Woman's TikTok plea for help after waking up with Welsh accent - and fears it's 'stuck'

A young woman says she is desperate for help amid concerns something has 'gone wrong' with her brain, after she woke up with a Welsh accent.

Zoe Coles, who lives in Lincolnshire, told her TikTok followers she is 'confused' by what has happened to her voice, and fears that the distinctive accent is 'stuck.'

The pub worker believes she may have developed Foreign Accent Syndrome (FAS). The rare medical condition sees patients develop speech patterns that are perceived as a foreign accent that is different from their native accent.

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While some people have been finding her accent change funny, Zoe has explained that she is seriously concerned about what has "gone wrong up in my brain".

She has said she now gets 'anxious' when leaving the house as she feels like she 'doesn't fit in any more' because of her new voice.

"I'll be about to go into the shops and I get anxious because I don't fit in around here anymore - we're not in Wales," she said.

"I got stopped in Tesco a couple of weeks ago and a man told me he could fall asleep listening to my accent. I had to tell him that I woke up with it and it wasn't my accent and he laughed it off.

"Because they've never heard of this, they stare. I've never been to Wales, I've never able to roll my R's, I've never been able to put on an accent and it's crazy.

"People ask me where I'm from and they start guessing Cardiff or Bristol and I'm not from anywhere - I'm from Lincolnshire."

Zoe was diagnosed with Functional Neurological Disorder (FND), a condition where there is a problem with how the brain sends and receives signals in January 2022. Because of this, Zoe often has ticks, memory