Otherwise known as Dyspraxia, it is often diagnosed in early childhood.

I have dyspraxia, and lately I have discovered more about this strange disorder, and how it makes me, ME :D

Dyspraxia affects about 1 child per classroom in school, and it is a disorder of movement and control. I call it 'clinical clumsyness' and often anime characters display extremely clumsy dyspraxic qualities that makes me feel less alone! ahaa :P

Today I had an 'episode' lets say, when my dyspraxia takes a turn for the worst, when I am stressed my clumsyness increases dramatically and I often hurt myself  sometimes it brings me to tears because I just can't control my body how I want to !

I find writing with a ball-point pen incredibly painful, I find it much easier to write with a fountain-pen strangely enough (: and I am one of the few people in college that actually own one 

Falling over is common for dyspraxia sufferers, for me I tend to drop things lots, or spill drinks/food. Mostly all over my boyfriend  -feels bad- One major indicator of dyspraxia, is amidexterity (being right handed for one task, and left handed for another) for example, I am right handed for writing but I eat left-handed and I open bottles e.t.c with my left hand  

Another weird trait I have discovered about me that is infact caused by dyspraxia is my oversensitivity to touch. Often inducing sensory panic-attacks. For example, when my boyfriend tickles me, he may think I am enjoying the game, but infact I find it so terrifying that I can't help but lash out at him  it makes me feel bad when I hit him, but it is just me trying to escape so desperately. 

I find it impossible to sleep if my hair is touching my neck, or if I am wearing a necklace due to hypersensitivity, and I cannot sleep if I can feel a crease in my pyjamas that I am laying on, or the seam for example.

 

Sometimes I struggle to eat certain foods due to their texture, for example, fatty bacon, or chewy steak. I may love the taste of bacon and steak, but they repulse me due to their texture. Citrus fruits are often too much for me also, and the sensation of eating orange segments is horrible.

 

I find eating multi-textured foods difficult (e.g. yoghurts with bits in) I fear I will choke on the little peices and usually attempt to chew them first. 

All of these things make me unique, and in a way, I am glad I have found a reason for my perhaps strange traits. I never fully understood why I was so fussy with food, or so horrid to my boyfriend when he started to tickle-attack me. Now thankfully I understand! It has cheered me up today, and I wonder if anyone else has some stories to tell?

Perhaps some of you have dyspraxia? Let me know! 

I don't have Dyspraxia. But, I'm sick with Schizophrenia. I have voices in my head. It's more to write. But, It's really hard to stay focus, because the voices or the disorder takes my attention sometimes. I have hard times with hygiene. I get really lazy to eat sometimes and lazy to take care of myself and have low esteem to do all living things. I get to the point I feel some bad about living. I feel like dying. But, I'm getting help. I live in a group home and a program to help me to stay alive. And stay one track to what I need to do. And I'm on medication to stable my brain chemicals. My adrendilane gland and my thyiroid is the part that not working right. I just can stay calm, My chemicals is to suppose to send the messange that when I'm stressed, I am supposed to be calm. Afterwords. I get alienated in my enviroment. And believe there is somethings around that is taking over the world that is not happening. Like Aliens invadering and when things are changing, I can't comprend on what is happening. I can not express my my own emotions because of this thing. I'm able to get some back. But, I can not get somethings back that I can do. I'm working really hard to get back to my real self. But, I don't know if I am caming back.

How can you possibly know that all these things are connected to DCD? Every tickly person lash out when being tickled. Every person sometimes like a taste but not a texture. Looks completely normal to me ^^ It took a while for me to learn to eat yogurt with bits in too, they just doesn't belong there and it's a unplesesent surprise! I also used to hate when theres fruit meat(?) in the juice. I can't sleep with a necklace either, I feel like I'm choking. And I don't think I have DCD, even tho I cut myself acidentally at least once a week :) I'm using bad aids like no other, but who cares ^^

I dont like sleeping with necklaces and when i see a switch with no pluG in it i have to switch it off.Im right handed but eat left handed for i feel better that way.
My sister has Asperger syndrome so i know what it like for people with that problem it is hard for her so i treat her like i treat myself ith respect and i help her when she asks.

I am on Zeruda's side. I don't think alot of those things are due to your DCD. I mean, of course the overt clumsiness, but even then - I am pretty surprised there is a disorder for clumsiness...Anyway - I'm more horrid to my boyfriend. Beaten him up pretty bad at times, thanks to emotions. (He's a big strong man though, so it wasn't like he was very phased by my fists of fury) I wouldn't worry to much about what makes you, you and what disorder is the reason for what. Everyone is themselves and not everything needs to a reason behind it to be OK.  

Ps: My lover can't eat food that looks gross. Like Chicken off the bone, and other things. Due to the appearence and texture, he can't do it. If he forced himself, he'd vomit. He's very clumsy too but I feel that is due to how he's 6 foot 4, and everything is pretty cramped. He can sleep with necklaces though, and did for years when he wore a necklace I gave him. 

