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Subject: Re: Depression and Dyslexia

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Angela

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Date Posted: 07:04:02 06/13/11 Mon
In reply to: Kim Tooze 's message, "Depression and Dyslexia" on 07:02:54 04/23/11 Sat

Hi, I relate 100 percent. Even though I am older this was my problem life-long. I do not know your age, but I do know that problem drove me round the bend at 20, 30 40 and beyond. Now I can blame it on my age because all my peers are like me. I wish I had an answer for you. When I was younger, I used to explain that I was challenged. That made it worse as I was perceived as being developmentally delayed as some of us are. I can read a book and enjoy it- but I can not tell you the author or most of the names unless the book is in front of me so I can't really talk about it with others unless I want to acknowledge I don't recall names. This doesn't help you, I'm sure, but I wanted to say this is a common problem with many.

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Re: Depression and Dyslexia

Author:
Elle
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Date Posted: 19:23:00 06/29/11 Wed

I have the same problem...I have very bad short term memory. If I am meeting someone for the first time I will repeat that name in my head or rhyme it with something. If I'm in a crowd of people it makes it even more difficult, and sometimes I can't remember everyones name. I am a nurse and also dyslexic. In my job I keep post-it-notes with me in my pocket and write a lot of things down.