I can drive pretty well but can't : Tie my hair Absorb information Deal with makeup Hand write Learn from books I drop things constantly I trip, fall and stumble I break phone's Mine is co-morbid with ADHD too
I have chosen cyber security as a career and struggling in a helpdesk role, one manager is quite understanding the other treats me like a 13 year old, I'm 32
You're a lioness, and given how much you've achieved despite these barriers is testament to your resilience and courage. I'm also ADHD dyspraxic and am on the verge of being asked to leave medicine, but hearing your experience gives me hope
Thanks for this! I'm currently investigating the possibility that I may be dyspraxic and really identified with alot of what you mentioned. I'm a similar age to you, turning 31 this year, and as you say it wasn't something that people were aware of when we were in school. Like you I haven't been able to learn to drive even though I hold an MA in a second language and have poor co-ordination and close to zero spatial awareness. It really is helpful to hear from someone in a somewhat similar situation! All the best for the future
Well done on the degrees I failed mine twice, you lack of understanding was unreal. I had it in black and white, showed it to my lecturer and her answer was doesn't matter it's in the curriculum. I have a good family and a thick skin but my friend who is great programmer but has terrible social skills is suicidal because of his families utter disregard for the troubles he has, I like watching things like this hearing people's strengths and weaknesses, I did pass my driving test but took 5 times, now done my CBT. And on the road soon bloody terrified lol
You're an inspiration to dyspraxics. I totally get what you're saying. Always good to hear how others deal with it having experienced much of what you describe it's all about finding ways to function.
Hola i am from Argentina I was diagnosed with dyspraxia at 5 years but I never understood what it was, until I started reading and watching videos of this style. I really liked listening to you and feeling identified with everything you said, fortunately I can drive and I have my license and I can read fast but I have a horrible letter that is impossible to read in the primary school they made me bullying for my letter. I always liked to draw and paint but unfortunately I'm horrible doing both. I would have liked to be good at some sport but the dispaxya makes me very clumsy and I could never be good at any. pd: I break everything I hold too XD thank u and hugs from Argentina,chau
Thank you for such a deeply honest video. Having 5 degrees is amazing and I hope you’re doing well 6 years later too! I’ve just found out I’ve probably got it alongside adhd from a free screening at university (where I’m completely mentally blocked from doing assignments rn). I’m going to get an official dyspraxia diagnosis later this year but it’s mad how much you notice it when someone tells you straight. I’ve suspected I had it before but only went in for adhd and she picked up on dyspraxia too. Now I’m hyper aware of my symptoms and have had a very long shift at work haha
wow i have failed everything i couldnt get into uni you should feel proud i cant read properly because i forget what it says at the top of page by the time i get to bottom i feel like an outcast in society i cant pass anything or keep a job its living hell because ppl believe your just slack i have massive amounts of anxiety which has caused me to develop hyperhydrosis so every time some one makes me nervous or the slightest bit or pressure and im sweating like ive just ran a marathon
Thanks for posting this video. Many people have a difficult time understanding Dysphasia, and the daily challenges those with it face especially, children. I plan on sharing your video with others.
I'm indecisive and went to several colleges and changed majors several times. I finally made up my mind and got a BA in CIS at 30. Now studying French at 38. I struggled reading until 3rd grade, didn't learn to ride a bike until 11, struggled tying my shoes until 4th grade, my hand writing is horrible but it's actually better in cursive, always had problems making friends, concentrating on one thing at a time. Not diagnosed with dyspraxia but I feel like it could be why I struggled and I do have poor balance and coordination.
Oh shoot. You exactly described me ........ I've been diagnosed w/ ADHD, and have suspected dyspraxia for a while. I'm 29 and don't drive yet. I switch left and right all the time, and have no internal map of the world around me (topographagnosia). I've slidden down the stairs a couple times (thank goodness for handrails) and sprained my ankle pretty badly while carrying a large but lightweight box down stairs once. There is not a single day where I don't spill some of my food on me or on the floor. My processing speed is **so** slow, I hate it. Add auditory processing issues on top of it, and I miss what people say all the time. One of my major "coping mechanisms" is to just awkwardly chuckle at everything people say if I don't understand. And I wish I could remember this specific example because it was hilarious, but I said a sentence out loud to my coworkers, and it was all the right words, but none of them in the right order. Only thing different is I read about average speed and my handwriting is decent (not great, but okay). More: I didn't learn to ride a bike until I was 10. I have the hardest time mirroring someone's movements (I *hated* those exercise videos in gym class, I could never keep up). I worked at one place for FIVE YEARS and still managed to bump into the same machine almost every time I went around the corner. I think it must be magic that people can apply eyeliner and lipstick evenly and neatly! Every now and then, when I'm standing or walking, I'll lean or veer off to one side because balance is a difficult concept :D
hi, I was diagnosed in uni and currently doing my degree, I'm praying I can get through all my examinations, I've always found exams hard. I am looking to do my drivers test sometime next year but I do get my left and right confused aswell.
