Allow me introduce myself

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. Slight smile

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. Slight smile

  • Hii welcome to the community!

    I like cats as well but I also love dogs :) 

  • 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

  • They are lovely animals. Blush

  • Hi Cstlady91 got two lovely cats myself

  • Thankyou, yes my husband and children are supportive. I'll be OK. 

  • I am very sorry to hear about the loss of your kitty. It can take a while to overcome. I can remember what it was like when my Chloe died back in 2005; I still think of her every day all these years later. Thankfully, I did have my parents to support me. Hopefully, you are getting support also.

    Hope you have a good night!

  • Hi and welcome. 

    The topic of cats right now is a little raw, ours died last week. I'm not dealing with it very well. I haven't cleaned the house since he was alive ( as in hoover and dust) I feel like I'm cleaning him away....anyway I need to snap out of it soon otherwise the dustmites will eat us all haha. Sorry ignore me, I had to just type it and get it out there because of the looping thoughts that are driving me mad.

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