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as most of you know i have a boyfriend and his name as lee
well i thawt that i knew basically everything there was to know about him good and bad
until today
he only told me after close to 6 months that he had dyslexia
and its confused me ever so slightly
my uncle had dyslexia but thats all i knew about it that he had it
i dont really know what it is
i only know the basics
i feel as though lee cant even trust me with telling me something like that until now
can anyone here tell me from or without experience what dyslexia is
i asked lee how bad his case of it was but he just said i shouldnt worry myself
id would really apreciate some help
thanks love
t
as most of you know i have a boyfriend and his name as lee
well i thawt that i knew basically everything there was to know about him good and bad
until today
he only told me after close to 6 months that he had dyslexia
and its confused me ever so slightly
my uncle had dyslexia but thats all i knew about it that he had it
i dont really know what it is
i only know the basics
i feel as though lee cant even trust me with telling me something like that until now
can anyone here tell me from or without experience what dyslexia is
i asked lee how bad his case of it was but he just said i shouldnt worry myself
id would really apreciate some help
thanks love
t
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Don't be too hard on him for taking his time telling you... Just sent you a PM
Don't be too hard on him for taking his time telling you... Just sent you a PM
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*stands up*
hi my name is mechhead and im a dyslexia
*wiats for aplause*
this title is so vauge, there are many diff levels and many ways of counter it, from mental structure to tinted glases.
dyslexia-information.com
try here as a starting point,
for me, mine is that i have problems with spelling, concentration, reading and numbers!
but there are many levels, my old man has dyslexia and he has a PGCE and is a math teacher at high school....so its not teh end of ur life is you have it, so i wouldnt be to worried about it if he hasnt told you, maybe he is just uneasy, maybe he thinks you dont knwo wnaything about it, and doesnt want to worry you!!!!
you can also get some severe discrimination due to it, so i dont always tell emplyers i have it, cos i have mine under control most of the time!
dont stress it do a search on google and just read up!
laterdays
*stands up*
hi my name is mechhead and im a dyslexia
*wiats for aplause*
this title is so vauge, there are many diff levels and many ways of counter it, from mental structure to tinted glases.
dyslexia-information.com
try here as a starting point,
for me, mine is that i have problems with spelling, concentration, reading and numbers!
but there are many levels, my old man has dyslexia and he has a PGCE and is a math teacher at high school....so its not teh end of ur life is you have it, so i wouldnt be to worried about it if he hasnt told you, maybe he is just uneasy, maybe he thinks you dont knwo wnaything about it, and doesnt want to worry you!!!!
you can also get some severe discrimination due to it, so i dont always tell emplyers i have it, cos i have mine under control most of the time!
dont stress it do a search on google and just read up!
laterdays
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ta guys i just really wanna find out what he has difficulty with and or if he has it under control
i guess ill have to wait for him to come out of his shell
i just hope he doesnt have any more surprises for me
ta guys i just really wanna find out what he has difficulty with and or if he has it under control
i guess ill have to wait for him to come out of his shell
i just hope he doesnt have any more surprises for me
we cant stop here its bat country!!!!!!!!!!!
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hell be fine, if you havent noticed it by now, then its prob not a huge thing, it ay be mild!
you never know till you ask!
has he been for an assessment, just ask him if youve been seeing im for 6months....just ask!
hell be fine, if you havent noticed it by now, then its prob not a huge thing, it ay be mild!
you never know till you ask!
has he been for an assessment, just ask him if youve been seeing im for 6months....just ask!
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Just ask him outright if he was born a hermaphrodite!
No, No, say it ain't so Mech! 
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i just hope he doesnt have any more surprises for me
Just ask him outright if he was born a hermaphrodite!
No, No, say it ain't so Mech! thats sooooo not where i parked my car...................
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its just so strange taht he told my parents 2 and a half months ago
and multiple other people
so i just cant get over taht he told everyone else but me
i have asked him a few times today what its like how bad is it is there anything i can do to help
but he just shuts me out
i dont now why hes doing this
i understand taht its a big deal to tell someone you care about something like taht in fear of rejection but if he has opened up that much then why the hell did he have an opposite reaction and hide away
its just so strange taht he told my parents 2 and a half months ago
and multiple other people
so i just cant get over taht he told everyone else but me
i have asked him a few times today what its like how bad is it is there anything i can do to help
but he just shuts me out
i dont now why hes doing this
i understand taht its a big deal to tell someone you care about something like taht in fear of rejection but if he has opened up that much then why the hell did he have an opposite reaction and hide away
we cant stop here its bat country!!!!!!!!!!!