How do you cope with the feeling in your head you wont be normal, no one else will understand you, and always the thought in your head you eont ever be good enough. That's a struggle I've been having and only just recently I've discovered I have this condition.
I am going to comment in more depth.. after the anxiety of saying what i want to say on public forum passes. but thanks for the video after watching lots of bollocks yours made the more sense x
You are inspirational . I am writer as well . Love to write all my life but never made sense to most of it and I have been told that I have Dyspraxia . and I have 3 degree and I also willing to get one more . I love to learn .
I have dyslexia and dyspraxia and often think I may have a form of ADHD, I struggle with being impulsive, constantly have to be absorbed in something, have always been a talker and tend to struggle with considering time
I have the same symptoms of dyspraxia I hate it. It really get me depressed especially when I’m reading it takes me at least 5 minutes just to read 3 lines
You are normal I found it sometimes to drive aswell I 22 years my sister has Dyslexic she young 20 years my writing that bad only if I rushing I have slow written aswell I get a read and written.
I have had problems with what your describing & have got dyslexia & mental health but i know I may have Dyspraxia but need to take a test for this but I find a way around thing things & get to where I want to go to & end up complating my gols
can u do a video on all the good things u can do ? from seeing ur channel ( has well informed me on stuff ) i dont see not doing any positive videos? im sure theres more to you then these " labels " ( not hating ☺)
My twin sons were diagnosed with Dyspraxia, mainly having difficulties with gross motor skills like running, throwing, and keeping their balance, so they couldn't ride a bike, but they don't have problems with falling down stairs, left/right, etc. and can drive. They shared some of her symptoms like bad handwriting, but were able to work though it so it's legible, and both can read very well. It seems like a game of Yahtzee as to what symptoms and severity you get from it.
I think I have undiagnosed dyspraxia sir.I couldn't ride a bike before but I can now. I am even shocked. I, however, am sensitive to touch, sound and temperature and I haven't encountered a person whose memory was worse than mine.
Normal? No one is normal in the sense of that word. Everyone has problems, Every is unique I I had difficulty in catching balls ,couldn't see them , my mother had to teach me how to do my shoelaces, she was complaining about me being slow I am lefthanded , short sighted in the left eye and longsighted in the other. I feel as if I am in two parts my body walks forward but legs seem to not follow, terrified to turn around , balance. Cannot ride a bike , just terrified. Didn't know my left or my right , hadifficulty in figuring twenty to the house and vice versa, My grandfather tried to teach me the difference apparently walkedvwhen nine months banged my head and decide to not walk for another nine months could read when three and a half. I don't know whether it is there or not bit clumsy.
I have dypraxia and dislexia and with me i can not tell the time on a anologe clock and I hate reading out loud also I can not process alot of things and I sometimes feel stupied cause of it
I have Dyspraxia, Dyslexia and OCD and because of that I fall over all the time and I can't speak proppley and people laugh at me, I right really slow and my handwrighting is bad so I get detention and I just can't stop cleaning up and some people call me teacher's pet, I also I cannot stop washing my hand and fiddling. and all this just me makes me sad also in my school no one has the same problems as me so no one knows how I feel and its just makes me sadder because I can't speak to anyone who knows what I feel like, so that makes me even more sad :'( also if I was old enough to have driving lessons I probbely might end up me crashing alot. I still cannot tell the time so people make fun of me of that two :(
Don't let people bring you down. I can't tell you that it is easy but it certainly gets better with age. There's no reason you can't do anything you want in life, you might just have a work a little harder. Just look at Daniel Radcliffe; he suffered from both severe OCD and dyspraxia when he was younger and that never stopped him from becoming rich and famous. Feel free to message me if you ever need a chat.
Cannot get a read for theory test I found hard to I did 6 times last year I pass could do Automatic car find it easier . I start my Automatic on 22st June I Tell hard or easier then Manual
+Opteryx Industries In the UK to get a proper diagnosis you have to visit an educational psychologist so that they can assess you. I think you can be referred by a GP (Doctor) or sometimes your University/ College/ High School/ Primary School may refer you. But depends on the people you meet really, some don't believe it a valuable use of funds so you may have to seek out an educational psychologist privately with your own funds.
