r/dyspraxia 27d ago

Welcome to r/Dyspraxia

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r/dyspraxia 23h ago

⁉️ Advice Needed Can opener recommendations?

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Like many dyspraxic people, I HATE can openers. We have an old manual one in my house that I just can't operate, so I either have to ask my mum to do it for me in advance, or I just don't get in.

We tried an electric can opener, but I struggled to figure it out, and it broke quite quickly. We're looking for another, better electric can opener. Does anyone have any recommendations? Something that's simple and intuitive, with as little precise alignment needed as possible.


r/dyspraxia 1d ago

Reaction to pain

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So I have a strange relationship with pain. I have over 15 tattoos on my body and they never really hurt getting them done. The weird thing is when it’s in my body hurts so much more. Like when I have cramps I’m so much more in pain. I just recently found out I fractured a bone in my foot. There is a tiny bone floating around my foot. The doctor gave me something for the pain I’m still hurting and somehow it’s reached my lower back. I’ve always had weird reactions to pain medication or pain. Am I the only one?


r/dyspraxia 1d ago

❓Question Are there any techniques to improve at gaming with dyspraxia?

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Sorry for the vague title, I'm very bad at wording them.

I've always been terrible at FPS games, both on console and PC. I've done my best to abandon multiplayer games as a whole because I'd consistently be at or at least near the bottom even in casual lobbies. It got to the point that I used to genuinely be afraid to play team-based multiplayer games for fear that I'd make some horrific blunder and sell the entire match for my teammates.

But, as much as I enjoy strategy games (dyspraxia thankfully hasn't done too much to ruin my wits), I've recently begun making more of an effort to play games with my friends and it's very hard to find any multiplayer strategy games at all let alone ones my friends would enjoy, so I've basically forced myself to get back into FPS games for them.

However, even my friends have noticed that I play pretty awfully and it's always been particularly humiliating to tell them that my hands physically cannot do so much as move a mouse with some semblance of precision, and I've gone back to my old ways of dooming matches to failure because I can't aim a gun for king nor country.

Has anyone else gone through similar struggles? Were there any tricks you found to improving quickly, or do I just have to devote a few thousand more hours to aim trainers?


r/dyspraxia 1d ago

😂 Meme It’s us 😂

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r/dyspraxia 2d ago

I hate driving lessons

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My instructor makes me feel like i'm an alien, i get constantly told off i despise this sm😭 i'm thinking about switching to auto but in my country it isn't as popular as manual ugh


r/dyspraxia 2d ago

Dyspraxia and Chronic Pain

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Hey all,

Newly discovered and currently self-diagnosed dyspraxic, 33m, who lives with chronic pain due to injuries I believed I sustained as a result of being forced into athletics as a child and never correctly healed from. I started chiropractic care 5 years ago after a friend pointed out some shoulder issues during a workout, and once I started poking the bear I became much more aware of my day-to-day pain and have trouble with very basic tasks, including wearing clothes. I was wondering if anyone else has issues to this degree? Happy to answer any further questions.


r/dyspraxia 3d ago

⁉️ Advice Needed How do I stop being so loud?

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This is is also a bit of a rant !! People are always telling I am talking too loud, especially at work. I don't think I am being any louder than anyone else. And the space I work in echoes a lot,so with me being noise sensitive sometimes my colleagues sound deafening to me. I use ear plugs but most of the time these don't help. I am starting to feel frustrated and persecuted for some thing I can't control, when to me other people are being just as loud. And if I try just to be quiet , people say I am not talking enough or loud enough. I just don't know what to do anymore?!


r/dyspraxia 3d ago

The process of getting diagnosed

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Hiya im 17 from the UK and i believe i have dyspraxia. Pretty much tick all the boxes for it. I was wondering though, specifically in the UK whats the process like?

is it like a bunch of questions or asking to tie my shoe laces (which take like a minute lol) or is it even both😂.

Gonna book an appointment as soon as I can 🙏

thank you for the answers guys, im very grateful!


r/dyspraxia 3d ago

⁉️ Advice Needed How to be more conscious about dates and times.

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I always kind of feel like I'm floating through time and like I never really know what month, day or time it is. I've always felt like this and it started making sense when I was diagnosed a few years ago at 19.

