: I knew it was going to go this way, but they have to be thorough. I mentioned my growing but still rather infrequent mutism to my GP because it does need to be documented officially, seeing as how I first thought I noticed it in 2018, and his go-to was aphasia. He ran his office-level neurological tests and asked tons of questions and gave me a referral to a specialist. Appointment is in November.
He's also looking for an autism specialist in re: mutism and will get back to be about it.
@thedisasterautist "selective mutism" (which sounds like a choice, but really isn't) is a fairly common thing with autistics, particularly those under stress.
my kiddo has selective mutism
@redenigma: I've never really had it, not in the way mutism is happening in these recent years. No stress. No sense of alarm or of wanting to speak but being unable. No problems in cognition or processing. Thinking is clear. Weirdly AF, I just sign/gesture or write whatever down. It doesn't seem situational. Weirder, every so often, as in rarely, it's only an English-mute, as in only Spanish or French are what I'll speak. (Note: Elementary Spanish and French, as my knowledge of both is basic.)
@janallmac @redenigma: That I know of, I have not. I have and do, however, know quite a lot of people who that happens to, have done since I was a kid.
@thedisasterautist @redenigma
Do you ever think something so hard you're convinced you've said it out loud, but you haven't?
That happens to me sometimes, people get angry because they think I'm ignoring them (I'm not).
Is that something that happens to you? Not sure if this is anything related to autism or if it's just a random quirk.