The Complaint Thread

TheGillMan said:
Oh, I'm with you on that! I was dealing with undiagnosed dyscalculia most of my life, so math was always a struggle.
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*checks out this dyscalculia thing....*
Uh, I think I need to sit down.
Thank you for introducing me to this condition. I'm 51 and still count on my fingers for even the most basic things. Adding up totals at the end of a boardgame is an absolute crapshoot as to whether or not I'm even close to calculating it correctly. I am a literal danger to myself and others when trying to navigate and follow directions. I get lost walking my dogs in my own neighborhood. Forget trying to get useful directions out of me. Every cardinal direction has to be reframed in reference to my childhood home starting with east/west because I know where the sun is in the morning/afternoon.
 
Damien said:
My wife has dyscalculia. She always calls it her 'numbers dyslexia' because that clicks in peoples' brains easier.
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This is exactly how I describe it.
Red Ogre said:
*checks out this dyscalculia thing....*
Uh, I think I need to sit down.
Thank you for introducing me to this condition. I'm 51 and still count on my fingers for even the most basic things. Adding up totals at the end of a boardgame is an absolute crapshoot as to whether or not I'm even close to calculating it correctly. I am a literal danger to myself and others when trying to navigate and follow directions. I get lost walking my dogs in my own neighborhood. Forget trying to get useful directions out of me. Every cardinal direction has to be reframed in reference to my childhood home starting with east/west because I know where the sun is in the morning/afternoon.
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I'm glad I could help! I had never heard of it either, until my ex Father-in-Law asked me if I'd ever been diagnosed with it. I had NO idea what he was talking about, but this guy was brilliant with mathematics and knew his stuff. I took an online test, and yep....I scored really high on the test for severe dyscalculia (they didn't use the term "severe", but that was the gist of it). Honestly, it was really comforting in many ways, as my entire childhood I was told I was "lazy", "not applying" myself, or that I just had "math anxiety". Unless I dialed a phone number daily, or had to write down my address constantly, I couldn't remember them (and the second I no longer used those numbers...gone. I couldn't tell you the address of the last place I lived before moving to my current location). Directions? Oh hell no....before the days of GPS I constantly got lost.

Dyslexia is pretty well known, but dyscalculia seems to be either rare, or really not talked about by professionals. The resources for it are much harder to find.
 
I just looked it up too, and heck, it makes a lot of sense for me too. Don't think I'd ever heard of it until just now; it does say it's often related to ADHD, which I definitely have, so that makes sense. I count on my fingers all the time, even for basic math- I'm talking like adding/subtracting 5 or less on something. Either that, or I'll whip out the calculator for the most basic of math. I don't ever round up or down when leaving a tip- I'd be there all day just trying to count! Same with directions too- don't ever tell me North, South, etc. You gotta give me landmarks or I'll somehow end up in the next state over.

Gotta do some more research on if it's genetic, because if it is, it would explain so much about my family. But if you wanna know useless lore about a handful of franchises, I got you. If you need an extra hand at trivia night, I'm pretty good. If you need help remembering a song lyric, call me up. I guess we all have our strengths and weaknesses
 
Yeah, I feel bad that it's almost become "it's AI until you can prove it isn't" with a lot of things; if it's an artist I've been following for years, I'll trust 'em, but otherwise, I'm a bit wary, which I hate to say. I love supporting people's art, but it's just so tough to know what actually is art anymore.
 
joshsquash729 said:
I just looked it up too, and heck, it makes a lot of sense for me too. Don't think I'd ever heard of it until just now; it does say it's often related to ADHD, which I definitely have, so that makes sense. I count on my fingers all the time, even for basic math- I'm talking like adding/subtracting 5 or less on something. Either that, or I'll whip out the calculator for the most basic of math. I don't ever round up or down when leaving a tip- I'd be there all day just trying to count! Same with directions too- don't ever tell me North, South, etc. You gotta give me landmarks or I'll somehow end up in the next state over.

Gotta do some more research on if it's genetic, because if it is, it would explain so much about my family. But if you wanna know useless lore about a handful of franchises, I got you. If you need an extra hand at trivia night, I'm pretty good. If you need help remembering a song lyric, call me up. I guess we all have our strengths and weaknesses
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ADHD is another thing I definitely have, and it also wasn't diagnosed until much later in life. When I was a kid, ADHD wasn't a well known diagnosis like it is today. I declared to be "hyperactive" and "lazy" and was constantly told I wasn't "applying" myself. It's amazing I ever made it through school, and I have to wonder how many kids in my generation fell through the cracks because of undiagnosed learning disabilities.
 
TheGillMan said:
ADHD is another thing I definitely have, and it also wasn't diagnosed until much later in life. When I was a kid, ADHD wasn't a well known diagnosis like it is today. I declared to be "hyperactive" and "lazy" and was constantly told I wasn't "applying" myself. It's amazing I ever made it through school, and I have to wonder how many kids in my generation fell through the cracks because of undiagnosed learning disabilities.
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Oh, same. Even when I was in school, the ADHD kids were looked at as only really a step or two above the rest of the special education kids. It was a diagnosis that, at least where I grew up, wasn't really given the respect and weight it seems to get today. The one kid in school who I know had ADHD was like the stereotypical poster child for it- always fidgeting, always talking, very hyperactive, and since I definitely wasn't all that, I figured it was just something I didn't have. We really have come a long way with things recently- not only in recognizing and labeling what certain things are, but also how seriously we take them. Even the term "Neurodiverse" as an umbrella term feels slightly more respectful. I was a bit wary of the term at first- it felt a little too safe, if that makes sense; I used to be all about owning your differences and wearing the label with pride, but I've certainly begun to embrace it. Feels like a nice, all-encompassing thing that can help people feel more comfortable about their diagnoses (or lack thereof), which I'm all for.
 
Two of my* three have been diagnosed with ADHD, take medication (the same type actually), and have special accommodations in school if needed. My older boy, Kellen, was never diagnosed, but as he's gotten older, we can see he does have some tendencies (leg fidgeting, hyper fixation on something once he's started). He's also the one everyone says takes after me for being "super smart, but really lazy". My younger boy has had meds since about 3rd or 4th grade. We noticed a sharp decline in his grades and he brought up he was having a hard time focusing at school. My daughter (the youngest, and only girl if you're scoring at home) has the same problems. They've both done well once we've gotten things figured out for them.

*I say MY three, because they are my DNA. My oldest boy is my wife's from a previous relationship, but I've been around since he was 2, and I'm all he's known for a "dad".
 
DarthDre758 said:
super smart, but really lazy
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