What is this all about?

This Site is dedicated to those adults whom are still recovering from the affliction of Childhood Selective Mutism. The silent child misses out on the normal social development that other children just take for granted. When children with SM grow up they do not simply disappear, nor do all of the symptoms of fear and not being able to fit in “normally” into society. Some SM adults find better ways of coping with their problems then others. But there is no need to suffer in silence any longer without support. While our condition is rare, the Internet has opened up easy access for us SM adults whom are scattered across the US and even beyond in other English speaking countries. There is no reason to remain so isolated any longer. We can start by emailing or text messaging each other to find people who will understand us, people who struggle with the same kinds of problems we do.

The psychiatrists and counselors may not understand us. There are very few that specialize in treating our cases. The literature on our condition is thin, so most of the professional “help” that we receive is just people guessing or experimenting on us. They have never seen anyone like us before and they did not have such problems themselves growing up. There must be a better solution out there then paying large sums for 50-minute sessions so that someone with an advanced degree can start the guesswork. I have been the victim of this kind of help and I am sure that I am not alone in this experience. And those sums of money tend to be so difficult for us as more “normal” people eagerly step over us, climbing up social ladders to places we simply cannot go. We find ourselves in places of extreme underemployment and unemployment because we cannot network like other more successful people do. We suffer with loneliness and find ourselves judged harshly by a society that neither cares nor understands our struggling. The pie-in-the-sky statement that we will just grow out of our anxiety and all of its symptoms and become normal does not just happen. If only life were actually that easy.

If these last two paragraphs accurately describe your experiences, then I want to get in contact with you and start a conversation. My own personal experience has been that the professional help that is available to us is not only way too expensive, but also ineffective because the foundation for it is based in Modernistic Philosophy. This philosophy reacted to its predecessor that was highly superstitious in its nature. Modernistic Philosophy denies that human beings have a spiritual side. The methods that professionals have developed for psychotherapy also deny that there is a spiritual part of the equation that needs to be factored in. If we do have a spiritual side to us, then how can a system of therapy that ignores such a significant part of us fix us? It has been my own experience that this is the fatal flaw behind the drugs and treatments for adults whom are still trying to get beyond Selective Mutism and live a healthy life.

At 43 years old, I have put the worst part of Selective Mutism behind me. I am doing a lot better. I no longer deal with the fear or anxiety. I can get up in front of an audience and sing and play lead guitar. (See the pictures listed under the title "How far have I come?") I do this without anxiety. By addressing the spiritual side of myself I have found relief and deliverance from fear. I believe that I can help you too, if you are serious and prepared to start the journey into true spiritual enlightenment. I am here to help, not too make money off of someone else’s suffering or sickness. If you are ready to face your own personal demons, please contact me at my email address above or the below link and we can start a conversation.

http://www.myspace.com/onthemountministries