What is wrong with me?! PLEASE HELP!?

Question

I am a 16 year old girl and I am very smart. I always score in the 99 or 100 percentile on state tests. I am able to read and write very well. My problem is that I have ZERO sense of direction. I cannot go on a walk in my neighborhood without getting lost, I get lost in my school and in my grocery store etc etc etc... I also have very bad spelling and a speech problem where i cannot say or spell any word with m's and n's in it. (cinnamon, dynamite, minnie mouse minimum....) My dad and grandma are very dyslexic but I don't think that I have that because I read and write just fine. So what is this and are there any places/people that could teach me skills or anything to help? THANKS!

Answer 1

May be you have got speech problem and you get help from your GP.  and you need to increase your memory.  I do get lost if I go to new place, it happen sometimes.  are you new in school, if so then it is normal.  But make sure to see your GP about this matter.

Answer 2

Lots of people have this issue.  It is easier to deal with today because of GSP.   Get one.   Your not the only one.

Answer 3

I would not worry about dyslexia (although you could have a related disorder and just learned to modify for yourself). My suggestion is that you get a GPS and a dictionary (or a cell phone with both) and speak slowly when a word you have trouble with comes up. I have the same directional problem and have to ask people giving me directions when I am driving to say "turn towards your side" or "turn towards my side". Usually they think it's kind of wierd but nobody refuses to do it.  Does your school have a speech pathologist? Although she can not help officially because you are succeeding academically, he or she can give you some do at home exercises that will help with m's and n's

Answer 4

First of all, it's quite an incredible feat to score in the 100th percentile on a standardized test since scoring in the 100th percentile IS IMPOSSIBLE.  There's no such thing, bonehead.

However, I'll tell you this:  sometimes when people are intelligent in one area, they're deficient in another.  It seems like your SUPERIOR INTELLECT in one area has overshadowed your ability to find your way.  Aside from telling you to try harder (which clearly won't help you when you get lost in your own bedroom), the only thing I can tell you is to consult a health or mental professional.  Maybe that person can refer you to a specialist that is better equipped to identify your problem.

Answer 5

you can get diffrent types of dyslexia. i am dyslexic I cant spell and my friend is to  but gets high As in alevel he finds doing other stuff difficult (similar to u)  

Answer 6

What you are talking about sounds like difficulties with certain skills - but then again, and to the extent that nobody is good at everything, we have all some blocks or degrees of difficulty in some areas (and this is not necessarily negative because difference is, afterall, the spice of life). Problems can however arise if particular blocks get in the way of what you want or need to do. E.g. being bad at, say, cooking or tennis might be something you can choose to avoid, but blocks that affect reading, writing, math etc., (which are not optional, particularly when you are still at school) will impact upon your life in various ways. If you haven't come across it before I would suggest one possible avenue to look into might be Educational Kinesiology (better known as Brain Gym). This approach is based upon the scientific study of movement and body/brain function and offers an innovative movement facilitated approach to better functioning and skills performance. The international website has good info and links through to UK one. I tried it and was so impressed with the results that I did the training so I could offer it to others. Hope this is helpful and good luck.

Answer 7

Nothing is wrong with you. You may not be as perfect in some areas

as you are in others and may need training as people have suggested

Excellent suggestions were given to you by respondents.

.. I myself have a horrible sense or direction  of

times and at other times the best sense of direction possible. Why?

I don't know.

Since I've gotten diabetes I seem to transpose my letters when I write

or type and I think I have DYSLEXIA.. too..  ( prior to Diabetes , I never had any problems.

Follow what others wrote. Great Advice. I cope with my Diabetes and with my ( newly acquired ( Maybe Dyslexia) have to go and check it

out..

Dont put yourself "down" as my kids would say.

You have proven to yourself that you are intelligent by tests and your percentile is  ( FANTASTIC) You can overcome.

See if you can get some therapy for your speech. ( In Canada we can get it for free) In USA , you may check with your services and schools to see if you can.. get help for free.

Re Direction.. I don't know what to suggest . But I am sure some physician will help you to orient yourself in directions. ( and help you)

Go see your family doctor and get referrals.

Speech exercises may help you.. overcome your speech problems.

I am a Greek Orthodox Katholikos ( Universal translated to Catholic in English  and we believe as I do

THAT ALL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD

ARE  ( Equal among Equals)  . Thus you are the Best.. Remember that and think positively .. You are the BEST.

Answer 8

How about getting a check up and speaking with your doctor?  Perhaps he will have a solution for you.

I am very much the same as you as far as getting lost and turned around, but do not have the intelligence you state.

I sometimes panic in a restaurant if I have to use the lady's room for fear of not finding my way back to the table...

Thank God for my GPS in getting me back and forth.

Hang in there.

Answer 9

There are some people that just don't have a great sense of direction, also known as wayfinding or spatial cognition, but do well in life.  

As for the problem with /m/ words: the words you stated are multisyllabic words, which means you can actually say /m/ but maybe have a problem putting the syllables together motorically to produce the word correctly.  Practice the words slowly, for example chunk the words in to syllables like cin-na-mon then the start adding the sequences together.  Try saying "cinna" then pause and say "mon".  Practice that strategy a few times then try it a little faster making shorter pauses between the "cinna" and "mon".  Eventually get rid of the pause.  Once you can say the word correctly, try saying it in a phrase like "buy cinnamon".  Practice that a few times and then add other words to make a sentence like "Go buy cinnamon",  "My mom will buy cinnamon", "I need to measure the cinnamon". etc...

This is a strategy I've often used with my students and patients who have trouble sequencing mulitsyallybic words correctly.

There isn't anything wrong with you.  Thousands of people have difficulty with wayfinding and thousands more have difficulty saying words with 3 or more syllables.  You can e-mail me if you would like more strategies to help you pronounce your words better.

Good luck.

Answer 10

you could try keeping some sticky notes with you and take notes on your environment to help you remember your way around and hopefully you will eventually mentally start to do it on your own.