Has anyone experienced selective mutism?

Question

When I was in highschool, I was basically a mute in my advanced placement classes. All of the other students were loud and outgoing and weren't afraid to speak up in class. But I just couldn't do that because they made me feel nervous. The teacher didn't help either because she was outgoing and overly opinionated like them and only made things more difficult for me. I also experienced this same kind of thing in college classes. If anyone else had gone through this, how did you handle it?

Answer 1

Most people grow out of it, but most cases of this are in little kids, so I don't know if you can grow out of it.  My friend's sister was like this and we just try to be nice to her. Don't worry about what other people think of you.