Monday March 2, 2026 | Personal challenges | Speaking up
List your three greatest personal challenges to date. How did you overcome them and what lessons did you learn? This is a big one for many people who have selective mutism. We have a hard time saying no and we have a hard time speaking up for ourselves. Because we have that challenge, we have people who would do our talking for us and eventually it becomes automatic and they rescue automatically. My relatives were speaking of selective mutism like it was my fault when clearly it was not my fault. I found a quote or phrase I could keep in my phone either I show it or even say this phrase. When my speech shuts down. It goes something like this. "Sometimes my speech shuts down in certain situations. I am still listening and aware--I just need a few minutes to speak". I had totally re-wrote that to fit my needs. Here is my top three signs that my speech shut down. 1) Mind going blank. 2) Difficulty initiatin...