Could I use communication cards to help others understand me?

Gutt, 16

I don’t know if this is the right theme, but I’ll ask anyway. I’ve been curious about communication cards, and who needs them? I know some mute people need them, but I don’t fully understand it I understand the cards just not who has the need for them. I can sometimes struggle with telling people how I feel or what I need and will instead sit in silence and I have days where I don’t wanna talk at all. It gets complicated when I don’t wanna talk since people ask me things that require longer answers and it’s frustrating for me since I don’t wanna talk and they need an answer. But again I’ve seen people with autism or people who are mute use communication cards but idk if I would have a use for them or not? Idk! Sometimes I think it would be useful as I can struggle in stressful situations to communicate with others and tell them what I need

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Hello,

The point of using cards is to help you communicate, and if you think that they would be helpful you could try them out.

There are no set rules for who can use them or not. The point is to help when and where it's difficult.

What you could also do is practice talking about what you find difficult and which situations are hard, when you feel better and like it's easier.

A bit like how you are writing and explaining things to us here.

Often it is very difficult to formulate how we are feeling and what we wish for exactly when we are in a stressful or overwhelming situation.

If you find it especially challenging then it might be worth talking a little more with the people around you about it. You can also use cards or make your own and see if it helps you to communicate more about how you are feeling and what's going on.

I hope this answers your question. Feel free to write again if there's anything you're wondering about.

I'm adding some links and articles as well, these are written in Norwegian.

Kind regards, psychologist

ung.no

Besvart: 18.8.2024