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Partially mute

Larissa

I feel like the words are there but they won't come out. I know what I want to say but for some reason I can't say anything. Does anyone know why this is or how to help? I'm only partially mute but I don't know why I struggle with certain people more than others and how I can make it easier with said people.

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  • Hi  

    This is something I experience when I'm put under high pressure, especially with important questions demanding a rapid response. I go into shutdown for a few minutes - like you described, I can't say anything as my mouth seems to stop working, but what I want to say is in my head.

    Once the situation calms and the pressure is taken off me, things return to normal again and I'm able to speak. I have a friend who is a nurse, and she said it can be a common thing with overloaded, burnt out autistic people, but also with those suffering deep stress.

    For me I know it's not the stress side because I've been like this all my life - short periods of mute when backed into a corner or pressured. My doctor said that it was most likely overloaded shutdown.

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  • Hi  

    This is something I experience when I'm put under high pressure, especially with important questions demanding a rapid response. I go into shutdown for a few minutes - like you described, I can't say anything as my mouth seems to stop working, but what I want to say is in my head.

    Once the situation calms and the pressure is taken off me, things return to normal again and I'm able to speak. I have a friend who is a nurse, and she said it can be a common thing with overloaded, burnt out autistic people, but also with those suffering deep stress.

    For me I know it's not the stress side because I've been like this all my life - short periods of mute when backed into a corner or pressured. My doctor said that it was most likely overloaded shutdown.

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