You have every memory but most of us can not access them.
My best friend since we were babies decided to put a gun to his head and do the unthinkable. Blew a hole from under his chin out the top of his skull about 5 years ago.
HE SURVIVED!
Mentally he is a little "OFF" and he lives in a nursing home but he remembers everything from our past.
Before he went into a home, he still lived with his wife and they had my wife and I over for pizza.
His wife said, that pizza is yours. I'm confused and opened the box, sausage mushroom and black olives.
Now I am in total shock, how did you know?
She said, Mark said thats what you order on your pizza.
We had not had Pizza together in over 30 years!
Of course my new wife couldn't believe I still order the same thing as I did 30 years ago...............
It is kind of nice to have a conversation with him and he brings up things I totally forgot.