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Chapter 3 I suffer from severe selective mutism
Friend's home
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I made new friends. K and S.
We sometimes played together after school. Our leader was K. He always asked S and me over.
In K's house, we saw his family.
[K's mother]
K's mother was a a full-time homemaker. Besides doing household chores, she was involved in a volunteer activity. When I went to K's house, she was usually hospitable to me.
She was very kind to me even in school situation. For instance, one day we school children went on a school outing with our parents. It was a hot summer day. I was sweating. Seeing me, she handed a wet towel and said, "Please hang this towel, and it will prevent you from getting dehydrated." She usually took such special care of me. Maybe I was viewed as a child whom need special care.
[K's father]
We rarely saw K's father. He was busy at work.
"My father is a professor at ** University," K said. I understood why K was so bright but eccentric.
[K's sister]
K had a younger sister. I and S didn't play with her very much, but she sometimes helped us, for instance, answering the door. I felt that she was a disciplined girl.
I was sensitive about how she thought about me. How did a child feel about a older boy with selective mutism? Did see despise me in her heart for my extremely shyness? Although she didn't take such a cavalier attitude towards me, I could not help being sensitive.
[M, a classmate girl]
M, a classmate girl lived nearby K's house. She was very popular with classmate boys, but I wasn't interested in her. I loved A, a friend of M who was the most violent girl in my class.
(To be continued)
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