Is it normal to stop stop talking altogether?

i am/was suffering from depression and social anxiety and i turned into a very silent person. before, i was out-going and used to talk nonsense all the time. after a few fights at school i moved, i stopped going out with friends and spent all my time on my own smoking weed. after a while, i just stopped talking. i felt insecure when talking to people outside my family, like every word i said was making me look like a fool. i started to trick my mind into thinking i was a lot better than everyone around me and didn't feel the need to make pointless coversation with anyone. i would go for days without saying a word. but you'll come to realise (even if you've always been a quiet person) not opening your mouth will get you nowhere in life. ii started seeing my friends and going out again and gradually i've become more out-going again. spending too much time on your own also causes people to not feel need to talk. so think about what i've told you and see if there's anything you can make changes to in your life that may stop making you feel this way, because being totally silent isn't really worth it!

thats what i did... i am almost a ''voluntary mute'' except i cant help to speak only when spoken to, which doesnt happen often as no one wants to talk to a person like this, its great cus really there is no point to talking with these people when it is most likely meaningless and soon forgetton

also you probably have to stop caring what anyone think sbfore the enlightening part happens
this is why i do it somtimes i feel likethey shrug me off not listen only pay attention when they need somthing or if there boredthey will bother you to answer them and then not answer your questions to the point where i just ignore some people like there a dog and im the dog wisperer no touch no talk no eye contact that is not to say i ignore everyone i give them all one chanceif i dont feel like answering to them then im likely to walk away or just turn my back they dont deserve an answer

whata ya meen probably enlightening its very enlightening
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heres a tip monks like to stay silent but they also like there enviroment silent BUR A no eye contact brrro if you are around noise anyway the enlighening does not work tilafter you kill those who make the noise or get away does the enlightening not not happen

i was a recluse for about two years. i would go to work but i'd leave my headphones on all day and didn't really talk to anyone. it was fine at first and i came to like plants and animals better than humans, and they came to take the place of humans. but i eventually stopped hiking and making music and doing the things i live for because i had no one to share them with. i became a drunk and a waste of flesh for too long. then i took years and lots of hard lessons to get used to being around people again. if i hide out for a couple of weeks now, it takes me a few days to get used to people again. but i found there are people that are worth the effort. people that see me the way i see myself. be careful. on the other hand some monks take vows of silence and it is probably enlightening.

yeah shut already,

ps let us know how it goes

Well, stop talking!

It sounds like you might have depression or social anxiety it also might just be a phase. Did anything bad happen to you to make you suddenly want to give up on talking?.