I'm a 22 year old Dyspraxic man, I was diagnosed at 5, but didn't fully understand about it until I was about 15-16 - since then I've come to understand that it has pretty much hounded me and held me back all my life, and is the main source of a majority of my problems.
I'm generally quite a cheerful and laid-back fellow, but there are times where this thing gets to me, and I get really quite angry or upset - I'm someone who feels both highs and lows in the extreme, so on a bad day, I just kind of retreat from the world, but still really wish I could talk to someone like-minded. Maybe this site is the answer.
On the flip side of that, if you catch me on a good day, I'll be so happy it'll probably become annoying very quickly
My main issues brought on by my Dyspraxia are:
- Poor Co-ordination
Poor Balance
Poor organisational skills
Memory (funnily enough, I actually forgot to mention that and had to come back and edit it in...)
These issues (primarily the third and fourth) have recently cost me a job that I loved, and now my main concern is finding something that I can both enjoy, and do without getting fired for stupid issues my Dyspraxia brings on (I worked in a pub as bar staff for a month, and pretty much spent the whole month getting yelled at...)
I'm fervently hoping to make some new friends on here, and hopefully the experience will make a few of these things a little easier to bear
.Sam
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