Dyslexia

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Hey everyone, im new to this so sorry if i go on and on or dont make much sence! As you might of guessed it from the subject heading im dyslexic but im so down about it at the moment i hate it so much and i dont no what to do.maybe because i had my college exams and im stressed again nad got the results back !all my friends are so cleaver and i do get so jealous of they and i hate being like that, around the time of our exams they where stressed as you would be and coming out of every exam saying that they didnt pass when they no well they did and then there is me who studys so hard and gets no where!my friends tell me that i passed and not to be so hard on myself i did better then i think and i prob passed ect, but then i come out of my exams also so saying i failed but that is the truth i even have the results to prove it.....i just cant seem to get anything right every, just wish i was cleaver so much dont see why i had to be dyslexic.Im 19 at the moment and iv also made jokes bout me having dyslexia like when i say or do somthing stupied i say im allowed cause im dyslxic, but it really hurts me so much!i should be happy all the time i dont have such a bad life iv been going out with my boyfriend for the last 3years and very happy with that, but he is VERY cleaver As all the time nothing less and i have a great family and friends but they seem to have everything. i just feel losssed the hole time wish i was someone else!im sorry if i went on and on and on but just had to let somthings out, didnt no where to write this so just saw this place!sorry for any spelling mistakes as you no im dyslexic

hugs I know a few people who are dyslexic and they felt like you do, when they were at school, however, once out of the academic atmosphere, things got better for them, they felt better bout themselves and have done very well, one is an event planner, and shes awesome at it. You may not be - as you put it - very clever, but there is more in life than cleverness, and obviously your boyfriend loves you for you, cleverness has nothing to do with it. Don't be intimidated by others, everyone is good and bad at lots of things.

thanks for writen back i no people say your good at one thing and people (my older brother) who are dyslexic are usualy good at art or math but im not goog at anything.i no my boyfriend loves me but its just so hard that hes so cleaver and then theres me who cant cope he just rang me there didnt wana tell him but he new somthing so up so burst into tears didnt even tell him what my results are but he said you cant of failed them all..asked him why not and just said i cant the thing is i only passed one of them couldnt tell him that tho cant hardly but it down here im so embarrased abot it!!just cant think of what i want to do with my life dont want to be in a crap job that gets payed crap...also another thing is people who meet me think im cleaver cause my dad is a laywer and expet me to be so cleaver!sorry for going on again thanks for listening!x

There are a few posters here with dyslexia. I hadn't realised that it doesn't just affect your spelling (which is the common perception) but has much wider effects.I know it's simplistic to say everyone is good at something. Things aren't evened out like that, and some people seem to have more than their fair share of luck. The problem is comparison, and who with. Compared with most animals we are nearly all better at most things. The best thing is not to base how worthwhile you are on comparison at all, but on you as an individual. What will you do with what you have? That is enough to occupy each of us.

yeah it effects more then spell like i dont have long term memorie with studying, like i wouldnt be able to learn a whole page off let alone the hole book for exams!that is one of my biggest prob i think if i was to have exams all though the year that would be great but have like 7 big end of year exams.it just gets me down so much sometimes i really hate it,just wish i could be more like all my friends/boyfriends and be cleaver they dont see me though as uncleaver as im fine at common knowledge so they see that side of me....even though i was voted in the last year of school jessica simpson lol!!oh well i guess ill just have to get on with it,its so hard though x

Hello jeandi4
I'm dyslexic. I'm thinking milder than you but I was also given extra help in school. For me it mostly manifests in odd (yet somehow sensible) spelling mistakes and very slow reading. I was always an average acedemic student but excelled in the sciences. I'm also a collage drop-out.
I've also spent 16 years in the telecommunations sector and have gone from telephone technician to a regional sales manager for a fibre-optic manufacturer.
Don't stress over the stuff you can't do and focus on the things you can. You'll probably find that the stuff you're good at, you're better at it than anyone. It's part of the way we dyslexics work.
Hang in there. Lexdyslics untie!!! (hehehe I just made that up)

pokes finger up i'm dislic too. suck with readingsuck with mathsuck wiht spellingsuck with grammer (i try.. i really do.. but to me it just looks right )this is going to sound...well bad. but i don't knwo my right forom left unless i stop and think ok i write right handed..soooooooo that's right and that's left. abc's hell don;t ask me wut comes after t. i still have to do the abc song to figure that out. i am i'm really that stupid. anything over basic math kicks my ass. basic math is hard to do with out a calculater even with wtch wiht hands... i forget wut hand is the mint and the secounds. the only thing i'm good at is art alot of people down home schoolers... well i don;t care cuz i like it. i get extra time if i need it and if i don;t get it (that's alot of the times too i have one on one help) even simple directions is hard to get.. lol diver knows wut i mean. no one but some one that has it knows how fustratio=ng it is and how it hurts whenpeople point out how bad u suck at writting.

