[nabs-l] perceptual awareness

[Ashley]

Hi,
Well, it feels good to know I'm not as weird as I thought--I also
experience something similar to this, though not exactly the same. I
tend to get disoriented quite a bit, even in places that I seem to be
familiar with. Naturally, it happens more often in places that I am
unfamiliar with, however, I have known it to happen in small areas
that I should have easily been able to find my way around. I also used
to think that this meant i was crazy or something, but I'm kind of
starting to realize that it may be a lack of concentration--or at
least that's what I thought at one point. Then, I started to find that
even during an O and M lesson where I'm concentrating, I still get
lost, and think i'm somewhere, when I actually end up somewhere
totally different from where I thought I was. I know this isn't the
exact same thing as what you're saying, but I am also curious as to
how this happens, as it happens to me quite often. I was told once
that this type of disorientation is associated to the cause of my
blindness, which may be a possibility, though I don't even believe
that I have whatever this person said I do. Can't think of the name of
it at this point--lebers or something or other, forgive me if I
misspelled that.
Also, as I'm typing this, something else occurred to me. My family is
dislecsic, but I was told that only a sighted person could be.
However, I've even noticed that at times I have done things like
writing things backwards etc, so wondering about that as well.
My problem is, I do know how to recognize patterns, but I'm wondering
if my problem may be something else.
So there were my thoughts on the matter.


On 10/13/09, Adrianne Dempsey <adrianne.dempsey at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am wondering if any one has experienced this or something like it and if
> you have any ideas as to what causes it or how to fix the problem.  At the
> risk of sounding silly, I sometimes have some sort of perceptual problem.
> It may be because of blindness, but I believe it has something to do with my
> dyslexia.  I am not really sure what to call it, but it is similar to
> vertigo, though I am positive it is not the right word.  I sort of lose my
> sense of direction.  It is especially terrifying when I am in a place I
> already don't know, but it even happens when I am in a familiar area.  When
> it happens in a familiar place I can adjust after a moment or to but it is
> still frustrating.  Basically what happens is everything around me is
> different from the way it was a second ago.  I am fully aware that the room
> didn't actually change, but my brain no longer recognizes the pattern.  I
> mean I could be in my kitchen, and I know my kitchen-I cook in and clean it
> every day with no problems except those random moments when all of a sudden
> I suddenly don't know which way I am facing or what the proximity of matter
> around me is.  When this happens I feel like a crazy person because I know
> my house, and it doesn't happen all the time and it never lasts long, but I
> feel so lost when it does.  I know it has nothing to do with orientation
> because it has nothing to do with  learning an area.  I use to think it did
> as it happens allot more when I am in a big open area but it happens in
> places I am very familiar with as well.  I started thinking it might be a
> blindness thing, but I don't know many other people it happens to if any.  I
> was diagnosed with dyslexia, and that is your brains inability to recognize
> patterns.  It shows up mostly in reading and righting, and it defanatly does
> that for me, but I am wondering if it extends farther to spatial and
> directional perceptions.  If anyone has any thoughts on this  please let me
> know as I am curious as to  it's relationship to dyslexia or if it is
> something else entirely and any thoughts on how to remedy it.
>
> Thanks so much.
>
>
> Andi
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