Is there anyone here who chooses not to talk?

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Why not?

No, most of the time I talk too much. But there are some occasions in which I just don't feel like talking in that it takes too much energy and I have nothing to communicate. So I don't.

I haven't been particularly talkative at college yet. Maybe that's a good thing because it seems that the less I talk, the more people like me.

Because there is no reason to talk.

Talking is an assault upon the senses most of the time. Personally speaking, I cannot accomplish two things at once: speaking coherent thoughts while thinking ahead to the next thought(s) I want to say. The part of my brain that would be organizing my thoughts on a subject will shut down, being distracted by the noise of the words being spoken in the present. Writing is much more efficient for me. Normally I only speak in short sentences and phrases.

I enjoy talking... sometimes a bit too much.

I've been a pretty shy and reserved person ever since about second or third grade, when I became self-conscious about how I wasn't "normal". (This was before my diagnosis, BTW.) However, I have become a lot less reserved in recent years - I mean, I used to be afraid to even say "hi" to people in the hallway.

I don't hate talking, but I never speak unless I have something valuable to say. Following this rule actually tends to make other people prompt me to add to conversations when I don't say anything for a while. It gets annoying.

It depends on who I am with and what the subject matter is. Sometimes, I talk so much that people cannot get me to stop (like when I am really hyper or in a good mood) and othertimes, I go into withdrawal mode and do not talk at all. My family and close friends (mellryn-nin) sometimes have a difficult time conversing with me because I say too much, especially when the subject matter is of interest. But I hardly talk around people I don't know very well.

Online, it seems like I'm extremely chatty, but it is easier to communicate by writing (or in this case, typing) rather than speaking.

in general, talking makes me ache all over but sometimes i NEED to talk because i won't be able to stop thinking about something that has happened and i have discovered that if i tell someone about it (usually my mum) my brain will stop repeating the thought.

There are occasions when I stay silent simply because I dont feel like putting the energy into being personable. More often, however, it's a matter of not knowing what to say (ie: failing to be reciprocal in conversation), not being able to break into the conversation, not being able to start a conversation, or in the worst case being simply unable to speak (mutism caused by stress). Once I start, though, it can be pretty hard to make me stop.

I talk a lot because I don't think people are understanding what I say so I keep saying it different ways until they tell me they understand. I truly love it when I find someone that does understand me to the point that I have to say very little. I like to use hand and head gestures to talk but people have to know what I am thinking to know what I am gesturing about.

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I don't talk too much because anything I say would be redundant. I do jump in sometimes to encourage someone, welcome someone, or offer help if I can.

I love to talk, but I feel that in the forum, i prefer to read what others are writing and thinking as I want to learn about you guys!! I will write once in a while, if i feel strongly about the topic...

I've always been quiet, hardly ever speaking when I'm around my peers. People joked that I only said three words throughout high school. I think my brain goes faster than my mouth and it just can't keep up so I end up stuttering or having everything come out all goofy. Plus I have social anxiety so there's the added fear of saying something that might get me humiliated in addition to having a proven history of putting my big foot in my mouth. I wish, sometimes, we could all speak in sign language since my hands work way better than my speech.

I rarely talk when I don't hae anything to say and other times I talk very little becuse of depression. Once in college, half of one class didn't think I could talk at all for half the semester.
I have an easier time typing than talking because I can organize my thoughts better this way even though it doesn't seem like English is the best language to convey my thought process.