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Tuesday April 8, 2025 | Autism Spectrum Disorder and Selective Mutism and self harm

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This probably doesn't mean anything but do individuals with autism develop selective mutism at a later time in their life?  I probably had autism when I was two but no one could really see it to know that it was present?  

Tuesday April 8, 2025 | TRIGGER WARNING: Mentions of self harm

how would biting as self harm when they other day on Wednesday April 2 when I bit myself because I was either overwhelmed or angry.  I still believe that I was overwhelmed!    Everything I read on an official am or autism site, they said that there was no reason why that just a selective mutism individual just be biting themselves. I found a video under the blog title "this sounds familiar that I have done when I was younger".   "While  selective mutism  is primarily characterized by the inability to speak in specific situations,  it's not a typical symptom for individuals with selective mutism to bite themselves when angry or overwhelmed .  However, some individuals with selective mutism may exhibit other behaviors associated with anxiety, such as  screaming ,   shouting ,   jumping on furniture ,  or  playing too rough .   Here's a more detailed explanation: Selective Mutism and Anxiety: Selective mutism is a...