Does anyone go competely mute when trying to talk?

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I was wondering if anyone goes completely mute when trying to talk to new people, it's like you've lost your voice and you cannot speak, no matter how hard you try, I do this and it is annoying as f**k, is this normal? I know this would be normal if you had selective mutism, but I'm wondering as a part of Asperger's/Autism?

This happens to me when I'm very anxious or upset, and when I'm asked to speak suddenly or unexpectedly. I'll lose my words and only be able to make sounds and gesticulations. Sometimes I'm able to spit a word out here and there, but it can get stuck on a loop, like a severe stutter, and I'll repeat the word, or part of the word, over and over without adding anything else. It's one of the reasons I have a text-to-speech app and a writing app on my phone, and why I'm teaching myself sign language, so that even if people don't understand what I'm trying to say, they will at least recognise that I'm trying to say something, and not to just write me off as ignoring them or being too in my own world to understand what they're saying.

I used to experience that when I was younger maybe up to my mid 20s but not anymore. It didn't always happen and I could never really identify a consistent trigger. I'm not really sure how I got over it either. Maybe because I entered a relationship with someone who was quite sociable and who talked a lot which took the pressure off me. I still am disinclined to talking in new situations but I don't experience mutism anymore.

yes

Happens to me all the time.

Yep. Selective mutism.

Happened every day through my teens, and sometimes, when I was upset or flustered, into my thirties. Today, not so much, but if I were to try to speak when very anxious or startled I suspect it could happen still.

If I start to speak and am interrupted then I stall.
If stressed and asked direct/challenging questions can forget my own name!

No. But I frequently find that I confuse my words.

Such as an incident that transpired approximately 30 minutes ago. I went to ask someone at my local train station's information booth about train times, yet peculiarly "tickets" always replaced the correct term "trains". It was highly embarrassing and reinforced my thoughts that I am trendously dumb.

Yes, I use sign language or a text-to-speech app. These do not help when my mind goes blank though.

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31st of July, 2013
Diagnosed: Autism Spectrum Disorder, Auditory-Verbal Processing Speed Disorder, and Visual-Motor Processing Speed Disorder.

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"I am silently correcting your grammar."

Only when I'm talking to people I don't know, I'm fine with family and friends

My inability to speak or articulate is directly proportional to the importance of the moment. I have enough trouble when trying to describe things anyway. I just tense all up otherwise.

Yes, when I don' know what to say or how to reply.

Yes. Usually I start to say something, it begins to garble, and then I am mute. Big thoughts, tiny mouth, no language small enough to work with.