I'm 16 years old and a senior in high school. I have recently been diagnosed this Summer. This video made me smile because it let me know that I'm not the only one who got diagnosed later. My mom always knew I had it but my school would never cooperate cause I'm quiet. But it is hard that everyone else can get atleast a 20 on the ACT (test to get into college, highest is a 36) and I've taken it 3 times and could barely get a 16. My parents spent many nights staying up with me to do my homework. And my anxiety took over. I got depressed last January from my test scores and the fact that I was the only one in school who didn't know what they were going to do for the rest of their life. And I was looked down upon because college isn't for me. But THANK YOU, for these kind words. The one thing good that I can say about my ADHD is that, it lead me to teach myself guitar, and other instruments, and made me a published author. Anyways, good luck In college. God Bless , McKenzie Rae ❤️
Hey Jordan my name is matthias and i grow up in Austria. I had very much the same problems in school as you did. I remember when i was in 5th grade and the teacher had me read out loud in front of the class and i am just very slow and stutter when i read. I heard a couple of kids laughing and the i turned around an said " it's not funny " and i put my face down on the table and start crying. Till this day this still Haunts me and i am 26 years old. So i understand and feel everything you went through. And the worst part not a lot of people understand us. They don't know that there are people that learn slower then others. I am also us citizen. And moved to Florida and finished high school there.
I know that it is really hard. We both have grown and gotten stronger for it. I am so proud of you! You finished school!! I hope life is treating you well.
What a positive example of when parents do a great job loving and supporting, modeling and empowering. There is a doc series Dyslexic Truths on Facebook featuring Dyslexics courageous enough, like this post, to share their common frustrations and upsets that school, parents and peers trigger. This video shows the lucky dyslexic who is raised by a super mom to believe in themselves. Video and Film is a great way to show that Dyslexics are not only smart in unique ways but also we are survivors, energetic and persistent. Posts and shorts will show how many well intentioned "experts" label, bury and misdiagnosed Dyslexia with Adhd as if students with a language based processing disorder need another explanation why they find language difficult and need medication to distress in school. Hopefully more dyslexics make post and short films like Dyslexic Truths that share how college can be more challenging with peers pressure and multiple drugs; being dyslexic in school is exhausting so keep up nutrition and exercise, technology and self discovery!
Wow, you are a truly inspiring and courageous young woman! I am a 25 year old freshmen at college. I too struggle with ADHD as well as dyslexia and hearing your story has given me a great deal of relief; in knowing I am not the only person filled with frustration, anxiety, sadness, and of course the never ending self-doubt. Thank you so very much for your story! 🤓
Thank you so much for this video, this brought a tear to my eye knowing someone who felt the same way that I did. The fitting in was the worst bit, knowing that trying twice as hard didn't even make you half as smart as everyone else, always being considered lazy when the amount of effort you put in isn't even noticed
"You should use UA-cam for the betterment of people." I LOVE that line. This wasn't easy for you to make but it should help other kids with dyslexia. Dyslexics aren't stupid, you just think differently, see problems from a different angle and find solutions non-dyslexics wouldn't. The world needs more Albert Einsteins, Thomas Edisons, and Steve Jobs (all dyslexics.) And the world certainly needs people as brave and compassionate as you!
Fabulous, Fabulous, Fabulous! Very real! God bless the medical community and professional educators for the work they do in this field -- but -- there will never be anything more powerful than the narrative of the person who lives it. You are a brave person doing great work! You are a treasure! Nelson Lauver Dyslexic Author
Thank you to your honesty. My daughter was dianosed with dyslexia and add. She has the same frustrationas and anxiety's you described. I'm going to share your video with her. She needs to see someone that's been through what she's going through and did not give up. Thank you again.
Im 47 years old and have Dyslexia also. it was so hard for me in school .I was put back in 4th grade because of my reading scors and spelling. but im now a Overachiever and pushed my self to be the best. and my life is AWESOME !! I have the best job (I work for the state ) a big home , wife , and 2 teen girls . my mother was the biggest help in my childhood finding out I also have Dyslexia. you can do it people know how to help with Dyslexia now. you should of been in my shoes .. Don`t give you are smarter than all the kids in your class because you work harder than all of them.. ( ask them if they can memorize a hole day of school in ther head) lol brilliant video best of luck be happy steve damico chicago ps it took me about 45min. to type & post this so I know how you feel. just dont worry about what others think about you now.... because you will probley be there boss one day like me !!!
