Hi! Recently during training as a mental health mentor I was talking to a therapist who told me vaguely about selective mutism. I had heard of the term before but naively thought it was someone who just chose not to speak. After reading into it I realised that this was something that had affected me a lot during childhood and although now in my 30s I can sort of flirt with conversations I often find myself freezing because I'm trying too hard what to say next so I go with my responses of oooh ahhh that's nice etc. I must come across as so rude or uninterested when really I'm trying to say think of stuff to say but can't. Can anyone relate?