Mental Health and Dyslexia | 4 things that lead to a dyslexic kid’s breaking point| MiCAL The Film

Dyslexic kids feel STUPID, HUMILIATED, DEPRESSED, and lose CONFIDENCE when the right school support is not given.

We can change the impact dyslexia has on mental health by changing the narrative around dyslexia.
As a teacher, you can make a huge impact on how a dyslexic child experiences education.

[blaszizzz]

I'm 32 now and all my life not only I've heard that I'm stupid, but I've started to believe it too. I was diagnose at age of 9 and in my country of origin being dyslexic was equal to being stupid. I'm also waiting for a proper assessment for ADD, as I have most of the signs here too. It's hard living this way, but as Albert Einstein once said: “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

[Blumx]

I am 67yo and found out a few months ago my little issue is dyslexia. At school, I was told I was lazy and "doesn't try hard enough" but the ultimate pain and humiliation were being made to repeat 2 years of school - that pain and humiliation I still carry today.

[Thejonesguy]

They just throw you in special ed and forget about you….. school system in the states are a joke… this man just explained my hole childhood

[mandlin]

Non dyslexics or people with mild dyslexia will never understand this. “Why am I forced to go to school and be humiliated every day”, exactly. Eventually I believed i deserved it and my purpose is to feel sad and lonely. Which is still lingering in my adulthood and I’ve self harmed and thought a lot about suicide because of it.

I have a hatred for teachers. I just can’t help it I hate them. My experience is they don’t care about children, at all. They are narcissistic and like the idea of seeming to care about kids but they don’t actually care.

[d.]

This was me, but some how I learnt to read at 13yrs old with no help. Now that I'm at work I feel the same way as I did when I was in school. I'm so behind everyone else, some of them look down at me. I'm now 34 and still have trouble spelling and am really slow in the intake. I was humiliated all the time at school but somehow I always kept going. I never got any help while in school, I've gone back to uni not long ago and was finally diagnosed with dyslexia, now I know for sure I'm not stupid. WW just just think differently, we're not stupid.

[damonhorbrook]

This happens a lot in the indigenous community who's been called African-Americans I know this too well because I was passed up and passed on only 2-3 teachers have taken interest in me in grade school I wish I had teachers like those throughout my school years

[gc]

I am going through this with my child at the moment. It is absolutely heartbreaking.

[valyatimtsenko]

Thank you thank you thank you for sending this message. It's exactly what i went through as a child. It was only after getting a smart phone at the age of 30 that I was able to start communicating by reading and writing. Being able to talk into my phone also the spell check making it much easier to choose the right word. Still can't totally read a book properly. I feel better about my self with the progress I have achieved.. keep up the great work.

[taste-a-liciouse]

Yes! Quit highschool middle of softmore year short of credits. I still feel like I can't do normal stuff other people do. I have to get people to do a lot of my paperwork at times!

[GR-tzwf]

I am in my 50s my mental health is totally wrecked II got diagnosed in my 50s I had no help with dyslexia all my life. The UK education system is not fit for purpose.

[VVolfX]

dude i'm almost 30 and still hit these points

[gerrimilner]

i was given detention, due to my erratic handwriting, i was acused of other people doing it for me. i never did homework for school again

[SS.swag_gorillatagVR]

I have dis lex ai and Im in 5graed and I have a 4grad reading level

[nikolugo]

It definitely affected my mental health back when I was a child I felt like I was stupid because I struggle with reading and writing and I would get so frustrated with myself I would tell myself why you can't get this shit

[Grindhours]

So dyslexia leads to anti-social personality disorder, I presume. I wonder why all the other children laughs at the poor child who can't read. Are the traumas of reading- and writing problems just as severe as being sexually abused, or even greater?

[elwynelvy]

When you get told everyday that you are lazy, don't try hard enough. You will never amout to anything, why do you want to do it that way. It's no wonder that we, with dyslexia get depressed. Im in my 50s and am on a mental pension because of it.