I know we don't know each other but thank you for the video. I been knowing that I have dyslexia for a very long time and I had the same troubles going through school and praying that they won't call me out to read people with dyslexia have a great gift about them... I just started today as the age of 23 to fight this demon we call dyslexia thank you soo much you have touch alot of spirits with this one maybe one day we can change the world and bring dyslexia to the world's attention that dyslexia is real and that people really need help and not made fun of disrespected I look down upon
Thank you for this. One of my daughters has ADD and the other is dyslexic. They don't tell me these sort of things but I needed to know them. Again, thank you!
@jayteaxoxo you brought me to tears you seriously went through most of what i went through but i was worse beacause well you know what im gonna say it i dont know all my times tables only 1 &3 the rest im still learning and like the part when you said like parents dont understand its so true like my doctor and mum will be like please try and control your anger and il be like i cant and the part when you thanked your mum more was like me and my dad would be like whats wrong and id say just go far out you dont understand also the part when you said about when you have to read out loud thats like me but only with math your story is like mine tho i found out as a child i didnt even know what it was why i was going to a doctor doing tests of concentration or why i was on medication i love your story your amazing and when you say even tho i dont know you like i love you and you gotta try hard(sorry i dont remember exactly what you said) thank you for this video your amazing 💕 by the way i have adhd too
Great Job, I have a similar story. I went through a lot of the same struggles as you. I use to hide my educational issues, but when I went to law school I could not hide it . I had to accept help and not let the label bother me.
Wow. I am crying as am watching, my Story same as yours. You are intelligent don't think other why. We are capable of retenting as much of information but the it is clustered. Be strong and push on through.
I am so glad that I am not the only one with both ADHD and dyslexia. It is hard cause I know both people with eater one but not both and I understand what each go through but I feel though they wound not understand cause I don't know way or what caused this . I understand everything you talked about and I have gone throw it all .
great story! i suffer from dyslexia and adhd, the reading in from of class, was my worst fear, i hated it! i ended up dropping out of highschool and getting home school and it wasnt much better other then, all the other kids not being around. thank yoou for th video!!!
thank you so much for this video I also have ADHD and I felt the same way while I'm going to high school and it's hard sometimes and I feel way better about myself and the way I act also so thank you so much :) I really appreciate it
I'm dyslexic too, so is my mother. So as i grew up i had a hard time in school. With reading and everything and i wasn't getting what i needed at home because my momma had the same problem. So i started giving up, i got kicked out of school turned to the streets did a lot of stuff. I just didn't care about life no more. Wasn't trying to get help for my problem. My goal was to be a drug kingpin in i was really working to become one. Till this one day i met a old head on the block, i was lost out here. Mind set on the wrong things, he came talking about God. But i was 21 at the time, all i cared about is making money. Never prayed nor went to church, for the first few months i wasn't trying to hear that i was lost. But he never gave up on me he still told me about Jesus so i started to listen. And when he seen i was getting interested he ask would i like to go too church i went. A month later i changed my life and it was a lot of ups and downs i'm like what i'm gonna do now i gotta get paid. So God guided education was the first sign God gave me so i left Memphis went to kentucky job corp got kicked out in months came back to Memphis it wasn't a good feeling at all, but i got a job almost went back to my old ways Thank God i didn't now i'm 23 more wise back in school and working after i'm done with school i'm going to another school in Australia they called me the other day i still have problems with reading but i improved a lot never give up it's always light at the end of the tunnel. Jesus was my Light.
