hi, im here to introduce myself

[nameforforum]

Hi

please forgive my poor spelling, hopfully its readable.

A little about me is that Im 31 year dyslexic and dyspraxic woman. Im freindly, lively and somehow my problems seem to come off as an endearing 'quirky' personalaity.
But underneeth the surface they equate to much more. I was diagnosed as a child,origionaly I was suspected of autism and labled autism spectrum until, athough later than my peers I developed sufficent enough social skills to rule out traditional autism and I finally got the diagnosis of dyspraxia and dyslexia.

in primary scool, I could not pay attention,keep up with activites or play very well. had no friends and cryed all time, in my fisrt day of seondary school I got lost in the big school and submitted to the terror of not kowing exactly where I am in any given place, somthing that has stayed with me. I didnt go to many classes in the first 2 years simply because most of the time I could not find my classrooms (lost aimless wandering around) or have the right books. I got taken out of mainstreem school at 14. I went to special school, I didnt get any GCSE's.

Now I have full time job, lots of freinds and a very good degree....I live alone, am fully independant apear clean and tidy, only get close to being run over by cars only once a year and apear outwardly just as quirky.

How ever I still have problems.Notable
Low self esteem and depression
sensitivty to noise and light
short term memory
reading social ques
riding a bike
gym classes
fatique from activity
bad posture
bad at computer games
bad at taking critasm
formimg words and speach when tired
confusion
frustration
losing things and organisation
Fear and avoidence of doing almost everything
bad at forms and banking
genraly probelm with LIFE and surviving in this very confusing world, that just does not get me


Im here at this forum for so understanding and support and maybe I have a few things I can help people with.

Im good and neat hand writting this is somthing I learned so maybe I can help with and also as a scruffy teenager and young woman now at 31 Iv got it nailed so may be my pearls of wisdom will help for those suffering with grooming difficulties.

I have been reading this forum, and its feels amazing to see how real dyspraxia is, I feel so alone and somtime I just feel difective. To recogse it for what it is a neurological disorder is so amazing. Its so hard to explain to people and so intgrated with personality and emotinal functionality.

wonderful to be part of your comunity

[Tom fod]

Hi

Welcome to the forums. I'm glad you've found us. It's a really good site for mutual support and giving us all more of a sense that we're not as alone as we think. It's reassuring, especially when it's been one of those fraught days that leaves self esteem at an especially low ebb.

[itfcollie]

Welcome! I have just joined my and your post struck a chord with me. Particularly where U said about coping with life. Rest assured you're not alone even on being on this forum and hour has made me realise that!

Ollie

[Wayward]

Hello nameforforum,

Any chance we might be twins separated at birth?!

Ok, my story isn't identical to yours but similarities would be:
31 year old woman
Often seen as quirky
Struggled in school (I did go to classes but got overwhelmed on my first day, panicked and cried. I was in and out of teacher offices, seeing psychologists etc over the years. I stayed in mainstream school)
Diagnosed as dyslexic when I went to uni, but have always felt it was actually cross-over dyspraxia symptoms (sensitive to white pages and blocks of information, difficulty with eye 'tracking')
Occasional near misses with traffic

Plus from your list of current problems I've bolded the ones I identify with:

Low self esteem and depression
sensitivty to noise and light
short term memory
reading social ques
riding a bike
gym classes
fatique from activity
bad posture
bad at computer games
bad at taking critasm
formimg words and speach when tired
confusion
frustration
losing things and organisation
Fear and avoidence of doing almost everything
bad at forms and banking
genraly probelm with LIFE and surviving in this very confusing world, that just does not get me

I think the strangest thing for me about finding this forum was realising that a lot of things about me are dyspraxia-related that I hadn't realised. Things that aren't generally covered in the overviews of the condition like the effects of tiredness, feelings of confusion, fatigue, and short term memory.

Thanks for your post, 'nameforforum'. You're not alone by a long shot.