OK so, I'm 37/F with depression, anxiety and BPD. For the longest time now I feel like I go through cycles, stage 1 is OK, I can do stuff and feel relatively normal. Stage 2 is hyper manic mode where I feel actually good but can't concentrate for long and stage 3 is silence, I struggle to say words out loud or type them. It feels like my brain gets closed off to basically everything external and I can't concentrate at all. The primary symptom of this stage seems to be mutism, I can't speak without extreme difficulty, I forget how to string words together and my partner worries as I can go hours or even days without saying more than a handful of words. Does anyone else experience this kind of involuntary silence? Is there anything I can do about it? Any help is appreciated, thank you :)