IS NOT A CHOICE....MY SON HAS SELECTIVE MUTISM AND I KNOW HOW HE FEELS, HE REALLY WANTS TO SPEAK, BUT NOTHING COMES OUT OF HIS MOUTH, @ HOME HE TALKS AND TALKS.......
I disagree. Selective Mutism ISN'T a choice. I don't have it but I do have autism and I know what its like. There are times when I won't even talk at all because I get so anxious in social situations. I could be with parents and friends and not say a single word but other times I can. I don't talk because I don't want to because its usually due to anxiety and my brain going into a mode of lockdown.
It is a fucking choice ok people. You have the choice to speak or not speak it is that simple. I had it for two years and I went from being scared to say a word, to making jokes in class. You guys have to stop feelign sorry for yourself and get over it.
@yyGrifHD Wow. You're like those over reacting christians who shout that gays should be burned, because they chose to be that way.
I don't know if I have this, but I have symptoms. In social situations, I cannot speak. I want to, I know the answers to questions, I have ideas, I want to comfort friends. but I cannot make a sound. My jaw clamps shut and my throat tightens, and the harder I try to make a sound, the more I tense up.
So I give up. I hardly try anymore, and that relieves the stress.
Selective Mutism is not "Selective". That is to say it is not a CHOICE. I prefer to think of it as Situational Mutism. It is the situation, which cannot be controlled, rather than a person choosing when not to speak. The video was very good and accurate except for the part about "choice".
Its not a choice, if I could I would talk whenever and to whomever I chose to talk to.... I really want to talk, and just be myself but I really cant....... Im not sure if I have selective mutism but im super quiet, im bilangual,but dont speak spanish very well
excuse me, but I dont choose not to talk. I was diagnosed with this disorder at age 7. When someone asks me a question my mouth feels dry and the words I want to say get stuck in my throat. People who have this WANT to talk but they CAN't, we don't CHOOSE
FYI, girl. If Selective Mutism was a CHOICE then you wouldn't be doing a project on it, because those of us who have suffered or suffer from it right now would NEVER have chosen this. Get your facts from an >>>individual<<<, not Wikepedia. PMO
I am a 36 year old male and to this day I am still suffering the effects of what may have been selective mutism as a child. For one, I most likely do have an ihibited temperment and two, my mom is bilingual. I did not speak until the age of 4 and a half years old. I think the combination of a traumatic seperation from my aunt at age three and my inhibited temperment may have caused a traumatic mutism in me causing a life altering pattern of me leading a very lonely and sad life.
I have a page on facebook called For Teens With Selective Mutism (SM) and it's made just for teens with SM. Wheither you have SM, know someone with it, are a parent of a child with it, or just want to learn more about it, anyone is free to join. Join today, share it with your friends, and help raise awareness!!! :)
Im in Gr.6 and my SM started in kindergarten.....i think i started suffering in scilence when my Dad started to abuse me at home......But it has gotten better since ive never seen him and i kno he cant do anything to me.....But my Dad did everything to hurt me like hitting,Slapping me and throwing stuff at me.....But the police found out soo now i live with my eldest sister :)
ok its not a choice, i think that we got that cleared up with the million rude comments about this, but theres no reaso to be rude about the video. Besides that one inaccurate point, the rest of the video is informative and you should all be grateful, that these 2 young girls are raising awareness of SM. They didn't have to make the video and post it on youtube. No one i know of even knows about it, and most ppl have nvr even heard of it. Be grateful, every effort helps, don't bring it down.
unless You or someone you Know has SM - please keep unkind comments to yourself. SM is devastating to entire families - especially the sufferer...whether age 5, 17, 25 or 40. Social Workers & Psychiatrists who specialize in Anxiety CAN help. If you have SM...get a friend to call non-stop until you find someone who helps you...There IS HOPE!
america.. land of the self-indulgent people that love to label themselves.
seriously, selective mutism, social anxiety, etc. are all just mountains of habits you've built up that you've convinced your self is some kind of genetic disorder. just find a hobby (probably something you fear the most) that would build your confidence and go for it. if you want to waste time looking online for nonexistant treatments for nonexistant diseases, then go ahead, but don't expect to get anywhere in life.
