Woman wakes from coma to find fiancé has ghosted her — and moved in with someone else

'It has definitely impacted my trust'

An Australian woman has spoken of her experiences living through a coma for five months only to wake up and discover that her fiancé of four years had ghosted her. 25-year-old Brie Duval was involved in a freak accident in Alberta Canada back in August 2020 that saw her fall from a 33 foot wall by a rooftop bar and land head first onto the concrete below. Suffering two brain bleeds, broken ribs, a broken back and even broken teeth, Duval was unable to breathe on her own and placed into an induced coma whilst on life support to aid her recovery. Despite receiving just a 10 per cent survival rate from doctors, Duval ultimately awoke from her coma but was met with a completely different world - and not just due to her extensive injuries. Posting about her experiences under the TikTok handle @HotComaGirl1, Duval has been sharing various insights about day-to-day life in a coma and clearing up common misconceptions about what the experience was actually like. What's more, during a recent interview with Femail, she has publicly spoken about what life has been like since she discovered that her would-be husband had all but disappeared when she finally regained consciousness. "There has been zero contact. I have been blocked on every single platform including his phone," she explained, adding that she initially had amnesia and only started recalling elements of her life prior to the accident around three months after waking up. To make matters worse, when Duval finally remembered about the existence of her former fiancé, she not only discovered that he reportedly hadn't been to visit her once - but that he was now living with someone else. "The only contact I did get was from his new girlfriend. "She sent me a message saying she was insecure and made him block me on everything. Go figure. I was still in hospital," she told Femail. "I am still so incredibly hurt by his actions," added Duval. "I have no reason or closure as to why he did what he did. I just feel so hurt, I cannot explain the depth of the pain he has caused me. "After four years, I was incredibly surprised. We were best friends, for years. I never thought in a million years this would happen. Especially at such an awful time in my life. I thought he was my soul mate, but I thought wrong." While Duval continues to focus on her recovery, she's been sharing details of her remarkable experience via TikTok, finding levity in comparing her real ordeal with that depicted by actor Rebel Wilson in her new Netflix show Senior Year, in which the star plays a cheerleader who awakes from a 20 year coma.

@hotcomagirl1 Real coma experience vs. senior year coma experience! #fyp #coma #braininjuryawareness #braininjurysurvivor ♬ original sound - HotComaGirl113

Still, she's quick to admit that her experiences with her former hubby have had a negative impact on her ability to trust others.

"It has definitely impacted my trust. Not just in romantic relationships but with relationships in general," she told Femail.

"It has led me to have such a distrust in people, especially people I am close with. I am trying very hard to not let his distrustful actions impact my relationships and life."

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