I've had this weird thing go on with me for a few months now. When I'm feeling any negative emotions (such as sadness, stress, sometimes even anger) I loose my ability to speak. It physically hurts to try, which has only happened recently. I've had this happen multiple times, but in the past I was able to force myself to speak without it actually hurting me. That changed a little while ago, and it's gotten really disruptive as it happens at random and can last for either a short amount of time or almost the whole day. I've noticed that it tends to go away if something cheers me up, but it takes a few minutes to be able to speak full sentences. It the mean time, I can only speak a single word or make a noise. I've been told this is apart of autism, but I've never known for sure because everyone seems to act like this isn't anything they've seen before. Could I get some advice on this? I wanna know if this is normal for people with autism, or if this is maybe something else I need to look into.