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I understand where you are coming from Peaches, but I also understand where your boyfriend is coming from. I think he made a mistake not telling you sooner, but it is a very human and very forgivable mistake. The last person he wants to show a weakness to is you. No matter how irrational it may seem, if he really likes you, the scariest person for him to let in on his problem is going to be you. This is the sort of instinct that comes from way down deep in your head where logic has no place.
The best thing you can do for him is to be understanding and let him tell you about it at his own pace. pressure will only shut the lid tighter. I know it isn't easy tp be patient about such a thing, especially when it hurts because it feels like he told everyone but you. But beleive me, it hurts him more. That he told your parents was problably due to the fact that some part of him wanted to tell you but was too afriad, so he told them perhaps subconciously hoping they would then tell you so he didn't have to.
One can often make little sense in the way people deal with problems like that in themselves. I don't think he doesn't trust you, but if his dyslexia is fairly strong, he may very well be tired of it being a problem in his life, and he might have wanted his relationship with you to be free of that problem (at least in appearances) for a while.
Look at this situation as a challenge that you can help build a better relationship from rather than a problem of trust.
I personally have a very mild dyslexia. I don't tell anyone about it though, mainly because it isn't really a problem. It affects my spelling sometimes, and often my first thought about what a word is from a quick glance will be wrong. Interestingly, now that I am intensively trying to learn German, I see the problem much more often than I am accustomed to since I don't automatically know the word or have any idea which words to watch out for. Also, I have a problem with 'ie' or 'ei' in English, but it usually doesn't matter much. In German I have the same problem, but it crops up much more often, and it makes a huge difference as to the what the word is, both in pronunciation and meaning. There are many word pairs in German that have exactly the same spelling except for the order of the i and the e. I can never keep strait which is which no matter what. So what is in English a small problem, is much bigger in German.
Often times dyslexia gives as much as it takes from a person. It can help one see things differently than others and make the person more creative. Too often people linger too long on the negative aspects of dyslexia without acknowledging the positive traits of it. I think the best thing you could do for your boyfriend is to investigate the positive aspects and help him exploit them. Don't be like "dyslexia means you should be more creative," or "so and so (famous person) has dyslexia", but be more subtle about it. learn to recognize what things are traits of a dyslexic person and when you see them come out in a good way in him, then compliment him on it, without refering to dyslexia at all.
Anyway, hope what I said helps. I'm no expert, but some things are just basic human stuff.
good luck.
I understand where you are coming from Peaches, but I also understand where your boyfriend is coming from. I think he made a mistake not telling you sooner, but it is a very human and very forgivable mistake. The last person he wants to show a weakness to is you. No matter how irrational it may seem, if he really likes you, the scariest person for him to let in on his problem is going to be you. This is the sort of instinct that comes from way down deep in your head where logic has no place.
The best thing you can do for him is to be understanding and let him tell you about it at his own pace. pressure will only shut the lid tighter. I know it isn't easy tp be patient about such a thing, especially when it hurts because it feels like he told everyone but you. But beleive me, it hurts him more. That he told your parents was problably due to the fact that some part of him wanted to tell you but was too afriad, so he told them perhaps subconciously hoping they would then tell you so he didn't have to.
One can often make little sense in the way people deal with problems like that in themselves. I don't think he doesn't trust you, but if his dyslexia is fairly strong, he may very well be tired of it being a problem in his life, and he might have wanted his relationship with you to be free of that problem (at least in appearances) for a while.
Look at this situation as a challenge that you can help build a better relationship from rather than a problem of trust.
I personally have a very mild dyslexia. I don't tell anyone about it though, mainly because it isn't really a problem. It affects my spelling sometimes, and often my first thought about what a word is from a quick glance will be wrong. Interestingly, now that I am intensively trying to learn German, I see the problem much more often than I am accustomed to since I don't automatically know the word or have any idea which words to watch out for. Also, I have a problem with 'ie' or 'ei' in English, but it usually doesn't matter much. In German I have the same problem, but it crops up much more often, and it makes a huge difference as to the what the word is, both in pronunciation and meaning. There are many word pairs in German that have exactly the same spelling except for the order of the i and the e. I can never keep strait which is which no matter what. So what is in English a small problem, is much bigger in German.
