Muteness may also be caused by a major traumatic incident in a person's life.

These traumatic incidents were the basis of Carver's many short stories.

He had to witness the death of his younger brother, while young, hit by a bus, and traumatic incidents like this will turn him violent.

And yes, doctor, since you ask, there was a traumatic incident that I have "buried".

Several traumatic incidents led to her hospitalisation from 1940 to 1945.

She would later write extensively about the traumatic incident and its impact on her family.

He had moved to this small town with his mother due to a traumatic incident in his past.

This migration was a traumatic incident that happened in Joe's life.

But after a traumatic incident, her childhood night terrors return, and this time she isn't sure they're not real.

Even more commonly, there are also characters who stop speaking after a traumatic incident.