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Selective mutism experiences anyone?
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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 604676" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>MWM: Sounds like Julie may have had milder case selective mutism (if I remember correctly, it averagely takes about 8 years to get over it - and some don't, while fast majority does.) Maybe it is so uncommon inj your area that schools etc. are not aware? In my country social phobias are common. Again making some conclusions of this board much more common than in USA (which makes sense, those with social phobias did not leave to the 'new world.') I can't remember anyone here whose kids' main problem would be social phobias or even panic disorder and around here those are the basic makings of the difficult children. Large part of our severely troubled kids have social phobias and panic disorder as their core problem and that leads to abuse of alcohol and benzos (most common illegal drug around here are abused benzos) and unability to work or even leave the house without substances. Social anxiety problems are very much part of our genetic make-up. And selective mutism is somewhere under that umbrella. </p><p></p><p>When my difficult child was younger and I didn't have to much worry about his anonymity I frequented a local message board for parents of special needs kids and there selective mutism came up frequently. Unfortunately I don't remember much about those families experiences. I recently tried to find that forum to give a link to sister in law but it seems to have disappeared <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 604676, member: 14557"] MWM: Sounds like Julie may have had milder case selective mutism (if I remember correctly, it averagely takes about 8 years to get over it - and some don't, while fast majority does.) Maybe it is so uncommon inj your area that schools etc. are not aware? In my country social phobias are common. Again making some conclusions of this board much more common than in USA (which makes sense, those with social phobias did not leave to the 'new world.') I can't remember anyone here whose kids' main problem would be social phobias or even panic disorder and around here those are the basic makings of the difficult children. Large part of our severely troubled kids have social phobias and panic disorder as their core problem and that leads to abuse of alcohol and benzos (most common illegal drug around here are abused benzos) and unability to work or even leave the house without substances. Social anxiety problems are very much part of our genetic make-up. And selective mutism is somewhere under that umbrella. When my difficult child was younger and I didn't have to much worry about his anonymity I frequented a local message board for parents of special needs kids and there selective mutism came up frequently. Unfortunately I don't remember much about those families experiences. I recently tried to find that forum to give a link to sister in law but it seems to have disappeared :( [/QUOTE]
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