No Longer Bound by Fear
Since starting this blog I have begun sharing some of my journey with anxiety and Selective Mutism. But I haven't shared much of my experience with fear in general. I have dealt with fear for as long as I can remember. From struggling with Select ...
My Childhood Years in School with Selective Mutism
In this blog post I will be sharing about my journey with Selective Mutism in the school environment. My childhood years in school were quite hard due to Selective Mutism. I would say that I enjoyed some of the learning in school, but because of the anxi ...
Finding My Voice Through Writing
Selective Mutism have prevented me from speaking and using my voice in almost all social situations while growing up. I started blogging when I was 18 years old in order to share some of my own thoughts and what God puts on my heart. When I started my bl ...
A Season of Worrying about the Future
In this blog post I will be sharing about a season of worrying that I have been through. When I had just turned 16 I started studying Animal Care at college with my sister. I studied there for 2 years, but it was not exactly the career that I wan ...
More Than the Fear of Talking
Selective Mutism affects so much more than just speech. The mutism is often what people notice most about the disorder, or only pay attention to. The term selective mutism can make it seem like it only affects speech. That is where this misconception usu ...
Selective Mutism
When I was around the age of 8, my parents found out that I had Selective Mutism. Selective mutism is a severe anxiety disorder in which a person is unable to speak in certain social situations. These can be with classmates in school, or maybe to ...
What happened to my little chatterbox?
Aymie was the sweetest little girl. She had so much to share, like all the time. There were times when I had to turn off my ears to get time to think my own thoughts. She even chose to sit in the kitchen and talk to the mum when the children were over a ...