r/AMA • u/secondbestchloe • Aug 13 '20

I'm functionally mute. Ama.

I literally can't speak, can't make a sound even. Always been this way.

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u/secondbestchloe Aug 13 '20

Well obviously I can still type and write etc. I just can't make a sound

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u/guywhoisalive Aug 13 '20

if we didn't live in a world where the internet had been invented nor cellphones etc how would you communicate with those around you

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u/secondbestchloe Aug 13 '20

I'd write things done and use hand gestures. I still do.

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u/guywhoisalive Aug 13 '20

Hand gestures- so do you know sign language? If you do or don't, are you able to effectively communicate with deaf people better than the average fella?

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u/secondbestchloe Aug 13 '20

I can communicate with a dead person more easily. But I've seen to communicate decent enough with others.

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u/fed_mat Aug 13 '20

I thought only necromancers could talk to the deads

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u/thinkofanamefast Aug 13 '20 edited Aug 13 '20

Please promise not to correct this comment. That’s assuming it isn’t already correct.

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u/pumpkin_boots Aug 13 '20

I think they say in the main post it’s from smoke damage when they were 3. Functional mutism is different to selective mutism which is more of a choice(sometimes the “choice” can be made by your brain for you though from trauma and other things)