A 19-year-old French woman, Clélia Verdier from Lyon, woke from a medically induced coma only to face a devastating truth: her three beloved daughters were never real. The young woman had made a serious suicide attempt in June 2025 by taking a large amount of medication, as she told the Daily Mail. She was placed into a coma for three weeks, during which she experienced an incredibly vivid dream that spanned seven years of her imagined life.
The Dream of a Lifetime
Unaware that she was in a coma, Verdier slipped into a series of intense dreams and nightmares. One dream in particular felt so real that it became her reality. In this hallucination, she became a mother. She gave birth to triplets, whom she named Mila, Miles, and Maïlée. Tragically, Maïlée died shortly after birth, leaving Verdier overwhelmed with sadness and guilt. She vividly recalled the physical and emotional pain of childbirth, as well as the joy of the first skin-to-skin contact with her babies. 'It was incredible. I felt an overwhelming wave of love,' she said.
In her dream, Verdier lived for seven years, watching her daughters grow. Each child had a distinct personality: one was quite shy, while the other was a bundle of energy. She remembered walks, shared meals, and bedtime stories. 'I loved them with all my heart,' she added.
The Crushing Reality
When Verdier finally woke from the coma, medical staff informed her that her children never existed. The revelation was a shock. 'That's when they told me they didn't exist. It was a shock. I was so convinced it was real that the first time I saw my parents again, I told them they were grandparents,' she recounted. Even after a year, she struggles to accept the truth. 'Now I feel very disconnected from others. I still miss [my daughters] today. I lived as a mother – even if it was just a dream, with everything I felt and experienced, I will always be their mother. It was my only reality for a while,' she said.
The teenager hopes to have real children one day. 'They will have a different place in my heart, but one just as important,' she concluded.