Often times dyslexia gives as much as it takes from a person. It can help one see things differently than others and make the person more creative. Too often people linger too long on the negative aspects of dyslexia without acknowledging the positive traits of it. I think the best thing you could do for your boyfriend is to investigate the positive aspects and help him exploit them. Don't be like "dyslexia means you should be more creative," or "so and so (famous person) has dyslexia", but be more subtle about it. learn to recognize what things are traits of a dyslexic person and when you see them come out in a good way in him, then compliment him on it, without refering to dyslexia at all.
Anyway, hope what I said helps. I'm no expert, but some things are just basic human stuff.
good luck.
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consider the following four letters: p q d b
Now, anywhere else in the world, an item retains its identity, no matter what angle you are viewing it from. In dyslexia, the concept that this can apply to letters doesn't compute.
So a "p" flipped upside down is a "b," and turned around is a "d" and flipped again is a "q." Dyslexics have a horrible time with these four letters.
Also, because direction has no meaning in dyslexia, letter reversals are also common (like Van's switching an "ie" to an "ei"). I think it's a really interesting disorder because it implies that there is a specific brain center for written language.
consider the following four letters: p q d b
Now, anywhere else in the world, an item retains its identity, no matter what angle you are viewing it from. In dyslexia, the concept that this can apply to letters doesn't compute.
So a "p" flipped upside down is a "b," and turned around is a "d" and flipped again is a "q." Dyslexics have a horrible time with these four letters.
Also, because direction has no meaning in dyslexia, letter reversals are also common (like Van's switching an "ie" to an "ei"). I think it's a really interesting disorder because it implies that there is a specific brain center for written language.
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i understand your frustration peaches, but your reaction to him at the moment is probably confirming his decision to not tell you sooner. it's probably a big deal to him at the moment, but he doesn't want it to be. and you shouldn't treat it like a huge thing either. offer your help once and leave it at that. the constant reminder is just going to make him feel worse.
i understand your frustration peaches, but your reaction to him at the moment is probably confirming his decision to not tell you sooner. it's probably a big deal to him at the moment, but he doesn't want it to be. and you shouldn't treat it like a huge thing either. offer your help once and leave it at that. the constant reminder is just going to make him feel worse.
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Dyslexia? Come on! It is not a matter of trust that he didn't tell you.It is not a disease or something like that.Don't worry a bit.It is not a problem at all.It surprises me that you don't know about dyslexia.Dyslexia is a greek word and it means that it is hard for a person to recognise or write words.lexi=word,dys=(something like)bad-hard.Has nothing to do with intelligence.Einstein had Dyslexia...
Dyslexia? Come on! It is not a matter of trust that he didn't tell you.It is not a disease or something like that.Don't worry a bit.It is not a problem at all.It surprises me that you don't know about dyslexia.Dyslexia is a greek word and it means that it is hard for a person to recognise or write words.lexi=word,dys=(something like)bad-hard.Has nothing to do with intelligence.Einstein had Dyslexia...
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i agree with whats been said, but consider that he is shuting you out when you ask him about it because he's embaressed your reacting the way you are, he was probaly afraid of telling you about it because he was afraid of how you would react, and now your reacting how he feared, just thank him for telling you, and accept it was hard for him to do, i know people tend not to tell others about their dyslexia beacause they're afraid it will make them seem unitelligent, i have a very mild case of dyslexia, just enough to be annyoing, but not enough to be a handicap or anything, this is not something to destroy a relationship, good luck......much luv
i agree with whats been said, but consider that he is shuting you out when you ask him about it because he's embaressed your reacting the way you are, he was probaly afraid of telling you about it because he was afraid of how you would react, and now your reacting how he feared, just thank him for telling you, and accept it was hard for him to do, i know people tend not to tell others about their dyslexia beacause they're afraid it will make them seem unitelligent, i have a very mild case of dyslexia, just enough to be annyoing, but not enough to be a handicap or anything, this is not something to destroy a relationship, good luck......much luv
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Loads of my friends have been dyslexic, one of them's now studying BTEC Engineering, and has no problems. Unless peaches' boyfriend has a serious case (which he obviously doesn't as she'd have noticed before) there's no reason why it would have to effect his life in a major way. I agree with pounce. While your concern is admirable, it might wel explain why he hasn't brought it up before...
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Dyslexia? Come on! It is not a matter of trust that he didn't tell you.It is not a disease or something like that.Don't worry a bit.It is not a problem at all.It surprises me that you don't know about dyslexia.Dyslexia is a greek word and it means that it is hard for a person to recognise or write words.lexi=word,dys=(something like)bad-hard.Has nothing to do with intelligence.Einstein had Dyslexia...