Thank you so much for that video. I remember when I was a kid not feeling good enough because my Dyslexia and ADHD. I was bullied by teachers and students, teachers laughing at my disability and students calling me retarded everyday. I felt very depression because my comprehensive was different from other people. When I was 10 years old I was placed in special education classes. "Similar to a mental hospital" There was times were I wanted to quit living but I didn't quit. Through all of the humility and shame around the corner God has a purpose for me. Now I'm encouraging people with disabilities through my organization Learning Differently and earning my bachelor's degree. You are a survivor and me too. Thanks again. LOVE
Yeah I tried doing that once on campus, and it didn't really work well for me. It was just tough to start something when a touchy subject is involved, ya know?@determined
I started crating watching this video! You explained it so perfectly. The depression the being behind, late staying up til the woo hours of the morning. Omg this made me feel like I'm not alone and there is help. Thank you so much! I have a question, where did you get tested?
I had a specialist check me out. I'm sure where ever you live there should be a specialist somewhat near by. Bigger cities kind of do have better options though.
thanks for this video i been haveing a really hard time in school trying to keep my grades up and i have a touter now and im dyslexic and im sorry if i spell words wrong but its was really hard for me to know that im not the only one that cant read as well i had so many touters and none of them helped but now i have this amazing touter now she is helping me. P.S im also ADHD to
I'm littoral crying because this hit home so well like every tells me wow it vocabulary is large but u suck at spelling and then I find out I have high levels of angsiati and being in avid ever one is soooooooooooooo smart has all A's and those kids that don't even try and make excuses!!!!!
Please help me, I have ADHD and school is very frustrating. I constantly loose things, forget things, drop things, can't get work out on time, can't get to class on time, ect. I don't have a coping method for stress (I'm considering yoga). Its difficult and they won't put me in an ADHD class like I was in elementary school, again please help.
Yoga is good. Meditation is wonderful. I do it a lot when I'm in my car. I use notes and timers a lot to keep me on track. I also have to keep my self on a type of schedule. Those help so much. Most importantly, I don't beat myself up when things go wrong. I always make a plan B. Keeping yourself motivated is key. Your doing great and I know you got this!!
I deal with that a lot too. You have to just be you. Easier said than done. Being yourself will attract the right type of people for you. You have to kind of remind yourself that you are worth friendships that are healthy and happy. You're worth getting to know. You are worth awesome friends and love!
Mckenzie, trust me when I say that no one really knows quite what they are going to do for the rest of their lives. You can make a pretty picnic, but you can't decided the weather. The best thing that you can do is stay confident and true to yourself. Which it seems like your doing just that. I am so glad you learned so much, especially teaching yourself!
Thank you for the video,i went through the same struggles in Africa (Zimbabwe ) growing up primary school and high school before i moved to England. but now in the British Army...I'm 30 years old now and doing well for myself, thank God
demetrius determined They don't have a group per say. They have a thing called Techniques that is pretty helpful. It's like a tutoring place. They also have LOA's, letters of accommodation. That's so helpful too. You have to be diagnosed though to get into the program and benefits.
It's not a sad story, lol. It's more just what I wen through and hopefully helps to encourage others not get themselves for something that they were dealt.
+a7mdoh6 You wouldn't know whether you have ADHD then. If you are struggling and relate to many of the symptoms, you should consult your general practitioner.
a7mdoh6 Good for you! But have they been prescribed? You mustn't take any drugs or medication without consulting a doctor and being diagnosed, for you're own safety.
I'm 16 years old and a senior in high school. I have recently been diagnosed this Summer. This video made me smile because it let me know that I'm not the only one who got diagnosed later. My mom always knew I had it but my school would never cooperate cause I'm quiet. But it is hard that everyone else can get atleast a 20 on the ACT (test to get into college, highest is a 36) and I've taken it 3 times and could barely get a 16. My parents spent many nights staying up with me to do my homework. And my anxiety took over. I got depressed last January from my test scores and the fact that I was the only one in school who didn't know what they were going to do for the rest of their life. And I was looked down upon because college isn't for me. But THANK YOU, for these kind words. The one thing good that I can say about my ADHD is that, it lead me to teach myself guitar, and other instruments, and made me a published author. Anyways, good luck In college. God Bless , McKenzie Rae ❤️
Hey Jordan my name is matthias and i grow up in Austria. I had very much the same problems in school as you did. I remember when i was in 5th grade and the teacher had me read out loud in front of the class and i am just very slow and stutter when i read. I heard a couple of kids laughing and the i turned around an said " it's not funny " and i put my face down on the table and start crying. Till this day this still Haunts me and i am 26 years old.