MitsuMallow is just narrowing down her symptems of her illness. I do that too. It helps doing to know whats make the problem when it happens then having herself blame to what was not her doing that. I don't know the illness, I'm not going to complain. I am sick with other things. I understand when there is something wrong with myself, I seek out what is going on. I was lost with my disease. I did not know what to do. I was happy what I did to get this far. I would have been in the hospital right now thanks to myself. I earned it. I would have been in a nasty ward home than a home here. Its horrid that you guys think right now. Its much worse than have a bully at your door step, try having someone that is not rightly minded that is threating you when your expecting to sleep at night or someone that is abusing medication to make you sleep against your will. I was in that trouble place. Don't critize someone trying to talk about there problems when they need to talk about it. I was thinking like you toward my mom when I was normal/not sick. But, now I regret it since I was sick. Respect people who are sick. Not torment them.

Hmm this makes me wonder what exactly it is i have =/ when i was 8 i was diagnosed with aspergers but now they don't think it's aspergers but have said i do deffinitely have something it makes me wonder what's wrong with me =/ if i knew maybe i could help myself deal with the problems i have more >__<

MAF girlies please try to be more sensitive, its really hurtfull to try and tell someone what there feeling isnt an illness,nobody knows how severe it is exept for mistu. I believe she really has trouble holding onto things and controling her muscles.

I've heard "dont worry about it" and "its all in your head" for years since i was little with all my ailments -.- and in the end they all turned out to be serious. I was so hurt by some peoples words that what i was feeling wasnt true that It had made me cry sometimes, so please try not to tell anybody that, you can really upset them. and this goes for yourself too, never brush anything off it could be serious, always tell your doctor everything even if you think its trivial.

Icefloret wrote: MitsuMallow is just narrowing down her systems of her illness. I do that too. It helps doing to know whats make the problem when it happens then having herself blame to what was not her doing that. I don't know the illness, I'm not going to complain. I am sick with other things. I understand when there is something wrong with myself, I seek out what is going on. I was lost with my disease. I did not know what to do. I was happy what I did to get this far. I would have been in the hospital right now thanks to myself. I earned it. I would have been in a nasty ward home than a home here. Its horrid that you guys think right now. Its much worse than have a bully at your door step, try having someone that is not rightly minded that is threating you when your expecting to sleep at night or someone that is abusing medication to make you sleep against your will. I was in that trouble place. Don't critize someone trying to talk about there problems when they need to talk about it. I was thinking like you toward my mom when I was normal/not sick. But, now I regret it since I was sick. Respect people who are sick. Not torment them.

Woah-woah-woah-woah. Where do you come off saying to not tormet them? I didn't think my message was that visious. I was more so stating that I believe one should not worry about the details of "Why" they are this or that, and learn to accept themselves without the reasons and just learn to love themselves. :/

Everyone in this world is sick with something. 

neko_carnival - In my post I had only said I didn't think the sensitive tongue and sensitive to tickling to be apart of the DCD, or at least not a large part of it. I mentioned that "of course" the overt clumsiness would be - Just I don't really think being sensitive to textures and tickly can write you off as DCD. Again, I think those minor details about a person's characteristic shoudn't have to be linked to a disorder.  

guyss guyys! :D Mitsu here!

Let me explain things a tad more ;P I was diagnosed with it, and it is something I have had all my life. This sensitivity to textures and being touched can result in panic attacks, more often than not (which is why it is a disorder and not common ticklishness XD)

I have had it all my life, I learnt to walk and talk very late as a child, the disorder is a problem with the neurones in the brain causing impaired connections to the nerves (or something like that e.e). I have to use word processors in my examinations in college due to this because of immense pain caused by trying to write with a standard pen D:

I wrote this thread to see if anyone else had the same disorder, it is a spectrum disorder, similar to autism meaning anyone can have some features of DCD. The severity of these traits determines how you live your day-to-day life, for me, I need to take extra care with movements, sometimes walking is quite an effort, and focussing on not tripping up makes it much more difficult -facepalms- I also wrote this thread because I was so relieved that these traits are linked to my disorder, sure many people can have them, but the severity of some of mine bring me to tears D; last night I was crying about how my clumsiness increases drastically when I am upset - which in all fairness doesn't help my mood ;P I was doing some background research and discovered that all of these other traits were linked to my disorder, and in some ways I found that as a HUGE relief. Many times I have thought something was drastically wrong with me, much more severe than it truly is. My weakness and poor coordination used to worry me greatly, but now I know it is just all part of me, and how my brain works!

I am so glad that I decided to learn more about myself last night, my boyfriend understands me a little more too, and all in all I feel better about myself! :D

Mitsu - I wasn't saying your case wasn't bad, just with the lack of explaination of severity it kinda seemed like the common case of "I have this little issue, omg I have this huge disorder." and it's always been something that ticked me off... because I've always had to deal with people being all "lol I'm mentally unstable." yet never had actual mental breakdowns. (has I have, in terrible amounts) I just wanted to state that it ~ might ~ not be due to your disorder, not that it wasn't. After explaining - it is as I had thought it be.

-waves hands- Not sure why everyone flew off the handle at me and/or Zeruda.