r/MadeMeSmile • u/bendubberley_ • 16d ago

Wholesome Moments Autistic non-verbal boy speaks directly to his mother for the first time.

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u/15_Candid_Pauses 16d ago

I was exactly like that- didn’t talk age 5, but then spoke in full complete sentences 🤷‍♀️ no fucking clue why just did. And according to my dad “and then we could never get her to shut up after that.” 🤣 he said “it was a blessing and sometimes a curse” hahaha.😂

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u/enjoytheshow 16d ago

I did the same but it was more like right around my 4th birthday. Communicated in grunts and single words then one day woke up speaking full sentences and my parents were like wtf is happening. Never had any speech delays beyond that

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u/motherofcattos 16d ago

You said you have no clue why you just started speaking. Do you have memories from when you were 4 (or even younger)? Do you remember the time when you didn't speak?

I'm asking this because I wonder if being verbal has any relation with retaining our earliest memories.

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u/15_Candid_Pauses 16d ago

Yeah tons actually I actually completely understood everything being said and would comply with rules and orders stuff like that I just… didn’t talk. I have extremely early memories but all the armchair psychiatrist and neuroscientists on Reddit will say “it’s impossible” to have memories before age 3, but that’s if you develop perfectly normally which- clearly- I did not.

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u/motherofcattos 16d ago

Oh that's interesting! And I totally believe it's possible to have such early memories. I remember some things from when I was 3 quite clearly. I also have a few fragments of memories from even younger age, but those are very "blurred".