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Journal Prompts I feel powerless when ____________________ If I could go back and whisper something to myself as a little one, it would be ___________ What feelings am I escaping or avoiding by focusing so much on others? I wish I would have said _________________ I wish I felt confident enough to ________________ What would my life look like without my symptoms? ______________ makes my blood boil I feel so________ I need_________ I really want to forgive ____________ I release _____________ I no longer need/want to _______________ I daren't even admit this to myself, but ___________ I wish I could change ________________ I hate _____________________ The secrets about me that nobody knows are _________________ I don't even like admitting this to myself but ___________________ I feel angry, but underneath that feeling I can also feel _________________ They made me believe that _________________________ I still believe that I have to ______________ (eg: in order to be loved / acc...

What I wish people who knew about my experience with selective mutism is that I wish they knew how I really felt from age 4 to about my current experience.  I wish that people knew what the selective mutism triggers were.  Hell, I don't even know.  All people know is that they think it is food or the weather that is making me anxious.  Or blaming the fact that I haven't eaten is why my stomach is upset.  I honestly don't think that was the reason why my stomach was upset at all.  I believe that my stomach was upset was because of an anxiety attack.  Why? I don't know the cause.  No, it was not because of Jason!!!   I will finish this later...