@Pendst your stupid and wrong and make yourself sound like and idiot. People are born with social anxiety and it is not their choice or a habit and their is also help
I have selective mutism and i'm 17.I am very shy and talking is difficult , but I do choose to talk to people who i am just unconformatable talking to. Because i have seletive mutism, talking to people that are not my family members or cloesest friends is extremely difficult. My instints automaticately tries to stop me from talking to people, and when i do try to i have to force the sounds from my through out to speak. Thus making my speech unnatural.
its not "Rare" its almost twice as common as Autism. and its not "Choice" you should watch this youtube.com/watch?v=IuN1iPiWP7o&feature=related and its not just children. it usually starts at childhood.
God gave you the gift of meekness, you need to cherish it. I have selective mutism, which is a severe form of social anxiety. You are not scared, but you feel like the only way to describe it is fear. It is an extreme form of self preservation that you are feeling, because of a chemical in your brain called amygdala. Here are some bible verses that really helped me get comfortable with who I am.
John 15:18 " If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you."
John 15:19 " If you were of the world, the world would love it's own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you."
Matthew 4:4 But He answered and said, " It is written ' Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God ' ".
Zephaniah 2:3 Seek the LORD, all you meek of the earth, who have upheld His justice. Seek righteousness, seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden In the day of the LORD'S anger.
Psalm 149:4 The LORD taketh pleasure in His people: He will beautify the meek with salvation.
Psalm 147:6 The LORD liftith up the meek: He casteth the wicked down to the ground.
Psalm 147:4 He counts the number of stars; He calls them all by name.
it is not a choice. thank you for trying to get the information out, but it is wrong. i am 22 and i still have to deal with this. i could NOT talk as much as i wanted to. i had always wanted to talk but i just couldn't. even when the teacher would call on me to answer a question i gave a short answer that nobody could here. i would open my mouth and try to force the words out loud, but all that came out was the quietest whisper you could ever imagine. trust me it is not a choice.
We don't choose it. Before I overcame it all I wanted was to be able to speak. I tried so hard and no matter how hard I tried it didn't work. All I ever wanted was to be able to speak to people. To my friends. To my family.
chooses not too! where the fuck did you get this information its all wrong its bullshit you have no choice the anxiety is paralyzing you know yourself its ridiculous but cant tell your brain that and its not only children.
I've had SM most if not all of my life but wasn't diagnosed until I was 15 (about 6 years ago). I have to say it's nothing short of a nightmare. No one seems to appreciate how impossible life with SM is apart from those who have it. I can't do anything with my life because of it (FACT). I can't even get the help to overcome it.
I had it. I didn't choose not to talk. I couldn't. I wasn't fearful. I just couldn't physically make my voice box work, no matter how much I wanted to.
suffer from selective mutism i dont talk to anyone ever. ive not spoken a word to anyone in 3 years im 13 now and im fustrated. i really want to speak, im desperate. but its just too hard i talk to people online, but thats the only way i communicate with friends.
My 6 yr. old daughter was just diagnosed with SM, it is very hard as a parent to understnad it, but we are now getting her help, with hopes of her getting better! I pray for all the families dealing with SM in your family!
I'm 15 and i have no friends, i have bad grades in school, i cant get a job, i'm always depressed and i'll never be truly happy again all because of this horrible illness so if anyone knows of anything that can help me i'd apriciate it a lot.
@stevenstealflexjr hi, if you are not getting treatment for this condition yet i strongly recommend that you do as soon as possible because if just gets worse.
OMG!!! people with SM DO NOT choose not to speak!! they physically CANT!! I suggest you should find out more on the condition before you make a video of this. I have SM and would give anything to be able to talk again but i cant!! Also its no laughing matter either so don't laugh whilst making a video on SM!!!