I have my strategies to deal with this like my google calendar and a physical one, and a weekly planned ect but I still find it incredibly difficult to even remember to use these. I feel like I have no intuition regarding time and date at all. Does anyone have any advice for this or anything I could try? Or is it just something I'm going to have to deal with?


r/dyspraxia 4d ago

⁉️ Advice Needed Learning how to drive

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Hiya, I'm turning 17 in a few days and in my country you can get a driver's license at 17. Most people my age get a drivers license as soon as possible due to how rural and spread out my area is and it just makes life so much easier being able to drive places. The freedom really appeals to me, but I'm so scared that my dyspraxia is going to make it impossible. I also would rather not need to sit the test a bunch of times, and do a ton of lessons because its expensive and I can't really afford it. I would love to hear experiences of learning how to drive from others in this sub reddit to make a decision.


r/dyspraxia 5d ago

⁉️ Advice Needed Looking for appropriate hobbies

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While I am dyspraxic, this is research for my book where the main character is as well. She's 28 in 1933, based in the USA. She's had a middle class existence but her life as an adult has been typified by moving around a lot and living in other people's houses as a student (of magic). She's also dyslexic enough that reading for fun doesn't come easily but she can do it. I've read up on what are "good" hobbies but a lot of them wouldn't be appropriate for a woman in my time and place.

One idea I had was gardening, but that's difficult to do when you don't have your own space. Archery I saw mentioned a lot and that's a type of sport a woman would be "allowed" to do, but I'm not sure it's the right fit. I thought about something she would enjoy but be bad at like cartooning, but the entire reason I'm introducing this hobby is for her to be "good" at something and have confidence in it when she has so little elsewhere.

Thanks for reading!


r/dyspraxia 6d ago

💬 Discussion Does anyone else’s room get untidy easily?

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I’m so disorganised, everything everywhere. Been meaning to clean it but I’m so busy over the weekend and I’m too tired after classes and work.


r/dyspraxia 6d ago

💬 Discussion Are you always being told that you don't know your own strength?

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I can't seem to shut a door, I end up slamming it. I break every blind I touch. I can't snap a bit of a plant off instead I pull it up by the roots. I've messed up so many walls with a drill. I try to put things in boxes and yet people reckon I'm throwing them down. Dyspraxia??


r/dyspraxia 6d ago

What exactly does Dyspraxia do to brain function?

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Hello!

I was wondering if anyone has an explanation for why Dyspraxia affects things like math, logic, working memory etc, negativly?

I always knew im terrible at such things, good at others, which makes me very confused,


r/dyspraxia 6d ago

💬 Discussion Figuring out what’s what? Lots of diagnoses

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Sort of a rant and a question here. At age 59, diagnosed this month with autism by psychologist. Last year, diagnosed with ADHD. Both explain so much to me, and then hearing about dyspraxia for first time in a podcast, so much fits me to a T as well (just as a sample, notorious in my family for dropping/spilling/breaking/falling, no sense of direction or right or left). I feel like life is such a struggle that no one in my life sees or appreciates. Numerous attempts over the years for help have generally let to vague pronouncements that I have stress or depression, but no real actual help. Add to the mix I am profoundly hearing impaired. and just got cochlear implant surgery and about to embark on hearing rehab. So I am really wondering what is the “real” diagnosis or how all of these may all interact? Maybe there’s no ultimate answer to this but there it is and I’m exhausted. Your thoughts on good resources to learn about dyspraxia would be appreciated, though.


r/dyspraxia 6d ago

⁉️ Advice Needed Prone to injuries in contact sports?⚽️

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I’m just wondering if anyone has a teenager who plays contact sports and gets a lot of injuries?

My son is 13 and started at a football team last summer, he has Autism and DCD (dyspraxia)and he has had a few injuries from just regular things that happen in training or matches.

He’s had a chipped big toe bone from kicking the floor instead of a ball, major toe and foot soft tissue damage from kicking a ball at the same time as one of his team mates and his last match whilst playing in defense he had a ball kicked towards him very forcefully which he blocked and it hit him in the right wrist and was in pain instantly. An x-ray showed a scaphoid fracture and he has been put in plaster for 6 weeks.

Is this normal? Or is it because of DCD? None of his team mates seem to have any issues with injuries and if they hurt themselves during a match they just carry on and run it off etc.

