My abuse started very early and I've always had a problem with memory. I'm very glad they came up with spell checkers.

Oh lord yes! I've had to relearn a lot of math and spelling is always an issue.

for what this is worth, my abuse started after I was potty trained, but I was a bed wetter and had accidents for years. as far as intellectual skills, as opposed to bodily functions, it is too hard for me to remember. I do know I had a difficult time learning how to tie my shoes. In fact, one of the few pleasant memories of my abuser, my grandfather, has to do with that. I was three and having a hard time tying my shoes, and I finally in frustration said "dammit." He looked over at me from his book or newspaper, I forget, and I just told him, "that's Spanish." My grandfather thought this was very funny and clever on my part. At that time, my dad was teaching me how to count in Spanish, and I thought Spanish was just my dad's secret code language and he was teaching it to me and no one else knew about it. I figured I had a real ace up my sleeve on that one. Little did I know Spanish is a language of millions people for millenia.

This is just a thought but have you had your thyroid levels checked? Last year, I was having a terrible time with memory and with words. I started to think I was experiencing dementia even though I am in my early 40s. It was terrifying because my job is all about words and about writing. Finally I got my blood work done and I found out about some serious health issues that affect my central nervous system and my cognitive processes.

I will tell you that I think I developed these auto-immune disorders precisely because I need to deal with my abuse history. So, even though I have a physical cause documented by my doctor, I think my loss of words is connected to yours. Lately, even though I have a treatment plan that is showing good results so far, I have been losing words. I've had to train myself to talk more slowly so it is not obvious to others. During this time, emotionally I have been experiencing a lot of rage towards my abuser (he's been dead nearly 20 years so this is all an internal struggle).

I read a fantastic book called "Click Click . . .was his signal" by three sisters - last name Kavanaugh. You might find their book useful to you. All three were sexually abused by their father. The struggle they had at school was enormous - yet since the time their father was held accountable in a court of law, all three have been educated and have great jobs. Their story came to be because a more distant relative spoke up about how the man had abused her. That led to the sisters getting the courage to speak up. They ultimately pressed charges against him, and he spent some time in jail following a trial. After he died and after their mother died, the three published their book. now, it does have a LOT of triggers in sections of it. So, if you decide to read it, while it will help you feel not alone because of their experiences, you will have to have some private time for your feelings away from the demands of family and job. I did, anyway.

I have very little memory of my childhood (I was abused throughout it), it got better for a while but since I've been in therapy it is worse again.
It is said that we only use a tiny portion of our brains - but I think when it comes to trauma processing then our brains are put on overload and other things are just not processed.

I make a lot of notes and take a lot of photographs.

Anyway, this is my completely unscientific, unreferenced view.

Sorry too hear others are suffering with this, but also comforting,