open questions, feel free to answer for yourself or even for me???, re: nonverbal
are these nonverbal periods even real? am i making it up because i have a desperate hypochondriac need to self diagnose all the time? where is the line between being unable to talk and not wanting to talk? should i force myself to talk when i can but don't want to? what amount of inconvenience from non-talking justifies the inconvenience of forcing myself to talk?