Texting and dyslexia can make an interesting combination.   

Here I talk about how easy it is to misread a text, and how I spent  around an hour rearranging a meeting.    

As a dyslexic our brain processes information so much faster than we can read. 

Often we skip words, scan read or just don’t understand what we  have read.    

This means we can get the meaning wrong!.    

As someone who understands my dyslexia, I realise why this has happened BUT that doesn’t mean that I don’t make mistakes !!

This episode follows on from last week, where I talked about how  hard it can be for us to start a task or finish a task.    

This week I am exploring more about how much I need to see the big  picture, see what the end picture will look like.     

It started when I was in a business meeting, and I realised I was asking  questions and asking more questions trying to get all the details I  needed. 

 I share that I realise I often ask lots of questions, or will ask for lots of details - the purpose behind this is we need to see the end result, or the bigger picture. 

We can then use this to motivate us -  Instead of getting overwhelmed by where to start, I thought about what  it would look and feel like when (the boxes) a task was finished.    

This is tapping into the way our mind works and understanding why we  need details or need to ask questions.    

Being aware of how your mind works, is the way to stop dyslexia being a negative in your life.

Today I talk about changing wardrobes, and unpacking boxes - why ?    

Because I am sharing what is going on in my life. How my dyslexia  affects getting things done. How our brains naturally see the big  picture, and everything that needs to be completed, or finished - and  that ability is such a talent.    

BUT it can also mean we get completely overwhelmed by not knowing where  to start.    

Often for our dyslexic minds, starting can be one of the hardest parts,  as we just don’t know which action/task or piece to tackle first.    

The thought of this creates such confusion or overwhelm that often we  then put off or avoid.     

This is a trait of both dyslexia and ADD and crosses over into both  conditions.

This week I talk about how hard it is for me as a dyslexic to get my head around measurements and numbers.    

How you experience your dyslexia is different for every person.    

For me spelling isn’t a problem.   

I see how the word looks in my mind (rather than use sounds to work it out).    

But numbers are a whole different kettle of fish!    

Here I talk about how hard it is to do a simple task - measuring a kitchen.    

Seriously !!! It was like trying to put an octopus in a bag!.

Knowing what I do now about Dyslexia, I look at a lot of my family behaviours in a different way.   

So much of our personality is linked to our dyslexia.    

For my parents time, being on time, time management has always been such a struggle.    

It is well known if you want my parents to turn up on time somewhere,  you tell them 45 minutes earlier than you need them!. It has been joked  about my whole life… Of course now I can see why.    

My mother and my father are both definitely strong visual thinkers and I would say are undiagnosed as Dyslexic/ADD.    

This week I reflect on how this means you don’t naturally learn a sense  of time - and doubly so if you are not getting that learning in your  home environment.

This week has been chaos in my house.    

We are having renovations done and there is mess everywhere.   

I had no idea how this was going to affect me, but it's been huge.   

It's been a while since my dyslexia affected me as much as it has this  last week, and I have been reminded that being dyslexic is really a part  of us.    It doesn't just go away.     

Being at my dyslexic worst this week has meant that I have made mistakes, felt overwhelmed and chaotic and it's been really tough.  

I used to feel like this ALL THE TIME but have created so much change in  my life that this is a really unusual situation for me now.     

However, realising that being surrounded by chaos is not good for me and my dyslexia has been a real revelation. I need a calm environment to  feel centered and focused.    

It's been really good to put things in perspective this week and see how far I have come.

Dyslexia means we can make mistakes that can seem so stupid from the outside.  

In this weeks episode, I talk about something that hasn’t happened to me in a while.   

Reading a text and getting completely the wrong information. 

So wrong, that I went to a different bar to meet my girlfriends!. 

Yep - haven’t  done that for a while. 

It really made me think about how awful and  useless this used to make me feel and why this happened to me. 

Now I can see that a busy week, and a busy day, meant my dyslexia was worse than usual. I also managed to only feel bad for a short while, before being able to leave the negative thoughts behind. 

But it wasn’t always like this. I used to beat myself up all the time over mistakes like this.

Can you relate? Let me know.

Check out the upcoming webinar at the link below - we'd love to see you there, we've so much insight to share and you'll come away with real actions you can take to help you be a more confident dyslexic.

https://go.truthaboutdyslexia.com/webinar

Dyslexia is well known for being a condition that affects reading.    

Today I talk about the fact that, even though I can read - sometimes I still get emails that despite reading them four or more times, I STILL  don't know what I am supposed to do with them.    

This is the frustrating side of adult dyslexia ....

It is so frustrating and upsetting when you are constantly told you are the one in the wrong.    

Perhaps you are being made to feel like you've got the information wrong, or your have remembered a conversation differently and or that your version of events is just not right.    

As an adult dyslexic, being made to constantly question ourselves can really affect our confidence and make us feel uncertain, and incapable.   

Today I talk from the heart about how a throw away comment can cause us so much upset.

I managed a nice walk on the beach and thought I'd share some of the sounds with you at the end of the episode. Close your eyes and transport yourself to a beautiful beach in Auckland!

Do you know that as a dyslexic, not being sure of what is happening  actually makes us feel anxious?    

Not knowing exactly what is happening, or coming next, puts us into a  state where we can feel anything from slightly tense to totally  overwhelmed.    

In this episode I look at how I noticed this feeling and why, for many  dyslexics, it is a something we live with constantly!