oh hello short term memory - care to be more reliable?
everyone has the occasional problem with remembering long lists of things to do, but with dyspraxia, even remembering every day tasks is a struggle
from cleaning my teeth, brushing my hair, to getting dressed and washing in general,if my parents gave me a list of things to do, " go up stairs, wash your face, clean your teeth and brush you hair", id be lucky to get as far as clean my teeth, and often id be yelling downstairs to ask why id gone up their in the first time.
this was frustrating for them as gave them concerns id struggle in adult life
i'm now at university and during my year ibn student halls i had a post it note on my bathroom door to remind me to brush my teeth - embarrassing enough and necesary enough as it was alone, i spelt it wrong too! not fun to explain to a friend or other half you invite round for a coffe.
i think this is always going to be a dificulty for me, but i found that by keeping to a schedual as much as posible keeping my days the sme helped- although on occasion i do tasks twice forgetting id done them moments earlyer - my friends find great amusment in my ability to forget and loose ting, constantly running around my room,or between rooms realing i cant find what id put down only moments earlyer. my first set of flat mates would remind me, but we had gentle fun by their hiding my things in the room the were left - funny to start with but not helpful in the long run.
Employers have generaly been good at letting me write down the tasks i need to compleate, or writing them down for me,but ocasionaly i get remarks like "how can you posibly read that?" returning back to my handwriting - i had to politly point out that it was a list for me not them, and explained my dyslexia and dyspraxia at which point they rapdily apoligised.
in short, new lists, or everyday tasks can be tricky, but my memory makes up for this by allowing me to remember vast quantities of text ive read, or key past events in my life
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