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Learning difficulties and difficulties understanding the world

NAS71377
over 3 years ago

Hi there :) 

I am currently awaiting an assessment on the NHS following the ongoing difficulties I have had throughout my life (I'm 30 now). 

I was wondering if anyone empathised with this...

I really struggle with understanding. Understanding the world. Understanding social situations. I feel like I am constantly trying to make sense of my situation, whatever that situation may be. It's hard to put it into words. It's like a constant state of confusion about the world. I feel like I am always playing catch up with the people around me.

I really benefit from teachers and support workers as they help me to understand learning and situations. I find it really difficult to make sense of things independently. But I want to become more independent! 

Would love other peoples perspectives to help me to express what I am going through.

Thanks. Hugging

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  • over 3 years ago

    Hiya

    What you're feeling is quite normal.     Somehow, 'normies' seem to be able to magically learn social interaction rules - almost by osmosis.    Smiley       

    We tend to need things spelled out for us - very carefully and clearly until we have the hang of each individual step.      It's like ww need a "Jiminy Cricket" sat on our shoulder giving us clues about what's really going on in any situation.      Trainer-wheels, if you will.  Smiley

    The other problem is we live in a world of fight-or-flight anxiety - so our brain is in high-speed situational awareness mode - but this takes all the spare processing from the speech-processing part - you're so busy looking for the attacking tiger that you can't hear the nuances of the conversations.

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  • over 3 years ago

    Hiya

    What you're feeling is quite normal.     Somehow, 'normies' seem to be able to magically learn social interaction rules - almost by osmosis.    Smiley       

    We tend to need things spelled out for us - very carefully and clearly until we have the hang of each individual step.      It's like ww need a "Jiminy Cricket" sat on our shoulder giving us clues about what's really going on in any situation.      Trainer-wheels, if you will.  Smiley

    The other problem is we live in a world of fight-or-flight anxiety - so our brain is in high-speed situational awareness mode - but this takes all the spare processing from the speech-processing part - you're so busy looking for the attacking tiger that you can't hear the nuances of the conversations.

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