Stafford woman 'terrified' after waking up with Geordie accent
A woman from Stafford who was shocked when she developed a Geordie-style accent after taking a nap said she was terrified to wake up with the new voice.
Verity Went, 26, from Stafford, said she woke up with a completely new accent after taking a nap to sleep off a migraine.
Verity, a Stafford-based hairdresser grew up with a Midlands accent, which she lost after the incident last year.
The 26-year-old was already suffering from symptoms caused by a functional neurological disorder, which she was diagnosed with in 2022.
Verity said: "After a couple of hours I woke up and my speech was slurred, which I’m occasionally used to, but after five minutes it came back – and was Geordie.
"I was terrified. I went to the doctors straight away and since they already knew about my FND, they kind of knew it was something to do with that rather than a stroke.
"The doctor was so shocked and when I asked what do to, she said she’d heard about it before but never seen it, and to go to the hospital. Even though I like it now and I’m used to it, at first I was so upset as I just felt I had completely lost myself and didn’t know who I was anymore."
