t a one-off. The strange absent moments had started in early 2014 and happened a few times a week.
During the episodes, I’d lose my speech, too. I thought I was speaking normally, but it was actually gibberish.
I’d send texts to friends, only to realise my messages didn’t make any sense either.
Strange,I thought.
A mum to Max, then 7, and Lauren, 4, I was always on the go. I put it down to stress.…