Naomi Jacobs woke up one morning believing she was 15 years old . She was in fact a 32-year-old mother of one running her own business . Miss Jacobs had been struck by what is called Transient Global Amnesia . It occurs when the brain doesn't register certain memories as real, and instead they are stored on an unconscious level until recalled later. She admits succumbing to 'total shock ' when her son called her 'mum '
Naomi Jacobs woke up one morning believing she was 15 years old . She was in fact a 32-year-old mother of one running her own business . Miss Jacobs had been struck by what is called Transient Global Amnesia . The condition had wiped away the past 17 years of her memory overnight . She admits succumbing to 'total shock ' when her son called her 'mum '