Lonely

You are not a "freak", you have a social anxiety disorder. My daughter is six and was diagnosed with selective mutism ibn August of last year. My daughter has made some progress over the past year, but she is still unable to speak to her Teacher and most of her friend's parents. I know that some people use medication with success, but we have not chosen that route yet. I created an online Support Group forum for Selective Mutism that you can visit. http://smsg.baseman.ca/ There is a teenage girl that is a member, she posted in the "Teenagers with SM" section. You can read the posts in the forum and share your story. You will not be alone there, plus it givees you the ability to talk to others with anxiety getting in the way. Most of the people on the forum are parents of children who have SM, so we have an idea of what you are going through. You can help us too, because most of our children are younger than you and unable to really tell us how they feel.

We would love to hear from you. Take care. Do you have one thing that helps remove the anxiety? My daughter will sing along to music in my truck with the windows down (and she knows people can hear her). Unfortunately the music can't be playing in School where she is most uncomfortable.

By the way, I am organizing a Selective Mutism Awareness Walk in my City because so few people know about SM. It coicides with Selective Mutism Awareness week in the UK on October 5th of this year. I guess that you could say that I represent the North American Campaign.

Its too far to think of that just go nature when people trying to make friend with you .....Actually at this kind of age you should forcus on your study and not thinking of anything else.. Try to get into their world...