My parent originally thought I was dyspraxic. I then got diagnosed in 2005 with dyslexia and have recently been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Condition and Sensory Processing Disorder. I also was told to take a dyspraxia screening and it suggests I probably have dyspraxia. However I am not sure weather to take the test as I already have loads of diagnosis now.
I probably have it but I think it is quite mild and my aspergers is more of a problem to me. My wife has dyspraxia and that is much more noticeable than mine. Thanks for the advise though. I was told though it might be worth getting diagnosed if I do more study.
I have asd asburgus I cannot spell ether u can get cars with sensers that can hellp u I have an idear for your left to right help lget a pear of gloves one one couler with a L for lelft one R 4 right get mom or dad or may be a frnd so sow them on the appropriate gloves whear them dayle and keep looking at the letters on etch hand to hellp u remember the left fro right
I can drive pretty well but can't :
Tie my hair
Absorb information
Deal with makeup
Hand write
Learn from books
I drop things constantly
I trip, fall and stumble
I break phone's
Mine is co-morbid with ADHD too
the world doesn't wait for us, as it did in school. can be pretty crushing at times, especially at work
Clancer yep
I have chosen cyber security as a career and struggling in a helpdesk role, one manager is quite understanding the other treats me like a 13 year old, I'm 32
You're a lioness, and given how much you've achieved despite these barriers is testament to your resilience and courage. I'm also ADHD dyspraxic and am on the verge of being asked to leave medicine, but hearing your experience gives me hope
Thanks for this! I'm currently investigating the possibility that I may be dyspraxic and really identified with alot of what you mentioned. I'm a similar age to you, turning 31 this year, and as you say it wasn't something that people were aware of when we were in school. Like you I haven't been able to learn to drive even though I hold an MA in a second language and have poor co-ordination and close to zero spatial awareness. It really is helpful to hear from someone in a somewhat similar situation! All the best for the future
Well done on the degrees I failed mine twice, you lack of understanding was unreal. I had it in black and white, showed it to my lecturer and her answer was doesn't matter it's in the curriculum. I have a good family and a thick skin but my friend who is great programmer but has terrible social skills is suicidal because of his families utter disregard for the troubles he has, I like watching things like this hearing people's strengths and weaknesses, I did pass my driving test but took 5 times, now done my CBT. And on the road soon bloody terrified lol
Honestly I think I have this it clicks everything
You're an inspiration to dyspraxics. I totally get what you're saying. Always good to hear how others deal with it having experienced much of what you describe it's all about finding ways to function.
Hola i am from Argentina I was diagnosed with dyspraxia at 5 years
but I never understood what it was, until I started reading and watching videos of this style.
I really liked listening to you and feeling identified with everything you said,
fortunately I can drive and I have my license and I can read fast but I have a horrible letter that is impossible to read in the primary school they made me bullying for my letter.
I always liked to draw and paint but unfortunately I'm horrible doing both.
I would have liked to be good at some sport but the dispaxya makes me very clumsy and I could never be good at any.
pd: I break everything I hold too XD
thank u and hugs from Argentina,chau
Thank you for this video - I really appreciate your honesty and openness.
Thank you for such a deeply honest video. Having 5 degrees is amazing and I hope you’re doing well 6 years later too! I’ve just found out I’ve probably got it alongside adhd from a free screening at university (where I’m completely mentally blocked from doing assignments rn). I’m going to get an official dyspraxia diagnosis later this year but it’s mad how much you notice it when someone tells you straight. I’ve suspected I had it before but only went in for adhd and she picked up on dyspraxia too. Now I’m hyper aware of my symptoms and have had a very long shift at work haha
The teachers at my schools used to say “you’re not consentrating enough”
Great video. A word that I like instead of normal is ordinary.
wow i have failed everything i couldnt get into uni you should feel proud i cant read properly because i forget what it says at the top of page by the time i get to bottom i feel like an outcast in society i cant pass anything or keep a job its living hell because ppl believe your just slack i have massive amounts of anxiety which has caused me to develop hyperhydrosis so every time some one makes me nervous or the slightest bit or pressure and im sweating like ive just ran a marathon
Thanks for sharing, a helpful insight into dispraxia.
Thanks for posting this video. Many people have a difficult time understanding Dysphasia, and the daily challenges those with it face especially, children. I plan on sharing your video with others.
