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by OCDyspraxic
Tue Nov 12, 2013 12:20 am
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: It's time to lose your dunce cap
Replies: 13
Views: 7470

It's time to lose your dunce cap

Let me just say I am truly sorry if you have been labelled thick or dimwitted all of your life as I know your frustration. I have worn the proverbial D cap ever since I can remember through both school and work although I never really knew why it was placed on my head until I understood the ...
by OCDyspraxic
Sun Sep 01, 2013 9:55 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: The mental torture of having nothing to do
Replies: 2
Views: 2736

The mental torture of having nothing to do

I know we all feel boredom at times when there's little to do but I really don't want to trivialise this feeling I have as boredom as it is more symptomatic to mental torture owing to having nothing to do. The feeling isn't just plain old boredom, it's this experience of being disengaged and ...
by OCDyspraxic
Thu Jun 06, 2013 11:55 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Yet to be diagnosed ...
Replies: 1
Views: 1561

Yet to be diagnosed ...

As the username suggests, I have OCD, all my life in fact but the dyspraxia thing is soon to be revealed. I have so many of the symptoms and I am 99% sure it is dyspraxia. It isn't so much the clumsy child syndrome but I think it's more mental coordination that I suffer with. I am in the process of ...
by OCDyspraxic
Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:57 pm
Forum: Day-to-day living
Topic: Hypersensitivity
Replies: 4
Views: 7506

Hypersensitivity

I have always found myself to have an intolerance in day-to-day living and find great discomfort in the following things; Bright lights particularly spotlights. Cannot bear my fingernails to grow long, I always clip them very short. I always have to have a close crewcut as I cannot tolerate the feel ...
by OCDyspraxic
Tue Jun 04, 2013 6:45 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: Welcome!
Replies: 84
Views: 179318

Re: Welcome!

Just joined! The unusual username I have chosen is an accurate one. I was born with OCD and only diagnosed when I was 22 but dyspraxia is something I still need to reveal. I tick all the boxes for dyspraxia and convinced that I have it. In fact I would say I am 40% obesessive compulsive and 60 ...