Author:
Kim Tooze
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Date Posted: 07:08:04 04/29/11 Fri
Dr. D.,
I am sorry about your childhood. It makes me very angry to read about it. I am 53 and dyslexic. I too find socializing hard, I get nervous, then I start stuttering.
I always think people are so much smarter than I am, that I just lose my confidence to add to the conversation. So I sit there like a bump on the log. Also, I have a terrible memory so it is hard to reminisce about the past. I dread reunions. I have never been married, I've been too embarrased about my dyslexia, I have been close but never tied the knot. I finally got the nerve up to tell my significant other that I am dyslexic. Actually, our relationship has improved. Have you seen the movie "Our First Kiss" The title is something like that. The main actress in the movie can't remember one day from the next. So every time she and her husband kiss it is like the very first time for her. Now, Dave and I joke about my short term memory. At least the joking helps ease the pain. I use to have a really hard time with my right and left. I finally seem to have gotten over that. One thing that helps is that I immediately think of saying the pledge of allegiance and which hand I place over my heart, my right hand. Then I practice mentally when I'm driving by myself, which is right and which is left. When I am nervous, I have a hard time remembering left and right too.
Good luck to you, I wish you the best,
Kim
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