Hi. I'm 17 years old and I have selective mutism. I have never talked in school. I'm very depressed and have no friends. All I do is go to school, come home, play video games and go to sleep. I'm as far down as I can go. Everyone at school gave up trying to get me to talk a while ago so no one talks to me anymore which makes school easier.
My family tries to help me but they don't understand what I'm going through. They often try to talk to me about my problems and now I'm finding it hard to talk to my parents. My parents are great people but they are very religious and believe that only god can help me. Years ago my father told me that someday, when I want to talk so badly I would get an answer from god and all my problems would be solved. I don't believe that will happen because I'm an atheist.
I have always wanted to get rid of my selective mutism but in the past I felt like it was a part of me I couldn't get rid of. I felt like I wouldn't be me without it. If I don't do anything then I will have selective mutism forever. People are always changing. I am not the same person I was a year ago. So without selective mutism I will be different, but I will still be me. So its time to take the first step and communicate with people online. It's come to a life or death thing for me. I either get over it or I die trying. Luckily it's not deadly or I would have died a long time ago. Now I got nothing to loose so either I get over it or I waste my entire life trying. So I joined this website in hopes of making friends and meeting others with anxiety like me.
So it's time to try changing my life. I just want to be able to communicate when I need to. I'm not trying to become an extrovert. I only want to be the best I can be.
So Hello! Weirdos!
Anyone else have selective mutism or knows someone who does?
(Please ignore spelling and grammar errors)
My family tries to help me but they don't understand what I'm going through. They often try to talk to me about my problems and now I'm finding it hard to talk to my parents. My parents are great people but they are very religious and believe that only god can help me. Years ago my father told me that someday, when I want to talk so badly I would get an answer from god and all my problems would be solved. I don't believe that will happen because I'm an atheist.
I have always wanted to get rid of my selective mutism but in the past I felt like it was a part of me I couldn't get rid of. I felt like I wouldn't be me without it. If I don't do anything then I will have selective mutism forever. People are always changing. I am not the same person I was a year ago. So without selective mutism I will be different, but I will still be me. So its time to take the first step and communicate with people online. It's come to a life or death thing for me. I either get over it or I die trying. Luckily it's not deadly or I would have died a long time ago. Now I got nothing to loose so either I get over it or I waste my entire life trying. So I joined this website in hopes of making friends and meeting others with anxiety like me.
So it's time to try changing my life. I just want to be able to communicate when I need to. I'm not trying to become an extrovert. I only want to be the best I can be.
So Hello! Weirdos!
Anyone else have selective mutism or knows someone who does?
(Please ignore spelling and grammar errors)