Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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Selective-Mutism

musicmad123
musicmad123
anyone ever had i, I did when i was a kid, if you've never heard of it it's an extreme anxiety disorder where in lots of social situations like school, clubs, shopping, church, family members you don't know well(depending on the person) you don't talk or interact with anyone, with me I only talked to my very close family, it really sucks and because no one knows about it, I wasn't diagnosed and the teachers understand, at playgroup the teachers would be like you can only have apple share or whatever if you say please, and of course I couldn't do that, so they'd just leave me out.
im working on AWARENESS !
deleted_user
deleted_user
never heard of it, but thats cool that ur trying to get awarness of it out their.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I have had it since I was a kid, and I still have it.

I am currently seeking help.

Among Selective Mutism and other anxieties I also suffer from depression. I am sure that that is the result of carrying the selective mutism for so long.

I am 21 and I have only ever had one job, and it set me back further in all of my "issues".

I live with my mom and dad still because of this as well, and nobody seems to understand what is going on with me... I don't really even understand it myself.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I don't have it but a woman in my support group has mentioned she experienced it. For her she can be fine and talk normally (as she did with the group when she told us) but then there are times she becomes really quite.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Wow, I never heard of this. I think I will do some research. This sounds a lot like me. I have been like this since I was a little girl and still do this. Especially like what GoldfishCM mentioned about the woman in her support group.
deleted_user
deleted_user
julski, I think it's just a manifestation of the anxiety. People become so shy they don't talk. Maybe they are not confident in what they have to say?
deleted_user
deleted_user
I actually have been in situations where I have had things to say and I could not get them out.

Sometimes when this happens I have anxiety attacks because it freaks me out.

I have been having the anxiety attacks for a long while now. I have gotten better at controlling them.

The Selective Mutism makes it impossible to have a job. I have actually forced myself to go to a few interviews but could barely talk to the people interviewing me. Of course they didn't want to hire me. lol.
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