As others mentioned, they don't choose not to speak! They are unable to. Being the mother of a young child with this it doesn't sit well with me. Be informed if you ate going to make a video on it!
dammit. why is this all in kids? im fuckin 17 and seem to have this.i dnt even know why...its horrible. i go to school and ...uggh i dnt even know.i wish i could find some help
@TheScreamingRetard I'm 19! A therapist that had seen me before said that It was due to trauma. I can force out words now, but sometimes I feel like crying because I can't get anything out. It sucks so bad. I want to talk.
@TheScreamingRetard don't feel so bad, I'm 36 years old and still suffer from the same anxiety I remember feeling as a 4 year old. The only help that is going to ever find you in a path of happiness is to find a therapist that knows how to get to deep seeded emotional issues. That has proven to be my challenge. Living a life of anxiety and often times being mute is getting old.
@TheScreamingRetard It´s not all in kids. For example, I´ve always been a quiet child but I decided to stop talking at the age of 19. It was my choice, and I guess it´s a way of selective mutism. I do feel very bad for all the people who want to talk but just can´t and who suffer from mutism. I however do not. Why would I decide to do something that makes me feel bad? It was the talking that pained me.
Watch your words - they don't choose, they can't. If you use the word "choose," people focus more on the idea that the child doesn't want to talk. Of course they do! They're terrified to or actually physically are too tense to do it.
So is it true about bilingualism? Do you have references? I had a discussion about this recently, and the other person wouldn't believe my references. I'm sure he's more educated on it than I am, though. I'd appreciate it if you know any study or proof.
selective mutism isn't something that occurs from being exposed to more than one language it's an anxiety disorder that causes children/adults to break down in social situations causing them to have an emotional melt down so they are physically, verbally, and mentally unable to speak because there is something in their mind going on that tells them something bad will happen if they do..i have it i should really know
I stopped this at "choses not to" :/ you should probably delete this and start again coz you know nothing you little scummy prat
rachethom 3 days ago
AR ya high?
delander720 1 week ago
i have to agree with most of these comments. it is NOT a choice. im 17 and have sm..
VenomousNewfie 1 week ago
IS NOT A CHOICE....MY SON HAS SELECTIVE MUTISM AND I KNOW HOW HE FEELS, HE REALLY WANTS TO SPEAK, BUT NOTHING COMES OUT OF HIS MOUTH, @ HOME HE TALKS AND TALKS.......
lvela17 4 weeks ago
I disagree. Selective Mutism ISN'T a choice. I don't have it but I do have autism and I know what its like. There are times when I won't even talk at all because I get so anxious in social situations. I could be with parents and friends and not say a single word but other times I can. I don't talk because I don't want to because its usually due to anxiety and my brain going into a mode of lockdown.
Kurosakifangurl56 3 months ago
You suck.
alexthehit10 3 months ago
FUCK TALKING , ANYHOW ! there is too much talk and too less walk in this world !
cxpm777 4 months ago
some portion of the brain is blocking your vocal cords... maybe some medication will be invented for it, to ease anxiety
cxpm777 4 months ago
selective mutes are also usually intelligent and perceptive so there is an upside
yyGrifHD 5 months ago 3
It is a fucking choice ok people. You have the choice to speak or not speak it is that simple. I had it for two years and I went from being scared to say a word, to making jokes in class. You guys have to stop feelign sorry for yourself and get over it.
yyGrifHD 5 months ago
@yyGrifHD It is involuntary... it is not that easy to overcome it and to control your brain chemistry...
cxpm777 4 months ago
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yyGrifHD 4 months ago
@yyGrifHD Wow. You're like those over reacting christians who shout that gays should be burned, because they chose to be that way.
I don't know if I have this, but I have symptoms. In social situations, I cannot speak. I want to, I know the answers to questions, I have ideas, I want to comfort friends. but I cannot make a sound. My jaw clamps shut and my throat tightens, and the harder I try to make a sound, the more I tense up.
So I give up. I hardly try anymore, and that relieves the stress.
