[ALissa3]

Hello,

As a child I suffered from selective mutism. I am still in a debilitating struggle with anxiety today and I'm just wondering if anyone is in my same situation.

Thank you.

[Blue93]

Hmm.. I'm not sure if it's the same. But my brother has something similar? Anyways we have been in fostercare for about 1,5 years now. Whenever we were split up he wouldn't talk at all. Only to me when I visited him or talked to him on the phone but even then not a lot. Also he has leukemia and when he's in the hospital, same thing.
Do you have anything that helps you deal with this?
Take care,

Blue

[Anirtak]

Originally Posted by ALissa3

Hello,

As a child I suffered from selective mutism. I am still in a debilitating struggle with anxiety today and I'm just wondering if anyone is in my same situation.

Thank you.

I think I'm in a similar situation. I'm 19 and I have been suffering from selective mutism since I was 12 (which is kind of unusual). I can't talk to people, beside my family, in most situations. Can you talk to people or is it just really hard?

you're not alone. i think i'm in a similliar situation, although mine has improved over the years, it was a lot worse when i was a kid. can be impossible to talk to people on some days. always would bother me when people reffered to selective mutism as something that only affected children because it can definitely affect people in their adult life to.

i posted on this a while back and someone gave me a good link on selective mutism, i'll post it if i can find it.

[momo7]

I wonder if I have selective mutism because I do not think i am shy I can easy have a conversation with my friends or fellow classmates ,but when it comes to someone I admire or a teacher I feel very uncomfortable. Just being in they presents or seeing them in the hall makes me panic. It interferes with my daily life because I can never ask them for help or raise my hand in class.A few days ago I was getting ready for mid-term exams.I was asking people around me for help on a chemistry problem this girl yelled out go ask (teacher's name) signifying her own frustration with the problem.we were but two yards from him so she did not have to be that lowed to get his attention. I was petrified, I saw the teachers face of surprise not at the girl but me thinking "maybe she will ask for my help" because he know,from observation of past days,that I would rather ask 10 people before him.I was able to look back at my paper pretending to work on it as he went back to what he was doing on the computer.Also, at our school we have a marching band class I love it it is my favorite class and this year I wanted to apply to be a "DI" (help people with marching,music, assistant to the section leader). I am afraid she will not select me thinking I am too shy but I think I would be go at it and enjoy it, I am not shy I cannot be.As for the people I admire I do not believe I can ever have a boy friend or be friends with the people I really value. It leaves a emptiness I become angry with my self for my inability to control these anxiety like feelings. This problem is only increasing and I cannot understand why. I do not know how I am going to solve this problem and I believe it will hamper my adult professional life.