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Anyone Else Struggle Like Me?
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There are many things I struggle with and it is nothing to do with age, I've always been like it. I don't know anyone who has these annoying problems. A few examples -
I struggle with:
Plugs. Apparently it pains people to watch me trying to put an electric plug in to a socket or a cable in to a port. With electric plugs I can't get the angle right and with computer cables I seem to have them upside down, back to front or wrong angle. I was filmed trying to plug my phone in to charge. I tried, couldn't do it. Looked closely at the cable and the phone and must have thought one part was upside down - I turned the cable and the phone;
Screw top lids. I have trouble getting the lids / caps on to bottles and jars, more often than not I manage to drop the top. Same with trying to get the lid back on an electric kettle;
Screws/nails. I can't get them in straight. I'm convinced I am using the screwdriver/hammer correctly but they still go in at an angle;
Jumping. I can't jump. Not from standing still no matter how hard I tried nor off a wall - I bend my knees too soon or too late and can't judge just how far down the landing is.
Catching balls. Nope. I catch empty air;
Co-ordinate body. Lunges are a good example. They are easy, I've watched of people do them, people have helped me to do them but I can't work out just what to do with my legs. I am likely to fall over if I try.
Anyone else out there like me or am I 'special'?
I struggle with:
Plugs. Apparently it pains people to watch me trying to put an electric plug in to a socket or a cable in to a port. With electric plugs I can't get the angle right and with computer cables I seem to have them upside down, back to front or wrong angle. I was filmed trying to plug my phone in to charge. I tried, couldn't do it. Looked closely at the cable and the phone and must have thought one part was upside down - I turned the cable and the phone;
Screw top lids. I have trouble getting the lids / caps on to bottles and jars, more often than not I manage to drop the top. Same with trying to get the lid back on an electric kettle;
Screws/nails. I can't get them in straight. I'm convinced I am using the screwdriver/hammer correctly but they still go in at an angle;
Jumping. I can't jump. Not from standing still no matter how hard I tried nor off a wall - I bend my knees too soon or too late and can't judge just how far down the landing is.
Catching balls. Nope. I catch empty air;
Co-ordinate body. Lunges are a good example. They are easy, I've watched of people do them, people have helped me to do them but I can't work out just what to do with my legs. I am likely to fall over if I try.
Anyone else out there like me or am I 'special'?
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You're not 'special', Barry. You're just 'weird', like me ;-)
I can identify with some (although not all) of the things in your list. For example, when I was teaching maths there were some questions in the workbooks for 11- and 12-year-olds that required them to visualise shapes being fitted into blocks. I hated it when kids asked for help with working out how to answer those questions because I couldn't answer them myself! (Fortunately, I had understanding colleagues, who recognised that I had difficulties in spatial perception and who were used to me sending pupils to them for help with hat part of their studies).
It wasn't until many years later that I was diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum. I've since found out that poor spatial perception is frequently a symptom of Asperger's syndrome and other autism-related conditions. So perhaps you might be on the autism spectrum too?
I can identify with some (although not all) of the things in your list. For example, when I was teaching maths there were some questions in the workbooks for 11- and 12-year-olds that required them to visualise shapes being fitted into blocks. I hated it when kids asked for help with working out how to answer those questions because I couldn't answer them myself! (Fortunately, I had understanding colleagues, who recognised that I had difficulties in spatial perception and who were used to me sending pupils to them for help with hat part of their studies).
It wasn't until many years later that I was diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum. I've since found out that poor spatial perception is frequently a symptom of Asperger's syndrome and other autism-related conditions. So perhaps you might be on the autism spectrum too?
Buenchico, the shapes - I have never been able to post shapes in to the 'letter boxes' that toddlers play with, you know the sort of thing, usually a square, triangle, star shape; nor do jigsaws.
Needless to say my spacial awareness is poor, Cloverjo, and I have the same problem driving until I am very used to the car.
Wolf, exactly that. I do use magnetic chargers, they are a godsend for me, bednobs.
Thanks, Hopkirk. Most embarrassingly I don't recognise people I know well if they are not where I usually see them - the GP staff, shop staff, neighbours - I'll walk straight past them.
Needless to say my spacial awareness is poor, Cloverjo, and I have the same problem driving until I am very used to the car.
Wolf, exactly that. I do use magnetic chargers, they are a godsend for me, bednobs.
Thanks, Hopkirk. Most embarrassingly I don't recognise people I know well if they are not where I usually see them - the GP staff, shop staff, neighbours - I'll walk straight past them.
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