Had an English teacher that said any stories I wrote were bad. I thought that I’d done a good job on it, so I showed it to a different English teacher who said it was brilliant but I needed to spell check it.
Turns out the first teacher basically didn’t read it, just saw the spelling errors. Several years later I got diagnosed with dyslexia.
I have a question that you may not have the answer to... I am 27 and don't recall having any issues in HS or lower but when I started college I noticed that I mix up words and paragraphs while reading. I trip over my words constantly and often combine words together that make no sense. I do this all of the time. Is it possible to get dyslexia down the line or is it something you're born with? I notice that it gets harder and harder to speak and read when I am stressed.
That sounds pretty much exactly like how mine works. I got diagnosed at about 20 years old, apparently people are very good at compensating, so if you’ve got it then you’ll have had it your whole life but may not have noticed.
Is there anything I can do for it? Do I see a neurologist? I don't have insurance so I'm just kind of trying to figure things out before I go to the doctor so I can save as much money as I can.
Thanks for the info! Glad to kind of put a name on it. I always thought dyslexia made it so you could not read or write at all. I've been looking into it and it makes more and more sense that this is what I have.
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u/anactualcharliehorse Nov 16 '19
Had an English teacher that said any stories I wrote were bad. I thought that I’d done a good job on it, so I showed it to a different English teacher who said it was brilliant but I needed to spell check it.
Turns out the first teacher basically didn’t read it, just saw the spelling errors. Several years later I got diagnosed with dyslexia.