Selective Mutism at School

UPDATE: I am now over my Selective Mutism. :) Thank you for all the postive comments and feedback. Thanks for sharing your personal stories with me, thank you for sharing my videos and being the best subbies and viewers a girl could ask for!

Selective Mutism is a social anxiety disorder.

This is just a video I wanted to make with pictures I found and text I made up.

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• selective
• mutism
• social
• anxiety
• psychology
• school
• peers
• teachers
• pressure
• life

[LittleMonster092393]

this is not something you just grow out of. you need help.

[iiTzAmberMarie]

@LittleMonster092393 I know that it is not something you grow out of. I gotten help already, and now I am over my SM. Thank you very much.

[coco12354587]

Amber, im sorry you feel like this. Even though i don't know you a whole lot, i sat with you at your lunch table sometimes, and i would talk with you a little. i see you talk to people, but i know you have to know them first. I believe you can get through your SM. I don't know what its like, but i see you fight with it. You still have friends who care about you Amber. -Sadie

[iiTzAmberMarie]

@coco12354587 Thanks Sadie! 

[lizzymiguel]

I've always thought i was on my own in this... and maybe i was just a weird person, i know and im not saying im glad someone else suffers through this...but it feels good to know im not the only one out there..... One more thing, do you try to be social every once in a while? How does that go for you?

[NimrodYellow013]

Respect to all you guys who've had/have it. It's a real challenge :/

[iiTzAmberMarie]

@hilltopper2017 In a way it can be true, if you have faith in something, anything is possible! But I see what you mean as well.

[hilltopper2017]

@yyGrifHD that is NOT true, my brother has had it for 7 years. Don't say untruthfull things!

[iammeandallthaticanb]

Amber I love you with all my heart and I look up to you, on everything youve been able to do. i've known you since the time I moved here in elementary school. and I regret not talking to you until the 5th grade and then jr high came we stopped talking. then the summer of 8th -9th grade we became closer. Freshman year was amazing ! marching band and band and helen have gotten us closer! I am so excited for the years to come. I am looking foward to see what the future brings our friendship <3 me<3

[TheEureka41]

I'm happy to hear you're over it,Amber!

[Jeez0Louise]

My friend has SM, she doesnt talk in school unless asked a question and then she will whisper or not reply. I went to a sleepover with her and she talked normally and she has invited people from our school to birthday parties where she has spoken. Ever since ive heard her talk i understand she isnt being rude, like i used to think, shes a really nice genuine person and ill invite her out to town with me someday :)

[poppx3]

Everything you said in your video relates to me, being in highschool this year its hard having sm, people always think I'm rude, and when people try talking to me someone always blurts out, "she doesn't talk" I hope I can get over it some day.

[cxpm777]

@coco12354587 did you fix this with brain medication?

[cxpm777]

@iiTzAmberMarie it is caused by brain chemistry... excessive reaction to fear

[yyGrifHD]

You can do it without help in the end you just have to be strong and the choice is in your hands.

[yyGrifHD]

yo guys i had this bullshit in freshmen sophmore, when i transferred to a new high school. I went from not saying a word in class to calling out jokes in class. I believe that all of you can do it so have some faith