Look, I know I already made a post about this here and it seems like I fixed it, but I kind of didn't. Someone on that post commented that I should just read with one eye closed and that should fix it, but I failed to mention that it just doesn't make sense... Mentally.

I'll read a sentence and it just won't make any sense to me. I can recall a time where this happened and it was a sentence along the lines of "She was taking out the trash." Or something like that, and I remember it just didn't make sense. I know I already said I don't think this is Dyslexia in the last post but I'm kind of starting to think it is.

I do this thing with numbers where say it'll be a number like 76 and I'll think it says 67. I'll read it as 67 and think of it as 67. This happens a lot and actually fucks up my math grade sometimes If I don't catch myself. I also have trouble pronouncing names or words as well which I believe is a trait of dyslexia.

I also do the following frequently:

Difficulty summarizing a story. Difficulty doing math word problems (hence, reversing numbers and thinking sentences don't make sense.)

I'm going off of a Mayo Clinic "Symptoms of Dyslexia" website in teens sooo.

But I'm not a doctor and I'm kind of iffy on self-diagnosing 'cause it's like.. Taboo I guess? Again I'm not even entirely sure it's Dyslexia.

  • vselennaya [he/him]
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    10 months ago

    I did/do the same thing in school. I don't have trouble reading very much as well, I can read fast too but when I do I'm not absorbing anything I read so I just stick to reading slowly and "absorbing" it. I have never had an A in a Math class in my life. I always have D-B's because I just cannot get it. My family always tried to help me understand it but I'd always end up crying at the dinner table lol. I don't like listening to Audio Books at all, I don't know why but I just prefer reading instead, even if it's frustrating. I've told my Mother about this problem occasionally randomly in a conversation but she doesn't take it seriously at all and I don't think she'd ever take me to get diagnosed for "something as small as a word problem".

    • Zvyozdochka [she/her, comrade/them]
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      10 months ago

      meow-hug I also spent many nights crying at the dinner table over homework, you are not alone! And it's definitely not silly or a waste of time to get diagnosed, for me it was honestly really nice finally having a word to describe things I've struggled with and know why things are the way they are.