Nesh Pillay's sudden and inexplicable memory loss, mistaking her fiancé for an Uber driver, becomes a real-life '50 First Dates' story documented on Amazon Prime Video. The docuseries explores the couple's challenges navigating trust, online scrutiny, and Nesh's journey to recover her memories.
The heartbreaking true story of a woman who woke up with sudden memory loss and was unable to recognize her fiancé or her daughter has been made into an Amazon Prime Video documentary. 50,000 First Dates follows the life of Nesh Pillay, who tells her story of amnesia, in a real-life version of the Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler-starring film 50 First Dates.
In 2022, Nesh woke up from a nap with memory loss and mistook her then-boyfriend JJ as her Uber driver, unable to understand why he was in her bedroom and filming her. She couldn't remember the name of her daughter, and referred to her as 'the child' as her motherly instincts of worrying about her dependent kicked in. The immediate confusion and uncertainty of her life left her with an overwhelming sense of panic and anxiety. 'Since 2022, most of my life I remember through what other people have told me and through pictures and videos,' she says in the documentary. 'I lost my memory.' Nesh Pillay woke up from a nap in 2022, and forgot everything about her life. She had no idea who her fiancé JJ was. At first, she mistook him for her Uber driver. JJ explains: 'We woke up and Nesh was… weird. Gradually, over a few hours, she couldn’t remember anything.' Their life had changed in an instant as Nesh later discovered past head injuries from a 'clumsy' childhood and a severe car accident, as well as a recent head trauma had triggered her amnesia. A neurologist later confirmed she had suffered a concussion and may have experienced multiple seizures that caused her memory loss. 'I just got more and more odd and lost more and more of my memories,' she says, recalling the first week of her memory loss. 'The things I was saying, it was like I had the mind of a 17-year-old.' Nesh and JJ have worked to recover her memory and are now sharing their story. JJ adds: 'I was really scared. This person who was like a rock, and now she’s falling apart.' Nesh has been left unable to remember months of her life, experiencing the world in 'flashes' while her personality still remains. Over time, the Toronto-based marketing professional has been able to recover more and more of her memories, but said: 'I don’t think I’m the same person that I was before, but I’m a functional version of myself.' She’s since been sharing her experiences on social media, including the symptoms she’s faced since her memory loss like severe headaches, nausea and confusion, and now reveals her story in 50,000 First Dates. The docuseries has just begun streaming on Amazon Prime Video, with the first two episodes now available. JJ became a caretaker, helping Nesh recover and remind her of her life. Nesh is slowly recovering her memories. The synopsis reads: 'When Nesh Pillay wakes up with sudden and inexplicable memory loss trapped in the year 1996, she’s shocked to find out her “Uber driver” is actually her fiancé, JJ. Their rom-com-like story goes viral, making international headlines as “The Real Life 50 First Dates Couple.” Now, as real life sets in, their relationship is put to the test as they navigate a new set of challenges around subjective realities, trust, and online trolls accusing Nesh of faking the whole thing. Seeking answers, Nesh tries to get to the bottom of what’s causing her memory loss, while JJ reckons with his new role as a caretaker
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