MinkyBoo
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hewwo, i'm 15, in the western sydney area, and i think i have social phobia, and selective mutism. i say "think" because iv'e looked on the internet about physical criteria and behavioural criteria, and even looked it up on wikipedia about them both, and i seem to fit the bill, so um yea. the selective mutism thing iv'e heard about before, but only as just the name, by my older sis, who would use to say "you must have selective mutism", but i only thought of it as a label she made up about me or something, coz she never explained about it's meaning. Now that iv'e looked it up, it was weird that how iv'e been acting since, like the age of 7 or 8(according to my mum, and me) was literally "spelled out" on this site. Then, wanting to find out more, i looked at one of the associated conditions, Social Anxiety Disorder. That was the bigger shock, coz it didnt only explain about what i'm scared of, but how i try to avoid it, how i react, and that what i think, say and my actions and habits are all determined because of this "disorder". When i asked my mum about it, she said "oh that's no suprise, you got that from your dad".... :O she never has mentioned it to me, why? and yes now i see, that my dad does actually have it, but he is really worse than me. So umm yea...... Hewwo! iv'e been searching for something like this site, so i can meet and talk to other "SADs" and find out about how others deal with it, thier experiences, and even triumphs over it. (soz for loooooooooooooooooong post, 
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