Published on 12, July, 2020
Greetings everyone!
I don't feel comfortable in revealing my real name over the internet until I really get to know and trust someone. But I orginally found this forum whilst searching for job interview advice and ended up checking out many of the great threads that are on here. It seems like a friendly community which is why I decided to join.
Anyway, at the age of (I think) 5, I was diagnosed with Semantic Pragmatic Disorder. Whilst it has mellowed a lot as I have gotten older, I do occasionally still have difficulty with verbal comprehension particularly with following instructions and staying on track with long conversations. My reading comprehension is fine though, and I therefore prefer to have instructions that are written down. However, when I was at school, reading comprehension is something which I greatly struggled with and I hated English lessons for that reason.
Whilst from time to time, my SPD can be a little frustrating, I generally don't dwell on it as I realise that every human being on the planet has their imperfections and that I have many positives in other areas. And so do you.
Hello Catlady
I believe I was a cat in a previous life, my first 7 years I spent in my granpa's house and he had over 20 cats, including one over 30 years old that everyone was calling father of all cats in the village lol
I have similar issue with understanding verbal instructions, though it's part of a bigger problem, one I started to call Speech Recognition Impediment, since I have no idea what it is actually. Unless it's quite with no other noises overlapping and they talk in front of me I would get one word out of ten and most of ther time I am just guessing what they said
Over 30 years old? Wow, that's a brilliant age for a cat. He/she had a long and I am sure very happy life.