So i understand and feel everything you went through. And the worst part not a lot of people understand us. They don't know that there are people that learn slower then others. I am also us citizen. And moved to Florida and finished high school there.
I know that it is really hard. We both have grown and gotten stronger for it. I am so proud of you! You finished school!! I hope life is treating you well.
What a positive example of when parents do a great job loving and supporting, modeling and empowering. There is a doc series Dyslexic Truths on Facebook featuring Dyslexics courageous enough, like this post, to share their common frustrations and upsets that school, parents and peers trigger. This video shows the lucky dyslexic who is raised by a super mom to believe in themselves. Video and Film is a great way to show that Dyslexics are not only smart in unique ways but also we are survivors, energetic and persistent. Posts and shorts will show how many well intentioned "experts" label, bury and misdiagnosed Dyslexia with Adhd as if students with a language based processing disorder need another explanation why they find language difficult and need medication to distress in school. Hopefully more dyslexics make post and short films like Dyslexic Truths that share how college can be more challenging with peers pressure and multiple drugs; being dyslexic in school is exhausting so keep up nutrition and exercise, technology and self discovery!
Wow, you are a truly inspiring and courageous young woman! I am a 25 year old freshmen at college. I too struggle with ADHD as well as dyslexia and hearing your story has given me a great deal of relief; in knowing I am not the only person filled with frustration, anxiety, sadness, and of course the never ending self-doubt. Thank you so very much for your story! 🤓
Thank you so much for this video, this brought a tear to my eye knowing someone who felt the same way that I did. The fitting in was the worst bit, knowing that trying twice as hard didn't even make you half as smart as everyone else, always being considered lazy when the amount of effort you put in isn't even noticed
"You should use UA-cam for the betterment of people." I LOVE that line. This wasn't easy for you to make but it should help other kids with dyslexia. Dyslexics aren't stupid, you just think differently, see problems from a different angle and find solutions non-dyslexics wouldn't. The world needs more Albert Einsteins, Thomas Edisons, and Steve Jobs (all dyslexics.) And the world certainly needs people as brave and compassionate as you!
good to see you have come a long way and have grown as a person. this pleases me. i hope you continue to strive and do well!
Fabulous, Fabulous, Fabulous! Very real! God bless the medical community and professional educators for the work they do in this field -- but -- there will never be anything more powerful than the narrative of the person who lives it. You are a brave person doing great work! You are a treasure!
Nelson Lauver
Dyslexic Author
Thank you to your honesty. My daughter was dianosed with dyslexia and add. She has the same frustrationas and anxiety's you described. I'm going to share your video with her. She needs to see someone that's been through what she's going through and did not give up. Thank you again.
Thank you for your honesty. Congrats. You're a winner at every step. God bless you
Im 47 years old and have Dyslexia also. it was so hard for me in school .I was put back in 4th grade because of my reading scors and spelling.
but im now a Overachiever and pushed my self to be the best.
and my life is AWESOME !! I have the best job (I work for the state ) a big home , wife , and 2 teen girls . my mother was the biggest help in my childhood finding out I also have Dyslexia. you can do it people know how to help with Dyslexia now. you should of been in my shoes .. Don`t give you are smarter than all the kids in your class because you work harder than all of them..
( ask them if they can memorize a hole day of school in ther head) lol
brilliant video best of luck be happy
steve damico
chicago
ps it took me about 45min. to type & post this so I know how you feel.
just dont worry about what others think about you now....
because you will probley be there boss one day like me !!!
I know we don't know each other but thank you for the video. I been knowing that I have dyslexia for a very long time and I had the same troubles going through school and praying that they won't call me out to read people with dyslexia have a great gift about them... I just started today as the age of 23 to fight this demon we call dyslexia thank you soo much you have touch alot of spirits with this one maybe one day we can change the world and bring dyslexia to the world's attention that dyslexia is real and that people really need help and not made fun of disrespected I look down upon
Thank you for this. One of my daughters has ADD and the other is dyslexic. They don't tell me these sort of things but I needed to know them. Again, thank you!
