Why would a 15-year-old just stop talking. Like 'Selective Mutism'?
My 15-year-old daughter just stopped talking and I have no clue why. She won't talk to anybody. She has gone to her principal about the situation. Her principal has given her permission to write her answers on a piece of paper in order to talk to her teachers. She will type her answers on her phone and text me her answer!
This breaks my heart not knowing what I can do to help her. It started 11/18/2014. She had just found out that her best friend was switching from her school to another. Even though she was still living in the same house it was truly killing my daughter. She keeps crying herself to sleep. Could this be over this and that she's depressed and doesn't want to talk to anybody but her friend or what? I honestly don't know what to do about this. Can somebody please tell what to do about this?
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What did her doctor say?
Selective Mutism is an anxiety disorder. It's not rare - about 1 in 150 children will have selective mutism.
You need to see a doctor, and make sure that you persist in getting help even if the initial doctor says your daughter will grow out of it.
Treatment should focus on behavioural therapies and cognitive behavioural therapy. Medication probably won't be needed.
www.nhs.uk/conditions/selective-mutism/Pages/Introduction.aspx
This is not medical information. You need to see a doctor.
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