Dyspraxic Adults

Hey, my name's Adam. I was told that I have dyspaxia at age 11 by a professional at a local hospital. I'm 16 years old and I would like to tell you some things about myself before I get into the meaning of this topic.
Let me start from the the first problem to my problem at the moment:

When I was younger I was attacked by a teacher who then proceeded to strangle me, this thought has always been stuck in my mind and has always got me down.
When I was in my first secondary school I was kicked out at age 13 because of a teacher who claimed that I "blatantly" punched her which did not happen, this is not what annoys me but this lead to me obsessing over the friendships I had lost contact with after being kicked out and the fact that I was moved to a small school where my socialising was very limited meaning that I do not have any close friends that I have known for a long time.
That's enough information for now.

Around 2 hours ago I felt really happy having been climbing with a friend to introduce them to the sport and show them how everything works. Proceeding to stay with they knew found friend I met another who then accused me of being weird which didn't bother me as I enjoy the fact that I am "weird" as I feel it makes me unique. He then in short said that it was a bad thing and continued to insult me which started to annoy me, but finally when he quoted my past and said that I seem like a compulsive liar I just walked off and it just stayed in my head.

I feel really depressed over this little reason and tend to get depressed over really small reasons. I really feel that I need something to make me feel better. I feel like I'm in a box without having full control over my body, feeling like I have lost mass amounts of energy even so that I no longer realise that I actually need to move my hands to type.

Has anyone experienced this feeling before, did you pull through it?

Sorry if this post doesn't make much sense or something similar, I have a lot of difficulty understanding myself and the things I write.

Hi Adam

Welcome to the forums. sorry to hear about your less than positive experiences related to your schooling.Try to put it behind you if you can though I know that is much easier said than done as in my experience I think we do tend to have a heightened sense in cases where we believe those around us or ourselves are treated unfairly.

As to the person who decided they weren't able to accept you, I really feel that's his problem not yours! Try to be civil but if possible avoid him until he's mature enough not to male snap judgements about other people with knowing them properly first. I suspect he is insecure about himself so is trying to score points.

I think it acceptance by others feels like a bigger deal as we often tend to be unsure about accepting ourselves and hardly need others to judge us and cause us to further doubt about ourselves. I think its even more difficult when your at the stage when you're in your teenage years.

Hope this helps.

PS you might also wish to check out Dyspraxic.Me's post and link to her website and survey. http://www.dyspraxicadults.org.uk/forum ... =14&t=3444. Alleycat one of the other moderators has posted a working link to the survey in her reply to that thread.