Moriko13Unohana 4 months ago
Selective Mutism is not "Selective". That is to say it is not a CHOICE. I prefer to think of it as Situational Mutism. It is the situation, which cannot be controlled, rather than a person choosing when not to speak. The video was very good and accurate except for the part about "choice".
h2olog01 6 months ago 2
Im 12, going into 7th grade and scared, new school and a VERY BIG one! =/
BLUE1SKY1DOVE 6 months ago
@BLUE1SKY1DOVE I feel you, I was scared at school, too... I'm 34 now and SM :(
cxpm777 4 months ago
Its not a choice, if I could I would talk whenever and to whomever I chose to talk to.... I really want to talk, and just be myself but I really cant....... Im not sure if I have selective mutism but im super quiet, im bilangual,but dont speak spanish very well
BLUE1SKY1DOVE 6 months ago
IT IS NOT A CHOICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
simpsonsyndrome97 6 months ago
@simpsonsyndrome97 SO TRUE.
cxpm777 4 months ago
excuse me, but I dont choose not to talk. I was diagnosed with this disorder at age 7. When someone asks me a question my mouth feels dry and the words I want to say get stuck in my throat. People who have this WANT to talk but they CAN't, we don't CHOOSE
simpsonsyndrome97 6 months ago 2
FYI, girl. If Selective Mutism was a CHOICE then you wouldn't be doing a project on it, because those of us who have suffered or suffer from it right now would NEVER have chosen this. Get your facts from an >>>individual<<<, not Wikepedia. PMO
iiTzAmberMarie 9 months ago 5
not a choice, or else i wouldnt be suffering in silence.
CandyCaneDX 9 months ago 3
I am a 36 year old male and to this day I am still suffering the effects of what may have been selective mutism as a child. For one, I most likely do have an ihibited temperment and two, my mom is bilingual. I did not speak until the age of 4 and a half years old. I think the combination of a traumatic seperation from my aunt at age three and my inhibited temperment may have caused a traumatic mutism in me causing a life altering pattern of me leading a very lonely and sad life.
RB902050 9 months ago
I have a page on facebook called For Teens With Selective Mutism (SM) and it's made just for teens with SM. Wheither you have SM, know someone with it, are a parent of a child with it, or just want to learn more about it, anyone is free to join. Join today, share it with your friends, and help raise awareness!!! :)
BaileyM1997 10 months ago
Im in Gr.6 and my SM started in kindergarten.....i think i started suffering in scilence when my Dad started to abuse me at home......But it has gotten better since ive never seen him and i kno he cant do anything to me.....But my Dad did everything to hurt me like hitting,Slapping me and throwing stuff at me.....But the police found out soo now i live with my eldest sister :)
TheSmartpants12 11 months ago
i don't think it's a chioce
MyWolf15 11 months ago
ok its not a choice, i think that we got that cleared up with the million rude comments about this, but theres no reaso to be rude about the video. Besides that one inaccurate point, the rest of the video is informative and you should all be grateful, that these 2 young girls are raising awareness of SM. They didn't have to make the video and post it on youtube. No one i know of even knows about it, and most ppl have nvr even heard of it. Be grateful, every effort helps, don't bring it down.
fighter7712 1 year ago 2
unless You or someone you Know has SM - please keep unkind comments to yourself. SM is devastating to entire families - especially the sufferer...whether age 5, 17, 25 or 40. Social Workers & Psychiatrists who specialize in Anxiety CAN help. If you have SM...get a friend to call non-stop until you find someone who helps you...There IS HOPE!
gretamcgill 1 year ago
i have dis n ppl seem 2 think we r stupid:(
michellendavi 1 year ago
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america.. land of the self-indulgent people that love to label themselves.
seriously, selective mutism, social anxiety, etc. are all just mountains of habits you've built up that you've convinced your self is some kind of genetic disorder. just find a hobby (probably something you fear the most) that would build your confidence and go for it. if you want to waste time looking online for nonexistant treatments for nonexistant diseases, then go ahead, but don't expect to get anywhere in life.