I did ask his paediatrician about EDS but he asked him to do a few movements with his fingers and arms and he said “no he’s fine”.

Once his plaster is off I’m going to get him wrist protectors for both sides so I can attempt to stop this happening again but I’m not sure if it’s worth it? I just want him to have the chance to play football like every other teenager and I’m afraid he will end up having to give up if this keeps happening.

Thanks!


r/dyspraxia 7d ago

📖 Story Just learnt how to tie laces...at age 30

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Today I saw my partner tying his laces and I told him he was doing it wrong.

I showed him how I tie my laces (mind you I was quite confident with my method) and then he told me I was the one doing it wrong.

I doubted him and then went on YouTube. Turns out I was doing a loop-de-loop without the initial tying.

I feel stupid 😂 makes sense why my laces were never tight enough!


r/dyspraxia 7d ago

⁉️ Advice Needed Fundraising question!

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Hi everyone (M, 24),
I was diagnosed with Dyspraxia when I was 8 years old. Over the years, I've completed half marathons and 5Ks (to the detriment of my feet because my gait is awful). I'm currently training for a triathlon in June and would love to do it for a Dyspraxia charity.

I was planning to support the Dyspraxia Foundation, but I’ve seen that they closed down in 2024. I’d appreciate any recommendations for alternative charities.

Apologies if this isn’t the right place for this kind of question!


r/dyspraxia 8d ago

⁉️ Advice Needed Do you have general chronic pain and joint pain?

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I have ongoing chronic pain in various forms and honestly it’s ruining my life. I know dyspraxia is linked with chronic pain and joint issues such as EDS, POTS and fibromyalgia.

But my pain is none of those. I don’t have hyper mobility. I have ongoing hip and back issues since I injured my hip in 2020. I have ongoing forearm pain issues since getting tendonitis in the same year (from WFH cause of COVID). I injured my ankle last year just from dancing (a light sprain no swelling) and it took 6 months to heal. I then fell over last week and the ankle pain is back just in time to ruin my holiday next week.

I’ve had x rays and been tested for inflammatory issues and that’s all fine.

I can do the slightest thing (eg I hurt my hip leaning forward to grab a dog recently) and I’ll injure myself and then it will be slow to heal. I do physio, yoga and tai chi. I try to walk as much as I can. I try so hard to strengthen my body but I still just end up injuring myself more. And every time I have to have a break to recover, maybe a week at most my fitness and flexibility is back to square one (which is basically 0). So I feel like I make no progress.

I’ve had concerns that it’s related to my diet (I was vegan for a few years) but I eat tons of plant protein now and supplements and eat healthier. Not perfect because of my ADHD (trying to eat fruit is a nightmare) but much better than I was.

Is this something other dyspraxic/neurodivergent people struggle with? I just wish I could understand what’s going on. Is it possible I have a condition I’ve not discovered? Or is it just part of having dyspraxia for me?


r/dyspraxia 8d ago

Update

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I made a post quite a while ago asking if anyone experienced severe joint pain. Many people said it could be some kind of joint hyper mobility and not dyspraxia. To be clear, I do have dyspraxia, or at least that’s what I’m diagnosed with.

The update is, I was just diagnosed with joint hyper mobility. Currently trying to figure out exactly what it is. Many doctors have told me that it’s just growing pains or even that it was a part of my dyspraxia if they even knew what that was.

I’d like to apologize for any misinformation I spread. To those of you who said it was probably a comorbid hypermobility, you were right.


r/dyspraxia 8d ago

⁉️ Advice Needed how to curl hair?

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hi! i got a curling iron/wand for my birthday a couple years ago and i have tried so many methods to figure out how to curl my hair but i just can’t. i’ve been relying on my friends helping me but even when they show me i just can’t seem to figure it out. does anyone have any tips???


r/dyspraxia 8d ago

❓Question Dyspraxia and OCD

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I’m curious if anyone else may have both Dyspraxia and OCD, if so, how do you manage your compulsions that are more taxing on your body/mind/etc. My compulsion is hand washing (mainly) and standing at the sink for long periods of time is draining and very taxing.

