Mister Eff said:
Sovvolf said:
Mister Eff said:
Sovvolf said:
I've got poor, poor co-ordination, specially with my hands to the point that I can't tie shoelaces or many knots at all.
I have poor balance and my reaction time isn't exactly brilliant and I have a really, really big nose.
However on the positive I have really flexible limbs which is a great asset when it comes to grappling as armbars and leg locks often have no effect on me at all. I can also move my ears.
That sounds like dyspraxia mate. Same thing that I have. Get it tested man. I don't know how old you are or if it applies where you are, but I have it pretty bad and I get LOADS of free shit for uni. Like a top of the range Macbook Pro, Final Cut Pro and all sorts (I'm a film student)
I'm 20 and YES!! (not to the free stuff I'm not that kind of person) it all makes sense now. While I have no problem speaking or language development I do have pretty much every problem listed on the wiki page when concerning fine motor skills and "Whole body movement, coordination, and body image" I did or still do have ADHD and indeed poor short term but terrific long term memory.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyspraxia
God I can't believe I never thought to look it up... I just thought I was generally shite. Thank you for showing me that matey. Truly.
I'm really glad I could help mate. Always good to help a brother in need. Get yourself tested for it, things might change, better things may come your way etc. If not, it's always nice to know what the hell is going on. I also get to use a computer during all exams (my handwriting is not even close to barely legible and I take forever to write by hand), which may come in handy? I hope you can get the help you need. I don't mean to sound condescending of course, I'll fully admit, I needed all the help I could get, and without it, I probably wouldn't even be at uni right now.
EDIT: It made sports at school a real *****, but it's possible to work through it. I was lucky enough to get diagnosed at a young age, so I've been able to begin work through it for a while. Sports etc, get easier after a while. Though things like being able to draw well, tie my shoe-laces properly and have legible handwriting will almost certainly be beyond me.
Don't worry I don't take it as condescending, though I will be getting myself tested for it... I don't know, I'm not in it for any sort of benefit but well... It would be nice to know if I am, if my abilities are hampered by some sort of handicap rather than being plane rubbish.
Though I don't know if I'd need help at this point, I mean you admitted you got diagnosed with it at an early age... A guy like me in his early twenties, I guess I've just learned how to live with it or gotten used to it. Sort of adapting to suit my needs.
Sports at school were indeed a real pain in the arse, though it was mainly ball sports. Stuff like rounders, cricket, badmington and such were the worst. Rugby I got by okay mainly because most the time I didn't need to touch the ball, same goes for football. Though its weird, like, you know what it is you need to do, you know why and how to do it and everything, the basic theory there but your body just won't follow what you try to do.
Though I just thought that was normal and I was just plain shite.
My handwriting is bad, people called it doctors handwriting because no one can understand it, I can't tie my shoelaces (so I wear velcro strapped shoes and trainers) though my family are all pretty good drawers and I, to an extend inherited that trait (though not to the extent of my brothers) though because it clashes with this, my drawing skills are about average.
This does however explain a lot of why I have a little trouble when it comes to martial arts, though again I just thought I was shite and again learned to cope with it and adapt.
Thank you again, certainly need to phone a doctor(?) about this and see if this is truly the cause of it. I seem to match the symptoms. That being said, I don't know whether or not to be happy or sad over it.