I'm indecisive and went to several colleges and changed majors several times. I finally made up my mind and got a BA in CIS at 30. Now studying French at 38. I struggled reading until 3rd grade, didn't learn to ride a bike until 11, struggled tying my shoes until 4th grade, my hand writing is horrible but it's actually better in cursive, always had problems making friends, concentrating on one thing at a time. Not diagnosed with dyspraxia but I feel like it could be why I struggled and I do have poor balance and coordination.
Oh shoot. You exactly described me ........
I've been diagnosed w/ ADHD, and have suspected dyspraxia for a while.
I'm 29 and don't drive yet. I switch left and right all the time, and have no internal map of the world around me (topographagnosia). I've slidden down the stairs a couple times (thank goodness for handrails) and sprained my ankle pretty badly while carrying a large but lightweight box down stairs once. There is not a single day where I don't spill some of my food on me or on the floor. My processing speed is **so** slow, I hate it. Add auditory processing issues on top of it, and I miss what people say all the time. One of my major "coping mechanisms" is to just awkwardly chuckle at everything people say if I don't understand.
And I wish I could remember this specific example because it was hilarious, but I said a sentence out loud to my coworkers, and it was all the right words, but none of them in the right order.
Only thing different is I read about average speed and my handwriting is decent (not great, but okay).
More:
I didn't learn to ride a bike until I was 10. I have the hardest time mirroring someone's movements (I *hated* those exercise videos in gym class, I could never keep up). I worked at one place for FIVE YEARS and still managed to bump into the same machine almost every time I went around the corner. I think it must be magic that people can apply eyeliner and lipstick evenly and neatly! Every now and then, when I'm standing or walking, I'll lean or veer off to one side because balance is a difficult concept :D
congrats on your 5th degree Amazing
Thank you. I’m growing up with dyspraxia and it sucks.
YOU are so pretty and so amazing with all you have accomplished.
This video has been very helpful thank you.
How do you get access to a screening, do you simply just book an appointment with your GP?
hi, I was diagnosed in uni and currently doing my degree, I'm praying I can get through all my examinations, I've always found exams hard. I am looking to do my drivers test sometime next year but I do get my left and right confused aswell.
How do you cope with the feeling in your head you wont be normal, no one else will understand you, and always the thought in your head you eont ever be good enough. That's a struggle I've been having and only just recently I've discovered I have this condition.
I feel the same, no matter how hard I try it is never good enough and I have had problems in every job I have had.
I am going to comment in more depth.. after the anxiety of saying what i want to say on public forum passes. but thanks for the video after watching lots of bollocks yours made the more sense x
"I can't drive".
Holy shit. This. That's exactly how I figured it out as well.
You are inspirational . I am writer as well . Love to write all my life but never made sense to most of it and I have been told that I have Dyspraxia . and I have 3 degree and I also willing to get one more . I love to learn .
I have dyspraxia as well and I can't add Large sums of money together and I cannot tell time on and analog clock
You beautiful soul! You have sucessfully diagnosed me when the "doctors" didn't have a clue. If you lived in america i would kiss you lol
Wow, the symptomes you're describing seems very similar to problems I have.
You are beautiful girl!!!
I have dyslexia and dyspraxia and often think I may have a form of ADHD, I struggle with being impulsive, constantly have to be absorbed in something, have always been a talker and tend to struggle with considering time
I have dyspraxia IK how it feels
Losing everything constantly, like constantly! Not just frustrating but expensi ve
Yes yes yes !! I honestly think I have this
I have the same symptoms of dyspraxia I hate it. It really get me depressed especially when I’m reading it takes me at least 5 minutes just to read 3 lines
You are normal I found it sometimes to drive aswell I 22 years my sister has Dyslexic she young 20 years my writing that bad only if I rushing I have slow written aswell I get a read and written.
I have had problems with what your describing & have got dyslexia & mental health but i know I may have Dyspraxia but need to take a test for this but I find a way around thing things & get to where I want to go to & end up complating my gols
I don't even have A-Levels...
When you lose stuff then find them in your pocket
can u do a video on all the good things u can do ? from seeing ur channel ( has well informed me on stuff ) i dont see not doing any positive videos? im sure theres more to you then these " labels " ( not hating ☺)
I have mild dyspraxia myself,
Can you ride a bike? I heard dyspraxics have difficulty in riding a bike.
My twin sons were diagnosed with Dyspraxia, mainly having difficulties with gross motor skills like running, throwing, and keeping their balance, so they couldn't ride a bike, but they don't have problems with falling down stairs, left/right, etc. and can drive. They shared some of her symptoms like bad handwriting, but were able to work though it so it's legible, and both can read very well. It seems like a game of Yahtzee as to what symptoms and severity you get from it.