@jayteaxoxo you brought me to tears you seriously went through most of what i went through but i was worse beacause well you know what im gonna say it i dont know all my times tables only 1 &3 the rest im still learning and like the part when you said like parents dont understand its so true like my doctor and mum will be like please try and control your anger and il be like i cant and the part when you thanked your mum more was like me and my dad would be like whats wrong and id say just go far out you dont understand also the part when you said about when you have to read out loud thats like me but only with math your story is like mine tho i found out as a child i didnt even know what it was why i was going to a doctor doing tests of concentration or why i was on medication i love your story your amazing and when you say even tho i dont know you like i love you and you gotta try hard(sorry i dont remember exactly what you said) thank you for this video your amazing 💕 by the way i have adhd too
lorraine tamer
Where u fro
Great Job, I have a similar story. I went through a lot of the same struggles as you. I use to hide my educational issues, but when I went to law school I could not hide it . I had to accept help and not let the label bother me.
Wow. I am crying as am watching, my Story same as yours. You are intelligent don't think other why. We are capable of retenting as much of information but the it is clustered. Be strong and push on through.
I am so glad that I am not the only one with both ADHD and dyslexia. It is hard cause I know both people with eater one but not both and I understand what each go through but I feel though they wound not understand cause I don't know way or what caused this . I understand everything you talked about and I have gone throw it all .
great story! i suffer from dyslexia and adhd, the reading in from of class, was my worst fear, i hated it! i ended up dropping out of highschool and getting home school and it wasnt much better other then, all the other kids not being around. thank yoou for th video!!!
Your story hit me I wish you the best you made me think about my life any the things im still dealing with
thank you so much for this video I also have ADHD and I felt the same way while I'm going to high school and it's hard sometimes and I feel way better about myself and the way I act also so thank you so much :) I really appreciate it
I'm dyslexic too, so is my mother. So as i grew up i had a hard time in school. With reading and everything and i wasn't getting what i needed at home because my momma had the same problem. So i started giving up, i got kicked out of school turned to the streets did a lot of stuff. I just didn't care about life no more. Wasn't trying to get help for my problem. My goal was to be a drug kingpin in i was really working to become one. Till this one day i met a old head on the block, i was lost out here. Mind set on the wrong things, he came talking about God. But i was 21 at the time, all i cared about is making money. Never prayed nor went to church, for the first few months i wasn't trying to hear that i was lost. But he never gave up on me he still told me about Jesus so i started to listen. And when he seen i was getting interested he ask would i like to go too church i went. A month later i changed my life and it was a lot of ups and downs i'm like what i'm gonna do now i gotta get paid. So God guided education was the first sign God gave me so i left Memphis went to kentucky job corp got kicked out in months came back to Memphis it wasn't a good feeling at all, but i got a job almost went back to my old ways Thank God i didn't now i'm 23 more wise back in school and working after i'm done with school i'm going to another school in Australia they called me the other day i still have problems with reading but i improved a lot never give up it's always light at the end of the tunnel. Jesus was my Light.
Thank you so much for that video. I remember when I was a kid not feeling good enough because my Dyslexia and ADHD. I was bullied by teachers and students, teachers laughing at my disability and students calling me retarded everyday. I felt very depression because my comprehensive was different from other people. When I was 10 years old I was placed in special education classes. "Similar to a mental hospital" There was times were I wanted to quit living but I didn't quit. Through all of the humility and shame around the corner God has a purpose for me. Now I'm encouraging people with disabilities through my organization Learning Differently and earning my bachelor's degree. You are a survivor and me too. Thanks again. LOVE
demetrius determined I'm really glad to see how strong you are! Keep doing you and proving people wrong!
JayTeaXOXO Hey have you ever thought about making a organization for Dyslexic.
