After thinking about memory, and how after a few minutes, days, years, memories can fade. The normal human brain can't recall memories from a few months ago as easily as a few minutes ago. However, there are cases of people who remember every detail and day of their lives as if it happened yesterday. This is an extremely rare condition called Hyperthymesia.
This documentary by the Nobel Prize deals with a case of it at the beginning:
I found it very interesting how this Lady describes her experience of this condition as like having a split screen in her head, and how she recalls seeing memories as if they are happening at that moment. I can imagine it might feel like you're leading two different lives in your head. I think this is also a more alternative way of thinking of memory, as opposed to focusing on the memory of a normal human brain. This documentary explains the science of memory to some depth so it's worth a watch for that as well.
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