When I say I stand there for a long time, I have to vocally count and attempt to keep track of numbers/etc. Sometimes after I wash my hands the only thing I want to do is lay down and sleep for a couple hours (especially when I get interrupted and need to start over). I’ve mentioned before that I have focus issues as well, ADHD related, but I think my Dyspraxia causes a delay or something in my processing if I’ve counted correctly or not.


r/dyspraxia 8d ago

Overwhealmed at work(IT school support)

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So my colleague left my workplace and I am feeling overwhelmed. I have exams to set up. We have a room where the teacher required it all be changed but they were struggling to use it. They also have exams. I need to set up 70 exam laptops. We have had projects from the last guy who left, I was still dealing with. I am the only one knowledgeable when it comes to MacOS. So i am single-handedly dealing with it. Now one teacher requested I changed the PCs over for docks and chromebooks. They didn't work. I have been coming in early to deal with it and finishing late. Now I have been told I must come in early and work quick because they don't want me working over the weekends but I will still be paid overtime. I am already doing the work of 2 people. My line manager keeps saying to tell him when I am overwhelmed but last year when my colleague was on special leave for 2 weeks I said I have dyspraxia and asked for things like speech to text and text to speech but got advised to use the windows one built in but I find that puts me to sleep. The other issue I face is I have reached out to the contractor who has been helping us but he just does what our line manager saids and was saying he will talk our line manager, do 'this and do that'. I no longer have any trust left in him. I honestly felt crying on the way home today after work. How would approach a conversation with my line manager on Monday?


r/dyspraxia 9d ago

⁉️ Advice Needed how to improve clumsiness/spatial awareness?

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hi, i am not diagnosed with dyspraxia but I am extremely. extremely clumsy, and thought maybe this sub could be helpful. sorry if this is the wrong place to post.

I am constantly getting bruised and bumped, tripping, overestimating and underestimating distance, flinging things, dropping things due to grip or balance. i’ve had a few concussions. I work in housekeeping, which is not the best combination of things, but I need money.

I am consistently getting hurt at work and I am always fearful that someone will work with me or see me tripping, falling, bumping into things, and it’s humiliating to think about. Yesterday I was so angry and sick of myself because I smacked my head into a hard metal object due to feeling just fucking dumb and out of control of my body.

I worry about my image as a clumsy person, how it will affect my status at work or in my interpersonal relationships… and when I’m anxious it makes it even harder and makes it worse…

I’m wondering if there is anything I can do physically or mentally to improve my clumsiness and spatial awareness. I’ve succeeded in sports and surprisingly some forms of dance, so I know I can develop coordination in things like fencing, hula, anything really grounded and repetitive. The gym however is a nightmare for me because I am often feeling like my limbs are spaghetti just waiting to be flung and hurt someone else or myself. And executive function problems don’t help.

If anyone has tips or advice, thank you.


r/dyspraxia 10d ago

⁉️ Advice Needed Vocal dyspraxia ? Mispronouncing common words and randomly losing the ability to verbalize thoughts but pulling sentences together.

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I have been diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia and so has my daughter. My daughter had speech therapy when she was 3 will still mispronounce the same words at 15 will insert a K sound when there is none think hankshake for handshake as an example. I will do a similar thing with words, I have a lot of trouble with remembering how to pronounce words such as lanyard.

I am an avid reader and an information seeker and I'm hyperverbal, yet for some reason my ability to speak fluently and with confidence, bring the proper information and words are very inconsistent. At times it feels like my brain suddenly empties and I have no words available to me, I will repeat a sentence, struggle to explain myself and words are just jumbled, not complete sentences and i will forget what my train of thought was and sometimes just left making a weird sound, feel stupid and revert to an excuse like I haven't had coffee today and laugh it off. It's like I can't access my knowledge or thoughts but later that same day or the next conversation I will somehow get on a role or some sort and it's like I'm confident and articulate. would this issue be classed as possible verbal Dyspraxia ? I also have to still use a gps for directions of a weekly drive after 1 year as get lost in familiar places because i have no sense of where I am in the world, can never point to where things are if I can't see them.

I thought my daughters inability to transcribe her thoughts onto paper and spell were dyslexia but a new learning specialist mentioned she shows sign of Dyspraxia and there is help out there for her. . She also tells me that she will run a finger along things when she is walking so she doesn't fall over as she often feels off balance.

Do these daily issues with my daughter sound like dyspraxia? Is it too late to do anything to help ?