what is mutism?

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ive just read the as female traits and i agree with everything in it but not to sure what mutism is anyone? x thanks

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Do you mean selective mutism?

Selective Mutism is when you go silent. It is most common in young children who speak openly in places like the comfort of home, but go silent in certain social situations, like school. It is anxiety related, I do believe.

I was not diagnosed with this as a child as my mother was not a fan of doctors, but I used to go silent as a child (more than I do now). Sometimes I want to speak but find that when I open my mouth to talk, nothing comes out. I can stand there, mouth hanging open words running through my head, but no sound comes out. It can be very frustrating. As a child and young teen I would often choose not to talk as well.

I believe when you cannot speak at all that is called muteness... I hope I am getting these right... my brain is somewhat foggy right now. Hopefully that was helpful.

I didn't actually talk until I was 6, I still have my periods of quiet

I have selective mutism. I'm unable to speak aloud except around my family.

It is very much anxiety-related. I'm not comfortable in social situations- I'd describe the feeling as something bordering on doom/panic.

That kind of sounds like me.

I apparently had REALLY good speech skills as a child, and I learned to speak very quickly. I know I was really outgoing and goofy at home, but I was very shy at school or in social situations and people often thought I was mute! I still am that way but I'm getting better.

I get this way when extremely overwhelmed. Like before or after a meltdown, which was fairly recently.

I had this for two years at school, but only around a certain group of friends. the ones who i hung around with at lunchtime and stuff strangely:/. it was really really odd. they were lovely though and still took me under their wing for some weird reason. i'll thank them someday, when it would no longer be awkward to do so

i experience selective mutism quite alot more so as a adult as well. but sometimes i choose not to talk cause i don't want to talk and at other times i try to talk but nothing comes out but a very silent words that only i can hear. so i use a communication device to help me talk when i can not talk

When everything gets too much, I end up going mute.

This only happens at home though, not at work, as I pretend that everything is ok, then get home and totally fall apart.

Even when I do talk, it's so quiet I am not heard and constantly asked to repeat myself. Why bother. It's better for me to stay quiet than deal with all the problems, all the way around.

I'm described as having mutism. I use very few words when stressed or anxious, even around family during these situations, and I end up doing weird stim things like jumping up and down or waving my hands around to try to get the words out.

Other times I just physically can't speak, like there is a lump in my throat. This is always in public. A few years ago I was mostly limited to "yes" "no" "sorry" and "I don't know" -- the first two mostly substituting for nodding/shaking head. If someone kept asking me questions I would end up crying because I felt defenseless verbally.

People will ask me questions and I do not say anything. I feel like I'm dumbing myself down when I do speak because I talk funny, can't pronounce the words I can type and I sometimes repeat things. Due to being female and not talking most people don't see these issues and just think I'm shy. As I get older this is harder to pull off because I'm no longer a shy little child.

Sometimes I try to speak around others and it comes out as a whisper. People have to be told that I'm listening to them because I don't appear to be. I think I can speak to my family better because I'm allowed to jump around or speak loudly and I don't have all the anxiety I do in public.

As a child I seemed to be a bit more verbal around my family but I didn't have all the pressures and expectations I had then. I was still mostly mute to others however, and my family described me as saying words "funny" or having too large of a vocabulary. Teachers used me as an example of what to be in all their speeches -- because being mute is probably easier for them to deal with. (In later grades this was just a problem and that's a big reason I didn't finish school.)