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by pixiewithdocs
Thu Jan 18, 2024 12:24 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: Help me learn how to remember
Replies: 2
Views: 797

Re: Help me learn how to remember

I've found that in my spraxy little world it's less about being able to remember, and more about supporting yourself to be reminded of things you can't remember. I spent years trying to be good at things that my brain's not wired for, having no awareness of why, and internalising the failure as a pe...
by pixiewithdocs
Fri Nov 03, 2023 10:47 am
Forum: Day-to-day living
Topic: Credit rating
Replies: 3
Views: 3572

Re: Credit rating

Just going through some old posts to find time management stuff and saw this! Tom, ironically the police pulled me over about 18 months after this as my tax hadn't been being paid, and genuinely the DVLA never sent me the mandatory notification of 6-month direct debit ending - car almost impounded! ...
by pixiewithdocs
Wed Sep 20, 2023 10:40 am
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: How often do you visit the Forum?
Replies: 8
Views: 2875

Re: How often do you visit the Forum?

I come on at least every year. When I feel overwhelmed or totally out of spoons, sometimes I just come and look at posts and know I'm not alone. Sometimes more often, sometimes with a question which an existing thread answered, occasionally just to drop replies to old things. Forums are a lot less c...
by pixiewithdocs
Wed May 10, 2023 10:31 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: Falling under stress/ anxiety
Replies: 20
Views: 11759

Re: Falling under stress/ anxiety

Yeah me too on that front - stress and anxiety make mild to severe overwhelm which definitely exacerbates the clumsiness for me. Hope you're not too stressed and anxious OP!
by pixiewithdocs
Thu Aug 05, 2021 12:06 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: Not very dyspraxic talents
Replies: 21
Views: 16757

Re: Not very dyspraxic talents

Massive props, snaps, and hats off to the creative and stubborn people in here - as above HOW DOES ONE OF US JUGGLE?! I learned to do poi as a teen with many a head smack but it's satisfying and has procioceptive sensory benefits. Recently I'm learning to touch type, can ice skate holding a struggli...
by pixiewithdocs
Sun Mar 15, 2020 8:42 pm
Forum: Work
Topic: Job Applications
Replies: 4
Views: 6899

Re: Job Applications

Jglover have you had any luck yet? Keeping fingers crossed for you
by pixiewithdocs
Sun Mar 15, 2020 8:39 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: Anybody meditate?
Replies: 11
Views: 6340

Re: Anybody meditate?

@stephaniesays thanks for the rec! Liked the Thomas hall vids, think they're under a different name now, really felt different whilst trying to do some coursework recently.
by pixiewithdocs
Fri Feb 14, 2020 10:33 am
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: What are your cognitive strengths and weakness ?
Replies: 13
Views: 6204

Re: What are your cognitive strengths and weakness ?

@firemonkey I'm so sorry if I offended you.
by pixiewithdocs
Thu Jan 23, 2020 11:20 am
Forum: Studying
Topic: Studying
Replies: 6
Views: 7777

Re: Studying

I just remembered another helpful thing that a diamond of a tutor suggested to me - specifically for essay subjects. When you've got your research notes for essays (including all your referenced sources) print off your notes and cut them up into strips of one quote or one point you want to make. The...
by pixiewithdocs
Thu Jan 23, 2020 10:47 am
Forum: Studying
Topic: Studying
Replies: 6
Views: 7777

Re: Studying

Hey Grace, I'm really sorry to hear that you're having a tough time, studying can be really overwhelming and there's a huge element of self-blame that is typical for us, making it even harder to cope or ask for help when things snowball out of hand. Props to you for coming for advice and help. Pract...
by pixiewithdocs
Thu Jan 23, 2020 10:06 am
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: exaggerated emotions
Replies: 5
Views: 3637

Re: exaggerated emotions

Yeah man! We're an emotional bunch! Apparently crying literally drips the stress hormones out of your face so that they leaves your body. How incredible is that for an in-built coping mechanism? There's nothing wrong with feelings, although I appreciate it can be really inconvenient or annoying. I g...
by pixiewithdocs
Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:51 am
Forum: Studying
Topic: new words
Replies: 4
Views: 5544

Re: new words

I'm an (erstwhile) ESL teacher - the macmillan 'sounds' app has the phonemic chart on it so when you go to the dictionary and see this weird writing /ɑːlˈðɪsnɒnsəsts/ it's the exact pronunciation of the word. Primary stress is an apostrophe, and secondary stress is a comma in the word. If you copy t...
by pixiewithdocs
Wed Jan 22, 2020 12:07 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: Random acts of kindness
Replies: 8
Views: 4175

Re: Random acts of kindness

@xenavire you're absolutely right. I remembered after posing that the wonderful RAKtivisim have a calendar of Daily Acts of Kindness which is FAB If anyone's interested the link to the calendar is here https://assets.randomactsofkindness.org/calendars/neighborhood/2020/2020_RAK_kindness_calendars.pd...
by pixiewithdocs
Wed Jan 22, 2020 12:04 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: What are your cognitive strengths and weakness ?
Replies: 13
Views: 6204

Re: What are your cognitive strengths and weakness ?

Looks like it could be handy ammo if you thought your boss was discriminating against you?

Surely you're not advertising though...
by pixiewithdocs
Fri Jan 17, 2020 3:20 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: Random acts of kindness
Replies: 8
Views: 4175

Re: Random acts of kindness

Biggest kindness I think I was ever shown was when living in Ghana. My purse got pickpocketed, which could happen anywhere, but the response was genuinely overwhelming. The coach driver had assured me we weren't going to Kejetiya station (biggest outdoor market in West Africa and across the city fro...