I often misread words because they look like different words to me, or I'll see a few letters in a word and my brain will assume it's a certain word that it's not. Sometimes I'll have to reread a word a few times or stare at it for a while to get it right. But I'm used to it so it doesn't really bother me. And in spite of that, I love reading and writing.
ok thats exactly what I've been experiencing my whole life. My partner and I were talking about a book we're working on together and possibly making the main character have dyslexia and they were describing what it was like based on what their sister explained and I was just like "mmm ok but that's normal everyone does that. Everyone mixes up 2, 3 and 5 and then 1, 4, 7 and then 0, 6 and 8 and 0 and 9. Everyone will switch letters around, you just have to be extra careful when reading to read it right." And they were like uh no. Ok ill probably bring it up to my therapist and see what she thinks about the possibility of it. I don't really need a diagnosis unless I end up going back to school as I'm planning to do
lol, it took me a while to correctly read the beginning of your message, as another example. All the words were there but not in the right order. If you feel like you'll need accommodations for school, a diagnosis would be helpful. But definitely talk about it with your therapist!
So I've never been diagnosed, but my mom did alot of research into while I was in school. My spelling test were so bad in school they were cut to 5 words and 20 bonus words I stead of the usual 20 and 5. I constantly get B and D mixed up and I'm terrible at number order whe. There more then 2.
ok cool. I don't experience bad spelling as much except for occasionally just leaving out a letter or two and usually autocorrect will catch it for me cause I rarely write anymore. But I've been looking back on my writing and I would sometimes write random letters that wouldn't make sense like mixing up x, w, m, n, u and v and other letters that are similar to eachother. But if I was writing for school I would catch it all the time and correct it but I definitely wouldn't catch it 100%. A good example, I just typed ca-c-th instead of catch, but autocorrect got it
i got diagnosed in elementary school, maybe around 7-9. my teacher noticed that i’ve been writing all of my words wrong and all the letters were backwards, i always failed my spelling tests. i remember when i was a kid that sentences would move around like waves, and i couldn’t read a clock properly until middle school.
i still struggle with it, even after years of going to specialized classes for dyslexia. it’s not as bad, i rarely write letters backwards but i still have trouble spelling from time to time. i also have short term memory loss due to it, and i still have to bring my mom to the doctors with me in my 20s. there’s so many symptoms that aren’t talked about, so definitely look into those as well. especially if you’re seeking a diagnosis as an adult. make sure to write down all the symptoms you experienced as a child
and the thing for me is, I write things more or less fine exempting a few letters here and there. For me numbers are nearly impossible to read, especially if I was the one who wrote them and didn't remember why I wrote them. Like 2, 3, 5, and 6 all look the same when I write them no matter how hard I stylized it as much as I could, 1,4,7 and 11, then 0,9 and then 3,8,0, everything really blends together. I only know I wrote the correct numbers because of the placement on the key board, ya know? But then I also really struggle with reading which sucks cause literature is one of my favorite hobbies and courses. I'm really good at the home work when it's typing a paper, but anything if I have to read a paper and then answer questions about it takes me FOR EVER
I didnt realize I had dyslexia untill middle school, I thought I was just stupid compared to other kids. I couldn't spell to save my life, and I was a awful reader.
One day our science teacher starts explaining that he had dyslexia, and how he sees words. The way he was describing what he saw, my jaw dropped and I thought,, "are they not supposed to look like that??" I didn't tell anyone but my parents when I got home. Sure enough,, I have dyslexia. The unbelievable amount of relief I felt when I realized I wasn't stupid, just built different💪
I'm very greatfull to that teacher for helping me realize that, even if he didnt really know he did🙏🏼
For me I'm both hyperlexic, dyslexic, and a perfectionist so nobody believes I'm dyslexic because "You like reading!" and "you are so good at writing!"
They have no idea how much effort it takes to comprehend what I'm currently reading and how much editing there is in every text message I write.
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hey, so I've been looking into dyslexia recently. anyone willing to share their experiences with it?
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