People often ask, what is it like to have dyslexia. (not very often anymore as everyone I know knows I have dyslexia as I pretty open and chill about it most the time) I often have no idea how to explain it. Its mixture of emotions but mostly frustration and anger over not understanding or…
Hell Found Me Part 10
It’s just me, Aaron, Alice and my dad. I feel my dad staring down at me and I try and talk to him and say “Thanks for coming dad, how did your interview go this morning?” “it’s was tough, but I didn’t want that job anyway it would be too many weekend hours.” That was…
Hell Found Me Part 9
I get to reception and they are already there before I walk up, they are grabbing some visitor passes. I wait for a few minutes until they have their issued passes. They drop their shoulder bags and we give each other the tightest hug ever. I let a tear slip. They both notice, pick up…
Hell Found Me Part 8
My phone buzzed and got me out of my head space. It was Izzy and Becca it was their lunch break at school, and they sent me a pic of mac and cheese and I replied with a picture of mine to say I was having the same. We text back and forth a little…
I am proud of dyslexia for making my life harder…
Hear me out okay. For those of you who don’t know anything about dyslexia it is a learning difficulty that makes reading,writing,memory,spelling, processing,organisation,concentrating very hard! Dyslexia means though out school and college and life in general I have to work twice as hard as any neuro typical person just to keep up and get the…
Hell Found Me Part 7
We drive in silence with the radio on in the background but none of us are listening we drive in silence and I stare out the window watching the miserable rain fall down thewindow which describes, my feelings right now, strangely as much as I normallyhate rain, it’s calming my nerves and feels almost therapeutic…
Hell Found Me Part 6
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! I groaned. I looked at myclock it was seven in the morning. Aaron and Alice will be getting up forschool. I knew what was to come, I wasn't ready but I had no choice. I wish I could stay here, in my bed, my room. I lay here for a few minutes…
Hell Found Me Part 5
I hear them all come home. I hear my mum say she is going to get dinner ready, surprisingly, I miss the awkward silences atfamily dinners. I hear my dad, go and watch the football. I hear Alice and Aaron run up to their rooms. I couldn'twait for them to come up to the attic.…
Hell Found Me Part 4
I got out my phone and tried ringing Isabella and Rebecca I needed to speak with them. It was an emergency. They didn’t answer-they must still be in school. I needed to speak with them. I rang the school and asked if I could speak with them. Mrs Smithanswered luckily she was nice and said…
Hell Found Me Part 3
The nurse comes in and tells me she is detaching my IV drip however I have to keep the need in my arm in case the doctors need to put medication in my system. The nurse quickly does her job, writes it on my chart on the end of my bed and leaves the room.…
