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[–] nihilomaster@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I'm not really sure if I have it. But I feel like there's a greater disconnect between brain and body than in other people. Like for example I was always bad at any sport i tried, had trouble coloring inside the lines in Kindergarten and later in school my handwriting was clumsy at best. All that probably amplified by an essential tremor. Cause of all this I never took pleasure in creative work or physical activity.
I also feel like i have a harder time memorising and executing movements like with dancing for example. Video Games also take longer than normal for me to 'get'.
Even though, i taught myself to play piano by chords. But I don't think I'll ever manage more because I just can't move both hands independently at the same time.

:/ Listing all this, maybe I should speak to my psychiatrist about it. But I'm not even sure how they'd be able to help..

[–] LadyButterfly@lazysoci.al 1 points 3 days ago

It's definitely worth looking into. For me being diagnosed changed my life! There's a list of signs in adults here

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

I do not. My identical twin does though. Real bad hand strength and such. I think husband also does cause of the cerebral palsy but that covers up a lot of the smaller issues cause bigger motor issues.

[–] BlahajByte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 days ago

I don't but I can understand that it's gotta be hella annoying. Being different is a pain when the world doesn't understand you :\