Pendst 1 year ago
@Pendst your stupid and wrong and make yourself sound like and idiot. People are born with social anxiety and it is not their choice or a habit and their is also help
jldmurray13 1 year ago
I hope you failed your assignment.
whatthephil 1 year ago
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whatthephil 1 year ago
I have selective mutism and i'm 17.I am very shy and talking is difficult , but I do choose to talk to people who i am just unconformatable talking to. Because i have seletive mutism, talking to people that are not my family members or cloesest friends is extremely difficult. My instints automaticately tries to stop me from talking to people, and when i do try to i have to force the sounds from my through out to speak. Thus making my speech unnatural.
ironmantis25 1 year ago
its not "Rare" its almost twice as common as Autism. and its not "Choice" you should watch this youtube.com/watch?v=IuN1iPiWP7o&feature=related and its not just children. it usually starts at childhood.
KeswickCamp08 1 year ago
and oh im 17
datsweirdgurl 1 year ago
this world is going too wrong. folk
datsweirdgurl 1 year ago
i can understand what ppls thinking and feeling and i think it's a gift and i really appreciate it. why not ??? does change really get better ?
and ps my voice sound childish like these girls in this video
well there r so many different types of ppl why can't this "disorder" be allowed to exist?
come on. be confident
datsweirdgurl 1 year ago
i have selective mutism but dont feel alone instead im really happy why??
i think its just different not disabled
datsweirdgurl 1 year ago
OHHHHHHHH....
ahmedgreenacre 1 year ago
I just want to come through the computer screen and punch you in the face.
Seriously, where the hell did you get this information?
"selective mutism is a choice and thats why it differs from traumatic mutism."
.......wow. Completely wrong.
casienjake 1 year ago 4
What the fuck?!?
Chooses not to? I hope you got an F for this bullshit.
casienjake 1 year ago 7
type wikipedia into the google bar or what ever tool bar you are using.
then type selective mutism in to the wikipedia search.
also look up "she's given up talking by paul mccarteny" on youtube
selectivemutism2010 1 year ago
God gave you the gift of meekness, you need to cherish it. I have selective mutism, which is a severe form of social anxiety. You are not scared, but you feel like the only way to describe it is fear. It is an extreme form of self preservation that you are feeling, because of a chemical in your brain called amygdala. Here are some bible verses that really helped me get comfortable with who I am.
selectivemutism2010 1 year ago
If you type the word " meek " into the google bar this is what comes up.
Meek - Quiet, gentle, and easily imposed on; submissive.
selectivemutism2010 1 year ago
John 15:18 " If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you."
John 15:19 " If you were of the world, the world would love it's own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you."
Matthew 4:4 But He answered and said, " It is written ' Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God ' ".
selectivemutism2010 1 year ago
Zephaniah 2:3 Seek the LORD, all you meek of the earth, who have upheld His justice. Seek righteousness, seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden In the day of the LORD'S anger.
Psalm 149:4 The LORD taketh pleasure in His people: He will beautify the meek with salvation.
Psalm 147:6 The LORD liftith up the meek: He casteth the wicked down to the ground.
Psalm 147:4 He counts the number of stars; He calls them all by name.
selectivemutism2010 1 year ago
read exodus 4:10-16 in The Holy Bible. i think you will be suprised. i think moses had selective mutism, he had to have his brother speak for him.
Ecclesiastes 9:17 The words of the wise herd in quietness are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools.
Matthew 5:5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Isaiah 29:19 The meek shall also increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
selectivemutism2010 1 year ago
it is not a choice. thank you for trying to get the information out, but it is wrong. i am 22 and i still have to deal with this. i could NOT talk as much as i wanted to. i had always wanted to talk but i just couldn't. even when the teacher would call on me to answer a question i gave a short answer that nobody could here. i would open my mouth and try to force the words out loud, but all that came out was the quietest whisper you could ever imagine. trust me it is not a choice.
selectivemutism2010 1 year ago 3
We don't choose it. Before I overcame it all I wanted was to be able to speak. I tried so hard and no matter how hard I tried it didn't work. All I ever wanted was to be able to speak to people. To my friends. To my family.
