Hello
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 9:08 pm
Hello I am a 35 year old male and after reading articles online and watching you tube videos I think I suffer from dyspraxia. I have always found life a struggle whether it was growing up at school and also at work and also at home too. I have very poor memory if someone asked me what I did an hour ago I would be unable to tell you. I find concentration very hard as I can be very easily distracted, cannot focus on one thing for long plus I can get bored easily. I can get things muddled up especially at work I am a postman and can put letters for the wrong street in the wrong place when I am sorting mail. I can loses things such as money and keys and I have been known to leave 20 pound notes in my trousers going into the wash. I am very clumsy as well and cannot do particle tasks such as DIY or cooking. I am very bad at organisation this has a big effect on me at work too as I am always making mistakes and no matter how hard you try to cut out the mistakes you still make mistakes without realising. I also cannot tie my shoelaces properly and have a tendency to talk too fast and I also have trouble explaining things in detail too.
All this can make me feel fustraited and I sometimes feel that I am useless and that I am a failure. I thought that this was because I was dyslexic as I was diagnosed with mild dyslexia at 15. I did go to get some help in 2012 when I went to my gp and I saw someone a few months later who said I did have a learning difficulty with mild dyspraxia and I was recommended for cognitive behaviour therapy but when I saw another therapist a few months later he said my difficulties was just "part of me" and could not do anything for me which made me upset. I came across your website after I searched dyspraxia forums on google and after 35 years it looks like I finally found somewhere where I can actually talk about my problems and someone will be listening.
All this can make me feel fustraited and I sometimes feel that I am useless and that I am a failure. I thought that this was because I was dyslexic as I was diagnosed with mild dyslexia at 15. I did go to get some help in 2012 when I went to my gp and I saw someone a few months later who said I did have a learning difficulty with mild dyspraxia and I was recommended for cognitive behaviour therapy but when I saw another therapist a few months later he said my difficulties was just "part of me" and could not do anything for me which made me upset. I came across your website after I searched dyspraxia forums on google and after 35 years it looks like I finally found somewhere where I can actually talk about my problems and someone will be listening.