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abc's hell don;t ask me wut comes after t. i still have to do the abc song to figure that out.

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I still have to recite bits of the alphabet in my head to work out that sort of question. :smile:

me too, you just have to pick it up at some point and go through it. One of the odd ways dyslexia manifests in me is in directions. I often confuse east and west because they are right and left on the map. North and south are never a problem.

Then why don't you rotate the map 90 degrees when you're trying to figure out your east from your west?

no no no no!I do NOT turn maps ok, personal issue, sorry

is turning a map a man thing? I read a map the way i am going, upside down, which drive my other half insane........

lol, it must be!I did, however, work with a guy that would rotate the blue prints to orient himself on a job site... drove me nuts!!

hey again sorry i didnt write back for the weekend was away.thanks for all responding.aahh i suck at most school things and now college got help in college for it got a free laptop out of it so not so bad hehe!i live in Ireland and in school thet where really bad at given help to people with dyslexia but have goten really good since i left ha!!but iv thought bout it all and i could be a lot worse i guess just hate it some times but yah no ill get over it, hate it most around exam times! the only one thing im good at is common knowledge and thats why people think that i am cleaver!I dont no bout America but here at the end of secondary school (high school) we have our leaving cert think its gcse in uk and in english i got a A2 which i dont no how i got either does my teachers still proud of that one, but when we went out that night when we got our results i was so happy wanted to tell every one who would listen so went around telling everyone i got an A2 in english and im anorectic...instead of dyslexic got a few funny looks alright....... my friends still laugh at me bout that but just leared to laugh off all my funny sayings now!

one of the fun side effects I've noticed is that sometimes, when I quickly glance at a sign, it often says something wierd and funny until I re-read it properly

i do that ALOT. makes one feel so smart when u read prom as porn has any of u (that has it) ever said a sentence or statment or wutever backwards? and u get looks like wut u just say and i'm like i lkknow wut i mean. i think i do that online onmessanger too. that's y u got to speak caleb languge to understand me. lmao

I rarely garble sentences while speaking although the occasional spoonerism slips in here and there.

And yes, I ALWAYS get excited when I see a sign advertising 'porn' in front of a high school!

Yah i have also done that before it gets very annoying

I'm fine when I'm thinking on my own, but I really tend mess my words up when I'm talking and garble sentences. It's only when I'm talking to someone (or multiple people) in person that I really have trouble thinking straight and act as if I was dyslexic.

I'm dyslexic. Or rather slysdexic. heh heh...Anyhoo, I do not mix up words when writing them down, though when I'm very tired and can't control myself, I mix up words while speaking. I mistype a lot, even though I look at the key board while typing. I have very poor long term memory, and do best on tests by studying way in advance by understanding in class or though extra help. I do awful in lit classes because I cannot quickly memorize anything. I would suggest putting it on CD or MP3 and listening to it over and over, and then taking off the headphone and try to repeat it. I'm am awful at math, and at directions. When giving direction I often confuse the recipient by saying..."take a left, I mean RIGHT RIGHT!" at least 10 times. I'm a very poor speller. I have a severe phobia of public reading, because I constantly replace one word with another. I too have trouble reading signs out loud. I'm considered a fast reader by my peers, which I find strange. I also do very well on the reading comp sections of standardized tests.I dunno, other then the tips I gave you on school work I don't know how to help. I'm not a person that accepts extra help often (for instance, I REFUSE to see a psychologist/therapist), so I'm still dealing with it on my own too. I don't know. One handy thing you can do is too get tested by a doctor and have them tell your school. My school helped me by giving me extra time on tests and exams, and if you get officially diagnosed by a doctor, you can get extra time on AP's and SAT's. It helps me to know that I can slow down and work everything slower. Especially if it's a writing thing.Hope this helps.