I think I have undiagnosed dyspraxia sir.I couldn't ride a bike before but I can now. I am even shocked. I, however, am sensitive to touch, sound and temperature and I haven't encountered a person whose memory was worse than mine.
Marco Luna I'm dyspraxia and I can ride my bike fine but I always wobble so we can ride bikes but not very well
I wobble.
I don't know if I wobble.
I have dyspraxia, ADHD and aspergers traits.
Normal? No one is normal in the sense of that word. Everyone has problems, Every is unique I I had difficulty in catching balls ,couldn't see them , my mother had to teach me how to do my shoelaces, she was complaining about me being slow I am lefthanded , short sighted in the left eye and longsighted in the other. I feel as if I am in two parts my body walks forward but legs seem to not follow, terrified to turn around , balance. Cannot ride a bike , just terrified. Didn't know my left or my right , hadifficulty in figuring twenty to the house and vice versa, My grandfather tried to teach me the difference apparently walkedvwhen nine months banged my head and decide to not walk for another nine months could read when three and a half. I don't know whether it is there or not bit clumsy.
I honestly think I have this all my life I’ve been struggling 😭😭😭😭😭
I can't get a diagnosis. The condition had really ruined my life.
Automatic be easier sometimes with Dyspraxia
I have dypraxia and dislexia and with me i can not tell the time on a anologe clock and I hate reading out loud also I can not process alot of things and I sometimes feel stupied cause of it
I have Dyspraxia, Dyslexia and OCD and because of that I fall over all the time and I can't speak proppley and people laugh at me, I right really slow and my handwrighting is bad so I get detention and I just can't stop cleaning up and some people call me teacher's pet, I also I cannot stop washing my hand and fiddling. and all this just me makes me sad also in my school no one has the same problems as me so no one knows how I feel and its just makes me sadder because I can't speak to anyone who knows what I feel like, so that makes me even more sad :'(
also if I was old enough to have driving lessons I probbely might end up me crashing alot. I still cannot tell the time so people make fun of me of that two :(
and people bully me just because I'm different to them. what do you think I should do?
Don't let people bring you down. I can't tell you that it is easy but it certainly gets better with age. There's no reason you can't do anything you want in life, you might just have a work a little harder. Just look at Daniel Radcliffe; he suffered from both severe OCD and dyspraxia when he was younger and that never stopped him from becoming rich and famous. Feel free to message me if you ever need a chat.
teho22 thank you
Cannot get a read for theory test I found hard to I did 6 times last year I pass could do Automatic car find it easier . I start my Automatic on 22st June I Tell hard or easier then Manual
It’s nothing like dyslexia
I brought my driving tests
How do you get diagnosed with Dyspraxia?
+Opteryx Industries In the UK to get a proper diagnosis you have to visit an educational psychologist so that they can assess you. I think you can be referred by a GP (Doctor) or sometimes your University/ College/ High School/ Primary School may refer you. But depends on the people you meet really, some don't believe it a valuable use of funds so you may have to seek out an educational psychologist privately with your own funds.
thank you
I can't add up money because have A dysplasia
I know people's who worse Dyspraxia me she find to read aswell she has special needs I have mild Dyspraxia
What age are you ?
25. Do you have poor memory?
Marco Luna yes
Marco - She clearly states she is 31, so becareful how you respond to others. You could have responded to gillian in a much nicer manner. Peace !
Hope for love I known feels I just asking here I was not be rude
be quiet, you're rude
I have this too i Know what it's like 👍
I have dyspraxia
My parent originally thought I was dyspraxic. I then got diagnosed in 2005 with dyslexia and have recently been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Condition and Sensory Processing Disorder. I also was told to take a dyspraxia screening and it suggests I probably have dyspraxia. However I am not sure weather to take the test as I already have loads of diagnosis now.
ThePAULOPABLO if u thing u have it you just go to gp and tell them symptoms without saying what u think it is or u tell them?
I probably have it but I think it is quite mild and my aspergers is more of a problem to me. My wife has dyspraxia and that is much more noticeable than mine. Thanks for the advise though. I was told though it might be worth getting diagnosed if I do more study.
I did today so hard I found easier
I have asd asburgus I cannot spell ether u can get cars with sensers that can hellp u I have an idear for your left to right help lget a pear of gloves one one couler with a L for lelft one R 4 right get mom or dad or may be a frnd so sow them on the appropriate gloves whear them dayle and keep looking at the letters on etch hand to hellp u remember the left fro right