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Teach me how to become non-verbal and stay that way.

Abbie

As the title says.

Since I'm incapable of speaking correctly, I've decided I won't speak at all. Is there a way to forcibly become completely non-verbal without actively harming oneself? I haven't decided if I want to attempt communication in some other fashion yet. I just know talking is off the table.

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  • Hello, I am sorry you feel this way. What do you mean when you say you are incapable of speaking correctly? There is no right or wrong way to speak or communicate.

  • in reply to Ausomely Autistic

    Hello, thanks for taking the time to respond.

    So many times whenever I talk I just upset and anger those around me or make them uncomfortable. I'm told I'm allowed to have my own opinions, but the majority of the time when I express them I get shut down or told I'm wrong. I'm just tired of feeling like the oddity and outsider. I have decided speaking my mind causes too many problems and makes me feel awful. So if I can be silent from now on and just be a good little robot, maybe things will get better.

    I suppose I could just lie, but I've never been very good at that...

  • in reply to Abbie

    ahh what you need isnt to be none verbal, what you need is to be louder, be more assertive. if someone tries to shut you up push back and make your voice heard and shut them up instead and see how they feel like being oppressed and stepped on instead to show how they were wrong. get angry at them and hold ground and shut them up instead. make it known they crossed a line and got shoved right back across it and shown their place.

  • in reply to Abbie

    My son has selective mutism and because of this I’d like to put forward to you the idea that not talking at all brings its own problems too. It might be that there is a middle ground for you between talking and not talking (ie strategies about taking more time to think about how you word things etc) that might work for you? Not talking at all for a long time might impact on your mental health, and if you do it for a long time it might be hard to return to being verbal if you wanted to do this. Either way I would give yourself time to think about this before deciding. Good luck with your decision :) 

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  • in reply to Abbie

    My son has selective mutism and because of this I’d like to put forward to you the idea that not talking at all brings its own problems too. It might be that there is a middle ground for you between talking and not talking (ie strategies about taking more time to think about how you word things etc) that might work for you? Not talking at all for a long time might impact on your mental health, and if you do it for a long time it might be hard to return to being verbal if you wanted to do this. Either way I would give yourself time to think about this before deciding. Good luck with your decision :) 

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