Loads of my friends have been dyslexic, one of them's now studying BTEC Engineering, and has no problems. Unless peaches' boyfriend has a serious case (which he obviously doesn't as she'd have noticed before) there's no reason why it would have to effect his life in a major way. I agree with pounce. While your concern is admirable, it might wel explain why he hasn't brought it up before...
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the fact that hes told a bunch of other people prolly means its not a big deal to him, and that it just slipped his mind........???
the fact that hes told a bunch of other people prolly means its not a big deal to him, and that it just slipped his mind........???
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im dislexic too, its not something that i feel that inhibits my life much at all im doing a nursing degree my main problem is wit short memory spelling and grammer on the flip side i have exelent puzzle solving and spatial awareness with dixlexia it seems to balance out, he may of not thought to tell you coz its not a big thing, im sure you probly have weaknesses too and i bet you probly ave not told him all of them coz they have not crossed your mind too,
be happy
im dislexic too, its not something that i feel that inhibits my life much at all im doing a nursing degree my main problem is wit short memory spelling and grammer on the flip side i have exelent puzzle solving and spatial awareness with dixlexia it seems to balance out, he may of not thought to tell you coz its not a big thing, im sure you probly have weaknesses too and i bet you probly ave not told him all of them coz they have not crossed your mind too,
be happy
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i agree, dyslexia is really no big deal. There's varying levels of it of course, but people with severe learning difficulties (ie unable to write their name by the age of 20) are likely not just dyslexic. Like broodie I'm dyslexic, I'm a final year uni student, I get extra time in exams, my short term memory is dodgy, but my IQ is above average, pattern matching is easier and I excel at logic based design because I can plan out complicated things/steps in my head which most people need a to sit down with colouring pencils and draw silly little diagrams/flow charts for 30 minutes to try and understand. My spelling isn't worse than anyone else's, but i don't spot my spelling mistakes cause my brain just doesn't notice the wrong order of letters. I know it's supposidly a bad thing, but I'd rather have it than be unable to read a word that's spelt wrong, to me that's much more of a dysability! Most dyslexics have one or 2 areas where they are bellow average, and one or 2 where they are above. It's really just not an issue that I think about often.
i agree, dyslexia is really no big deal. There's varying levels of it of course, but people with severe learning difficulties (ie unable to write their name by the age of 20) are likely not just dyslexic. Like broodie I'm dyslexic, I'm a final year uni student, I get extra time in exams, my short term memory is dodgy, but my IQ is above average, pattern matching is easier and I excel at logic based design because I can plan out complicated things/steps in my head which most people need a to sit down with colouring pencils and draw silly little diagrams/flow charts for 30 minutes to try and understand. My spelling isn't worse than anyone else's, but i don't spot my spelling mistakes cause my brain just doesn't notice the wrong order of letters. I know it's supposidly a bad thing, but I'd rather have it than be unable to read a word that's spelt wrong, to me that's much more of a dysability! Most dyslexics have one or 2 areas where they are bellow average, and one or 2 where they are above. It's really just not an issue that I think about often.
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Short span of attention when there are no buttons.....
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I totally agree the big D is not an issue I am very strongly dyslexic and I have a 2:1 in Bio Medical Engineering and am now doing a degree in nursing (before you ask I couldn’t find any work am still looking) I cant spell for [censored] everything that I put in hear is typed out in word first then spell checked. And I have no mental arithmetic skills if you asked me what 12 + 8 was I would have to use my fingers (no [censored]) but it didn’t stop me getting B in my maths A-level. Its just not an issue unless you make it one I don’t tell people cos I don’t need to its not like oh oh hay I’m dyslexic if it comes up then I tell people if not then not.
It only pisses my mates off when they cant tell what my texts are supposed to mean but they get used to it
I totally agree the big D is not an issue I am very strongly dyslexic and I have a 2:1 in Bio Medical Engineering and am now doing a degree in nursing (before you ask I couldn’t find any work am still looking) I cant spell for [censored] everything that I put in hear is typed out in word first then spell checked. And I have no mental arithmetic skills if you asked me what 12 + 8 was I would have to use my fingers (no [censored]) but it didn’t stop me getting B in my maths A-level. Its just not an issue unless you make it one I don’t tell people cos I don’t need to its not like oh oh hay I’m dyslexic if it comes up then I tell people if not then not.