Yeah I tried doing that once on campus, and it didn't really work well for me. It was just tough to start something when a touchy subject is involved, ya know?@determined
Thank you for this video very uplifting and open
I started crating watching this video! You explained it so perfectly. The depression the being behind, late staying up til the woo hours of the morning. Omg this made me feel like I'm not alone and there is help. Thank you so much! I have a question, where did you get tested?
I had a specialist check me out. I'm sure where ever you live there should be a specialist somewhat near by. Bigger cities kind of do have better options though.
love this video very heartwarming thanks for the video
thanks for this video i been haveing a really hard time in school trying to keep my grades up and i have a touter now and im dyslexic and im sorry if i spell words wrong but its was really hard for me to know that im not the only one that cant read as well i had so many touters and none of them helped but now i have this amazing touter now she is helping me. P.S im also ADHD to
I'm littoral crying because this hit home so well like every tells me wow it vocabulary is large but u suck at spelling and then I find out I have high levels of angsiati and being in avid ever one is soooooooooooooo smart has all A's and those kids that don't even try and make excuses!!!!!
I can feel your pain
I was going to watch this all the way through, but I got distracted by the video of the flying four-wheeler in the corner.
Hey I'm 27 now and I just found out that I was dyslexic 2 years ago.
that really helped me cuz I really felt alone
+Tracey Henton ^*because
i have Dyslexia and ADHD. some times it is very hard to learn with adhd
Please help me, I have ADHD and school is very frustrating. I constantly loose things, forget things, drop things, can't get work out on time, can't get to class on time, ect. I don't have a coping method for stress (I'm considering yoga). Its difficult and they won't put me in an ADHD class like I was in elementary school, again please help.
I have social anxiety too, hard for me to make good friends and everyone is so outgoing.
Yoga is good. Meditation is wonderful. I do it a lot when I'm in my car.
I use notes and timers a lot to keep me on track. I also have to keep my self on a type of schedule. Those help so much. Most importantly, I don't beat myself up when things go wrong. I always make a plan B. Keeping yourself motivated is key. Your doing great and I know you got this!!
I deal with that a lot too. You have to just be you. Easier said than done. Being yourself will attract the right type of people for you. You have to kind of remind yourself that you are worth friendships that are healthy and happy. You're worth getting to know. You are worth awesome friends and love!
Thank you. :)
I'm always here for you lovely!
Mckenzie, trust me when I say that no one really knows quite what they are going to do for the rest of their lives. You can make a pretty picnic, but you can't decided the weather. The best thing that you can do is stay confident and true to yourself. Which it seems like your doing just that. I am so glad you learned so much, especially teaching yourself!
Thank you for the video,i went through the same struggles in Africa (Zimbabwe ) growing up primary school and high school before i moved to England. but now in the British Army...I'm 30 years old now and doing well for myself, thank God
Question. Does Texas Tech have a support group for Dyslexic?
demetrius determined They don't have a group per say. They have a thing called Techniques that is pretty helpful. It's like a tutoring place. They also have LOA's, letters of accommodation. That's so helpful too. You have to be diagnosed though to get into the program and benefits.
Yeah I was diagnosed with Dyslexia and ADHD when I was 10 years old. I need to retest myself again.
Yeah, for sure get it checked out and then look at the Techniques program.
i understand u a lot
re u from nyc
I did the face because I could hear your voice cracking as you were telling your story...
It's not a sad story, lol. It's more just what I wen through and hopefully helps to encourage others not get themselves for something that they were dealt.
24 adhd and havnt diagnosed yet :(
+a7mdoh6 You wouldn't know whether you have ADHD then. If you are struggling and relate to many of the symptoms, you should consult your general practitioner.
now am on med and its working ^_^
a7mdoh6 Good for you! But have they been prescribed? You mustn't take any drugs or medication without consulting a doctor and being diagnosed, for you're own safety.
yes , my doctor write it for me , i start at concetra 18mg for 10 days and 36mg now
I have Adhd and dyscalculia.... i know how you feel... :)
+Jashui Jannator ^*Dyslexia
Oliver Sutton ...... -.- Its like dyslexia just with math...
+Jashui Jannator oh okay my bad
love this video very heartwarming thanks for the video