Sometimes we find ourselves cursing the ongoing digital and social media era, blaming it for making our lives impersonal and overly dependent on technology.

Social media might have confined our social relationships to our computers but it has also played a major role in bringing a much needed difference in many lives. The story that we are about to share with you today is one such story that has helped Mayank Sharma rebuild the life he'd lost.

You and I can't even imagine how it feels to wake up one morning with no memory of our past. We don't know how it feels to be those parents who are complete strangers to their own child. We don't know how it is to be 29 years old, with no identity to relate with.

New-Delhi based Mayank Sharma has been living this life ever-since he woke up clueless in a hospital 2 years ago. He says he can make new memories, but can't recall past 26 years of his life.

"I remember crawling up a flight of stairs on all fours, but I don't remember the effort, or the pain or the sense of achievement I felt. Can you really call that a memory?" he says





















What led him to this situation?

Sharma was contracted with combination of tuberculosis and cerebral inflammation that directly hit his nervous system and led to memory loss. Although doctors say that there is hope of him regaining his memory, but until then he will have to crowdsource his past and create memories through stories narrated by his family and friends.

Sharma is a technology writer and published author, but does not even remember attending school, leave apart writing books and hundreds of articles.

On his quest to get his life back, Sharma started browsing his computer history and found Facebook, "When I was well enough to use my computer, I started browsing through my history. And there was this website called Facebook.com and then it suggested that 'these are the people you may know' and that's how it started." he says.

Through Facebook he found his friends, friends who are now helping him find his identity through stories and beautiful memories. "Memories, they are not lost, they are there somewhere. If I can recognize one friend, I can identify the pieces of the puzzle." he says.


























Through this touching video below, Sharma shares how Facebook has been playing a vital role in helping him find himself and rekindle with the past that he can't remember:



Learn more about Mayank Sharma in Facebook Stories section.
You can also learn more about him through his blog: opensourcebrain.geekybodhi.net.