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Selective Mutism

Kate Kestrel

Does anyone on here have Selective Mutism? My son has struggled with Selective Mutism (in educational settings) for about 16 years and it’s just struck me that we’ve never had a conversation with another person who has Selective Mutism. I’m new(ish) to this community so I just thought I’d ask if anyone else has gone through their whole education with Selective Mutism. And also if you have managed to overcome it - how did you do that? 
We’re basically just interested in hearing about other people’s experience of this. Thanks Sunflower

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  • I go quiet for the following reasons:

    • I am overloaded within that setting or the people.  Speaking would just add to the noise or I need to process incommoding information from everything.
      • Some people radiate noise in the form of none verbal communication. For example, clothes, make-up, haircut, body language.
    • If i feel i am being patronised.
    • If i feel underestimated.
    • If i feel not listened to.

    These are the most common reasons for me. Does any of this make sense?

  • in reply to ScienceTony

    Yes, I sometimes appear to go quiet a while and look disengaged when really I'm not. I know this because sometimes people prompt me for responses when I'm not quite ready.  I'm not disengaged, I'm just processing the incoming information and there's a bit too much of it, so silence until I have dealt with that and then decide whether and how to respond.  

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  • in reply to ScienceTony

    Yes, I sometimes appear to go quiet a while and look disengaged when really I'm not. I know this because sometimes people prompt me for responses when I'm not quite ready.  I'm not disengaged, I'm just processing the incoming information and there's a bit too much of it, so silence until I have dealt with that and then decide whether and how to respond.  

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