MissSwiftFan13 1 year ago 2
chooses not too! where the fuck did you get this information its all wrong its bullshit you have no choice the anxiety is paralyzing you know yourself its ridiculous but cant tell your brain that and its not only children.
kidzombie 1 year ago 6
im 17 2 i knw y do all little kids seem 2 have yh i hate it grrr
ikleshortyindiangirl 1 year ago
I have one friend who I talk to openly but then if someone else is nearby I don't say anything.
MrOregona230 1 year ago
I've had SM most if not all of my life but wasn't diagnosed until I was 15 (about 6 years ago). I have to say it's nothing short of a nightmare. No one seems to appreciate how impossible life with SM is apart from those who have it. I can't do anything with my life because of it (FACT). I can't even get the help to overcome it.
magicallord55 1 year ago 3
I had it. I didn't choose not to talk. I couldn't. I wasn't fearful. I just couldn't physically make my voice box work, no matter how much I wanted to.
TheYear2011 1 year ago 6
how do u know if u have SM or not im nervous too but i brush it off by talking
chaes1126 1 year ago
@MutedGirl: i too
MrCloudfan 1 year ago
Selective Mutism ISN'T a CHOICE!!! Who the hell would choose this? Its awful...
SparklingLightt 2 years ago 26
@SparklingLightt I'll be honest. On Halloween I chose not to speak. The next day it wasn't my choice.
prankisteen 2 years ago
@SparklingLightt It is genetical... or some brain chemistry imbalance developed in childhood and propagated to adulthood
cxpm777 4 months ago
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suffer from selective mutism i dont talk to anyone ever. ive not spoken a word to anyone in 3 years im 13 now and im fustrated. i really want to speak, im desperate. but its just too hard i talk to people online, but thats the only way i communicate with friends.
Can someone please help me, please? :'(
xxxxSnowman 2 years ago
i have SM.
I like this video. :)
MutedGirl 2 years ago
My little sister has SM. :(
LydiaJ487 2 years ago
its not a choice its just something were born with and cant get over until we get our confidence up
michaeljackson24681 2 years ago
i have selective mutism i have had it all my life .......
i only talk to my family
but i have no friends and my primary school did nothing for me
my school was going to put me on drugs to make me go to school when i was in year 6
i used to cry every morning at school and none of the teachers liked me there
and last night i watched my child wont speak and the kids on there was exactly the same as me ....... i know how they feel
im now 13 and still havent got over it :(
michaeljackson24681 2 years ago
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TadewiiBird 2 years ago
is NOT A CHOICE
CHDKPS 2 years ago 11
My 6 yr. old daughter was just diagnosed with SM, it is very hard as a parent to understnad it, but we are now getting her help, with hopes of her getting better! I pray for all the families dealing with SM in your family!
albarnes79 2 years ago
I'm 23, and still have this bad. It only gets worse.
Nobody ever cared to help. So now I do nothing...
TheFalseHope 2 years ago
you pronounce amygdala wrong!
i work with selectively mute kids, and it is SURELY not a choice that they make.
most effective treatment involves getting to the root of the anxiety, rather than just treating the manifestation of anxiety which is mutism.
sginsh 2 years ago 2
I'm 15 and i have no friends, i have bad grades in school, i cant get a job, i'm always depressed and i'll never be truly happy again all because of this horrible illness so if anyone knows of anything that can help me i'd apriciate it a lot.
stevenstealflexjr 2 years ago
@stevenstealflexjr hi, if you are not getting treatment for this condition yet i strongly recommend that you do as soon as possible because if just gets worse.
lisagarlove 2 years ago 2
WE DON'T CHOOSE NOT TO OKAY?
@Elemarth, thats exactly right!
