I’m so shy it’s possible I have selective mutism. It affects everything. My family life, work life. I can get out a sentence or 2 but that’s about it. Some people I just cannot talk to though. I’ll try talking to them and nothing but air or a tiny squeak will come out of my mouth. Then I just seem like an unfriendly weirdo. I’ll put off doing a task for awhile that involves talking if I feel I can’t do it. I’m on the spectrum too.