It only pisses my mates off when they cant tell what my texts are supposed to mean but they get used to it
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big cuddles and kisses to every one
thank you all for your help and support
love you all
had a chat to the boy the other day and he explained how bad it was and what he had trouble with
i feel so much more better
thanks again guys
big cuddles and kisses to every one
thank you all for your help and support
love you all
had a chat to the boy the other day and he explained how bad it was and what he had trouble with
i feel so much more better
thanks again guys
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i just wish everyone was as nice as all you guys and girls...
i have dyslexia.... shockingly... numbers- pfft... the number of times i've tried to call someone and end up calling the wrong person cos i have pressed in the wrong numbers, so now i just use my mobile to call everyone cos 9 times out of 10 their number is in my phone already. cant read out loud- which is embarrasing when i go to tafe and have to read paragraphs and the teacher "helps" me read cos he thinks i can't say the word or something but i just can't read out loud extremely well. i can red in ym head, (half way through my 3rd book in 6 weeks). i never like to voice my own opinion, everything sounds great in my head but once i start to speak it gets all muddled and ppl look at me as if i'm stupid and don't know what i'm saying. and worst of all- i cant remember what was said to me less than 5 minutes ago, unless it was important. i can remember lessons at tafe and at work, but in general chit chat- no idea.
what makes it harder is when your "friends" laugh at you when you tell them cos they think its a joke... which most of mine did when i first told them... but when i just stared at them blankly and asked what they were laughing at they knew i was serious. but they still diss me about it at times when i do or say something wrong, but not meant to.
my b/f supports me fantasticly. he's been helping me to voice my thoughts, kinda getting there. can get half way through my thoughts before muddling them up, it takes awhile, a LONG while, cos i gotta talk pretty slow, but i get there. we are also in the same tafe class- and when it comes doing the maths he'll copy down the numbers from the board for me, so then i just have to add/minus whatever to them, other wise i end up with a completly different answer to everyone else cos i copied down the numbers wrong. but the teachers are good- i did that in an exam- my answer was wrong - but i got 3/4 marks cos if i had written down the correct numbers in the first place, with the formula i used, i would of got the question correct.
sorry for blabbing so much, but its not often i get to voice how i feel with ppl around me who know the same feelings. actually- i never get to. i don't know any other ppl with dyslexia.
i feel good now tho getting that out thanks for listening (those of you who wasted their time reading this)
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i just wish everyone was as nice as all you guys and girls...
i have dyslexia.... shockingly... numbers- pfft... the number of times i've tried to call someone and end up calling the wrong person cos i have pressed in the wrong numbers, so now i just use my mobile to call everyone cos 9 times out of 10 their number is in my phone already. cant read out loud- which is embarrasing when i go to tafe and have to read paragraphs and the teacher "helps" me read cos he thinks i can't say the word or something but i just can't read out loud extremely well. i can red in ym head, (half way through my 3rd book in 6 weeks). i never like to voice my own opinion, everything sounds great in my head but once i start to speak it gets all muddled and ppl look at me as if i'm stupid and don't know what i'm saying. and worst of all- i cant remember what was said to me less than 5 minutes ago, unless it was important. i can remember lessons at tafe and at work, but in general chit chat- no idea.
what makes it harder is when your "friends" laugh at you when you tell them cos they think its a joke... which most of mine did when i first told them... but when i just stared at them blankly and asked what they were laughing at they knew i was serious. but they still diss me about it at times when i do or say something wrong, but not meant to.
my b/f supports me fantasticly. he's been helping me to voice my thoughts, kinda getting there. can get half way through my thoughts before muddling them up, it takes awhile, a LONG while, cos i gotta talk pretty slow, but i get there. we are also in the same tafe class- and when it comes doing the maths he'll copy down the numbers from the board for me, so then i just have to add/minus whatever to them, other wise i end up with a completly different answer to everyone else cos i copied down the numbers wrong. but the teachers are good- i did that in an exam- my answer was wrong - but i got 3/4 marks cos if i had written down the correct numbers in the first place, with the formula i used, i would of got the question correct.
sorry for blabbing so much, but its not often i get to voice how i feel with ppl around me who know the same feelings. actually- i never get to. i don't know any other ppl with dyslexia.
i feel good now tho getting that out
thanks for listening (those of you who wasted their time reading this) Sparkie And wherever you've gone and wherever we might go. It don't seem fair. Today just disappeared.
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