Before I Go to Sleep

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of domestic violence.

Christine wakes up and is aware that she is a mother. She remembers Adam’s name and feels love for her husband. However, when she sees Ben lying next to her, she is confused, expecting to see a man named Ed. As she recalls the name, Christine thinks that Ed could be the man who attacked her.

That night, Christine tells Ben that she vaguely remembers the incident that caused her amnesia. She pleads with him to tell her the truth. Ben tells her she is imagining things and insists she was hit by a car. Christine secretly calls Dr. Nash and says she remembers being attacked. Dr. Nash is with his girlfriend and says he cannot talk. He advises Christine to write the memory down, and he will see her the next day.

Dr. Nash takes Christine to a café. He explains that he did not know what Ben had told her about the “accident” until he read Christine’s journal. Dr. Nash reveals that Christine was staying in a hotel in Brighton on the night she lost her memory.