My wife has been diagnosed with Selective Mutism & Social Anxiety shes been diagnosed with Social Anxiety since was 13 & later Selective Mutism as a adult so finds hard to talk to people but she getting a bit better but still struggles with it so my wife knows how it feels & we love your videos they so educational lol 😆
Your videos are great and so informative. There is one thing about fact 5 that commonly leads to misconceptions. While many children feel most safe and able to speak freely with their caregiver, this is not necessarily the case. Mine triggered my SM (I was never diagnosed but I'm sure that's what it was). I struggled mostly at that age, 3-5 and could always speak to other children. It was only in response to the caregiver that I froze. Starting preschool gave rise to a face to face (rather than side by side or having her back to me) interaction when she'd leave me which was often quite confrontational. Now that I was around teachers ie people with authority who I depended on, I would have difficulty there. I could speak to a degree but very little and when it focused attention with expectation (eg question or instruction) I'd freeze. If adults were watching me, it made me semi-freeze when playing+chatting with other kids as I was savvy and knew they were likely "examining" and judging me. Wow the high profile SM is interesting and answers a Q I have. I thought I'd gotten past it age 5-6 but with adults in authority, I remained unable to expand or initiate for a long time which for me was most likely tied to attachment and trust issues. I still get a visible panic/freeze response with the original caregiver even though I can say more words now, I break down.
My wife has been diagnosed with Selective Mutism as a adult & she's still struggles with people she don't know shes getting better but its still difficult for her
i have it and i was diagnosed with it by someone bc my parents brought me to see someome bc yea and i feel lonely like all the time i have barley and friends i dont have any siblings and like i always feel like everyone hates me and makes fun of me and i always cry over really little things that dont matter and everyone has asked me all my life why dont u talk and i have never spoken to my uncle before idkw im just too scared even know he did nothing wrong and i have also never met someone that also has it bc nobody understands me and its really frustrating aswell as im always to scared to say no to someone or to answer questions i said idk to all of them and im really loud in the house and energetic along people im comfortable with but with others i just cant talk and idk why everyone just hates me well it feels like it anyway i have never done anything to them
My 5 year old son wont speak, eat, play.. he wont do anything at school, i have to bring him home at lunch so that he doesnt go 6 hours without eating.. cant find any help for him, the school think they will fix with him time 😔
Hola que mal lo qué pasa su hijo. Mi niña tiene 10 años y deste kínder la saco de la Escuela un tiempo para que comiera a fuera pero la razón más grande es llevarla al baño porque Tenían miedo entrar sola por miedo a muchas cosas. Pero la otra razón es que no podía pedir permiso para ir al baño porque tiene mutismo selectivo con ansiedad y hoy todavía sigo sacándola de la escuela. A sido bastante difícil. Tenga cuidado con su niño no bella estar aguantando ganas de ir al baño. Mi niña se estaba enfermando de los riñones. Yo tuve que quitarle líquidos antes que fuera a la escuela para que no pasara ganas de ir al baño. En el tiempo que no me dejaban ir con ella. Espero ya allá encontrado ayuda para su niño. La escuela debe mandar a evaluar a su niño sino mejora en poco tiempo. Dios le bendiga.
