What If You Woke Up From a Coma… and Your Wife Married Your Best Friend?

What if you woke up from a coma after three years… and your wife had married your best friend? Nobody will tell you what happened the night you were hit. The driver was never found. Then the police knock on the door. This is Part 1. 0:00 The crash 0:43 Waking up from a 3-year coma 1:33 My wife and my best friend 2:26 Coming home to separate rooms 3:36 Why a smell can bring back a memory 5:03 The last night 5:58 The police at the door 6:48 The memories come back 8:08 Protect him or tell the truth? The science: about 1 in 5 people with a traumatic brain injury who are still unresponsive after a year regain consciousness later (American Academy of Neurology, 2018 guideline). Losing the memories from the hours before a head injury (retrograde amnesia) is common. And smell is the only sense wired straight into the brain's memory centre, which is why a scent can bring a memory back so vividly. Protect him, or tell the truth? What would YOU do? Tell us in the comments. Could've Been Tales: the lives you could've lived. Subscribe for new What If stories: https://www.youtube.com/@CouldveBeenTales?sub_confirmation=1 Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com): "Heartbreaking", "Danger Storm", "Long Note Four", "Night Vigil", "Dark Times", "Unseen Horrors", "Hitman", "Sad Trio", "The Descent". Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sound effects: Kenney (kenney.nl), CC0. #whatif #animation #couldvebeentales