non-verbal following shutdown

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Sometimes I'm nonverbal for 12-24 hours.. sometimes for days or weeks. It just depends.

When you are non-verbal for days or weeks, is it then that you cannot use the function to speak like in Verdandi's link, that your mind is still forming words, but you loose function to say it or is it more like a sort of "blur" in your mind - sorry, I hope I express it well and not offending. How do you regain it back? How do people around you react on this? Do they try to make you back speaking? (>when I have longer non-verbal periods (maximum was two days as far as I remember) people get really angry at me).

i get a bit like that. i'll be ok typing on here and even with basic, routine speaking irl- but any personal/one-to-one/indepth conversations are a nono

I don't really think in words unless I'm at my keyboard, so when I'm nonverbal, it's more of a blur where I can't process my surroundings. It simply starts to come back one day, but one key is NOT forcing things... that'll just freak me out more and make it last longer. As for how people react, many people are just used to it, my family and stuff, and they don't blink an eye. They just let me type.

As an aside, I haven't had a long shutdown in months... I've been really super careful about not letting things build up and also trying hard to express myself however I can, whenever I can, so that things don't simmer inside of me. I tell my mom if I'm starting to get dysregulated, and she tells me to take a break.

Thank you for your reply! You are giving very good advice!

I've gone non-verbal for up to 8 hours at a time after a meltdown (mostly when I was on the psych ward - there are always some patients that know how to make me have a meltdown).

I find that having a very long nap or sleeping during the night helps to "reset" myself.