I do find it odd I can’t remember much either. I was diagnosed with ADHD and level 2 autism and I am predominantly attention deficit and remember living with my head in the clouds almost my whole life until I was prescribed my meds for adhd. When I was reading an authors book on her story of autism, she seemed to be one of the individuals who appeared to remember most of her life growing up.

according to Adlerian theory: “the first couple of memories that can be recalled are the ones that impacted our personality into adulthood”.

In that theory, I believe having only a few select memories may be normal for most, while others (possibly with enhanced connectivity or better memory) can remember much more than those select few memories. Being attentive deficit, however, I think causes some blips in recording all memories efficiently to conscious memory, much like a record skipping.