RandomGirl7777 2 years ago 12
also they have no idea what they ars talking about
landyman84 2 years ago 2
wow that first girl has a massive mouth
landyman84 2 years ago 3
yup, massive throat too
Lburna009 2 years ago
OMG!!! people with SM DO NOT choose not to speak!! they physically CANT!! I suggest you should find out more on the condition before you make a video of this. I have SM and would give anything to be able to talk again but i cant!! Also its no laughing matter either so don't laugh whilst making a video on SM!!!
xxlilbaabeesxx 2 years ago 9
As others mentioned, they don't choose not to speak! They are unable to. Being the mother of a young child with this it doesn't sit well with me. Be informed if you ate going to make a video on it!
desire62777 2 years ago 4
i have sm, ans people with don't choose not to talk they physically can't
puncbass 2 years ago 2
WRONG!!! A big NO NO.
Selective mutism is DEFINITELY NOT ("I repeat, "NOOOOOTTT!!!!!") a choice.
The person who suffers from SM DOES CHOOSES to speak, but is UNABLE to
DRAHCIRTIMOTHY 2 years ago 6
the second girl is cute.lol
nerdofga 2 years ago
dammit. why is this all in kids? im fuckin 17 and seem to have this.i dnt even know why...its horrible. i go to school and ...uggh i dnt even know.i wish i could find some help
TheScreamingRetard 2 years ago 42
i got it as well and i'm 17 as well. i never really got help cause people didnt understand the condition and left it alone.
xFallenxGodx91x 2 years ago 2
@TheScreamingRetard I'm 19! A therapist that had seen me before said that It was due to trauma. I can force out words now, but sometimes I feel like crying because I can't get anything out. It sucks so bad. I want to talk.
LifeInPinas 1 year ago
@TheScreamingRetard me 2
michellendavi 1 year ago
@TheScreamingRetard i hope you find help some day
schmetterlingbonnie 11 months ago
@TheScreamingRetard don't feel so bad, I'm 36 years old and still suffer from the same anxiety I remember feeling as a 4 year old. The only help that is going to ever find you in a path of happiness is to find a therapist that knows how to get to deep seeded emotional issues. That has proven to be my challenge. Living a life of anxiety and often times being mute is getting old.
RB902050 9 months ago
@TheScreamingRetard It´s not all in kids. For example, I´ve always been a quiet child but I decided to stop talking at the age of 19. It was my choice, and I guess it´s a way of selective mutism. I do feel very bad for all the people who want to talk but just can´t and who suffer from mutism. I however do not. Why would I decide to do something that makes me feel bad? It was the talking that pained me.
hueftbacon 8 months ago
Watch your words - they don't choose, they can't. If you use the word "choose," people focus more on the idea that the child doesn't want to talk. Of course they do! They're terrified to or actually physically are too tense to do it.
So is it true about bilingualism? Do you have references? I had a discussion about this recently, and the other person wouldn't believe my references. I'm sure he's more educated on it than I am, though. I'd appreciate it if you know any study or proof.
Elemarth 2 years ago 9
selective mutism isn't something that occurs from being exposed to more than one language it's an anxiety disorder that causes children/adults to break down in social situations causing them to have an emotional melt down so they are physically, verbally, and mentally unable to speak because there is something in their mind going on that tells them something bad will happen if they do..i have it i should really know
tigerwolfdog 2 years ago 4
it's not a choice. something controls us not to talk, mostly alot of anxety.
BoAMightyreds 2 years ago 9
thank you for imforming others with this. i have it
bamfreak246owns 2 years ago
It's not a choice. Why would they choose to suffer?
bateman1818 2 years ago 49
@bateman1818 cuz they cant stop we caint control dat
michellendavi 1 year ago
you're right; children don't grow out of it.
I'm a teen with SM and I don't know if I'll ever grow out of it
mkeh09 2 years ago 7
Great video!
mkeh09 2 years ago
Good job on the video. I've already added it to my playlist.
5 stars
maehb 2 years ago
great job!
love9boy 2 years ago