Just found this forum. Hi.
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2017 7:49 am
Hi.
I had a particularly frustrating day at university today. One of those days where nothing I say seems to come out in a way that makes sense, and that's when I managed to talk at all. I started googling advice for dyspraxiacs and socializing when I found this. It's nice to see a place where people seem to have similar experiences to mine.
Im from Canada (Edmonton) and am going to school to be a teacher, after many years of aimless wandering without a direction in life, and having difficulties holding down jobs. I am excited as I think that hopefully this new path will work out for me.
I was diagnosed with dyspraxia when I was quite young, but I was never allowed to really acknowledge it as a huge part of my childhood was about overcoming dyspraxia. I'm not blaming my parents here, if it wasn't for my mum I wouldn't be where I am. I had occupational, physio, and speech therapy and worked incredibly hard to be where I am. For a long time I barely acknowledged my disability as the narrative in my family was that I had overcome it, but as an adult I've started to acknowledge that I lot of the things I don't like about myself are from this and that I need to accept that I am dyspraxic and that I can't very well just remove it. I still have terrible spatial awareness, I seem to be incapable of eating or drinking without making a mess, I mentioned my huge social anxieties (I'm 30 and I've never dated and I've found forming those kinds of relationships very difficult), I have a terrible memory, and have a lot of trouble staying organised and remembering deadlines. I feel like I'm blaming my personal problems on the disability, but I think that somewhat comes from my upbringing in that I read taught that it was something I could defeat with hard work, and I'm no longer sure if that is even a good attitude.
I'm not sure how to wrap up here. I've been looking around the board here and it is nice just to see that I'm not alone.
I had a particularly frustrating day at university today. One of those days where nothing I say seems to come out in a way that makes sense, and that's when I managed to talk at all. I started googling advice for dyspraxiacs and socializing when I found this. It's nice to see a place where people seem to have similar experiences to mine.
Im from Canada (Edmonton) and am going to school to be a teacher, after many years of aimless wandering without a direction in life, and having difficulties holding down jobs. I am excited as I think that hopefully this new path will work out for me.
I was diagnosed with dyspraxia when I was quite young, but I was never allowed to really acknowledge it as a huge part of my childhood was about overcoming dyspraxia. I'm not blaming my parents here, if it wasn't for my mum I wouldn't be where I am. I had occupational, physio, and speech therapy and worked incredibly hard to be where I am. For a long time I barely acknowledged my disability as the narrative in my family was that I had overcome it, but as an adult I've started to acknowledge that I lot of the things I don't like about myself are from this and that I need to accept that I am dyspraxic and that I can't very well just remove it. I still have terrible spatial awareness, I seem to be incapable of eating or drinking without making a mess, I mentioned my huge social anxieties (I'm 30 and I've never dated and I've found forming those kinds of relationships very difficult), I have a terrible memory, and have a lot of trouble staying organised and remembering deadlines. I feel like I'm blaming my personal problems on the disability, but I think that somewhat comes from my upbringing in that I read taught that it was something I could defeat with hard work, and I'm no longer sure if that is even a good attitude.
I'm not sure how to wrap up here. I've been looking around the board here and it is nice just to see that I'm not alone.