lol i dont think Vodka would help me somehow? wish it would because it give me a reason to drink :-p

i'm aloud mouth around my family then a mouse around other people

but can i ask if anyone has any ideas on how to start talking infront of people i dont know? because ive tried alot of things and nothings worked

Your not alone. I also have SM. I hate it when people suggest medication or antidepressants.

I can kinda understand how that could happen n how it would feel. I have times when I can't speak or can't say certain things n I know it frustrates the heck outa me.
Some ways that I have found to help get round it a bit are to write things down to hand to people and once you'v started the communication that way it can help make it a bit easier if they'r then willing (and interested enuf) to ask direct questions I find I'm sometimes able to start answering some of them with short answers, or to use the txt function on my phone to have a conversation until I feel I can start saying the words out loud once I'm feeling a little more relaxed into the conversation.
I don't know if either of those things would help you tho coz most of the time when I can't talk it's for a different reason to your problem.

Please feel free to message me any time if you want to, k?

try some strong medical drugs like valium


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Hi, I have a 9year old son who has SM. Thanks for your sharing. I'm at a lost about what to do. We have been seeing a speech therapist and a child physchologist but they do not have the experience in this. Would you please care to share your tips on how to help him overcome this.

It sounds to me like social anxiety disorder. If you feel scared and anxious when you are with new people you should talk to a therapist, they could give you some medication that will help you feel more relaxed.

what was is selective mutism?
im sorry i dont know

roughly... she/he (sorry i forgot who started this) cant talk in front of other people... except a select few...

i hope thats the whole gist of it... thats what i went off of...


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ohhhhh ok
gotcha ya
thanks

i'm not really sure if i do have SM or not but i can't talk to people i don't know either, i think this biggest word my science teacher has heard me say all year is a very quiet "here" but i'm not really sure if it's the same thing. i wouldn't understand why people think it's weird though? i mean weren't we all taught not to talk to strangers?


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WOW. For a group of people who feel like they can't commmunicate, I am reading a good many quite epxpressive and fluent posts. One mention of writing things out in advance seems to work for someone. I have no idea what might work for any given individual. It does seem to me that, in most cases presented here, this is not a matter of any inability to deal with language, only with people and social situations. That really sounds like a disconnect or -- like short circuit in the brain. Like lamp that flickers but never enough to pinpoint why. I hope sharing helps. Keep writing.