Bright Kids Who Can't Keep Up

We profile two smart young men with slow processing, a learning difference that affects their ability to manage daily tasks in a timely fashion. Dr. Ellen Braaten has expert advice for both parents and children coping with this issue.
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[@kiernanoh]

I just got tested by a psychologist at the age of 21 and was found to have a 98th percentile IQ but 4th percentile in processing speed. It feels like such a relief to understand why I feel so dumb and don't "get" things sometimes like reading or listening

[@LINX29X92]

Not a relief… cursed

[@ryobaaishi9968]

I have 5th percentile.. people call me a slowpoke, or tell me to move, push me, tell me to hurry up.. I wanna punch them so bad, break each of their vital bones. I hate being called those but I've been called those so many times I feel like I just don't care. When it comes to the whole disabled community though I get angry and fight those people. I almost potentially killed someone. Usually, I don't know how to control my strength, but I just put my hands on them.

[@murtamp9828]

I'm in the top 14 percentile but diagnosed dyslexic sooo 🙄

[@christfollower5713]

​@@ryobaaishi9968We r on the same boat ... but u know what , the good news is that God values you as much as others , you are in no way inferior , he created you and loves you so much ... without Jesus we r desperate in this life , because he said he prepared to each individual a place in heaven , but we have to choose if we wanna be with him !

[@thehighpriestess8431]

Where did you find this test?

[@mgw622]

"I feel like they have a lot to teach us." Ha! Yeah... we do... but no one ever seems to slow down enough to listen.

[@Galbex21]

Haha exactly they are to focused in their fast paced thunking.

[@MarciaArleneDebra]

Read the biography about Laurent Schwartz. Schwartz said he could not start something unless it made sense to him, so he always had to analyze before he starts working on it.

[@Galbex21]

In school everyone bullied me for being slow. I still feel bad about that.

[@gama5942]

Are you good?

[@MG-hg1sq]

how are u

[@dinex5574]

Me Too.

[@KintsugiRemade]

I still get bullied at work. I’m new at a job and with everything personal going on and this added to it, I feel so alone. I’m at my breaking point. I hate being this way

[@kelleebeth]

Me too 😕

[@Tiger__]

I know how this kid feels. I got slow processing problem... even today, it still painful dealing with work...

[@tyronewhiteheadjr1566]

Same

[@hdjksa52]

I am 42 now and I was diagnosed with this. I wish I had a support group because it has led to a loss of my military career, a felony charge and me graduating from college with a low GPA *THIS YEAR!* This country really sucks when it comes to handling mental health and learning disabilities. I'm really upset the way my life is going.

[@edhooper1421]

Dont give up man. I never enlisted in the military but ive lost a great job because my boss lost patience with me not being up to task with my assignment. People fear and misjudge what they dont understand.

[@tiannaewing2057]

How were you diagnosed with this

[@capgains]

Hey I’m 42 as well. Mba, I could never use because I couldn’t compete. Spent nearly a decade in a low end job. Rejected and was passed with opportunities. Now I’m going for a Hail Mary, med school. I know it won’t work out, so I’m doing this for something to be remembered by.

[@hdjksa52]

@@capgains Good luck, friend.

[@hi-jt2qg]

@@capgains best of luck, u got this

[@sebastianlynch4741]

Thank you, seriously. It's nice to know someone else has been exactly threw what im currently trapped in

[@davidfroehlich5609]

I'm in the same boat. I have never talked to someone with this before. How do you deal with it?

[@sebastianlynch4741]

@@davidfroehlich5609 i havent truly dealt with it im just barley scraping by but i have started talking about it...its a good start give it a try

[@davidfroehlich5609]

@@sebastianlynch4741 Same. Have almost droped out of school so many times. I will probably get my G.E.D. Adderal has been the only thing that has helped, but I probably need to stop talking it because of circulation problems, which is a super rare side affect.

[@Tiger__]

@@davidfroehlich5609I know how you both feel. this something doesn't go away and I always feel the world doesn't get it. when I was in high school, I can't keep up and find my self almost failing. when I taking college online. I got a GPA of 3.5 due I can go at my own speed. now I work and every day is a nightmare for me. it feels like nothing ever get better...

[@jamesdevries1218]

Okay is there resources for college graduates young adults? I got the help in school but please Help us Young Adults!

[@dhooy7150]

As a student in medical school struggling, I'd appreciate if anyone has advice for me. Most of the resources I'm finding are for children.

[@legend9872]

you got into med school with slow processing speed? thats actually really inspiring for me..

[@capgains]

Watch this kzbin.info/www/bejne/jorQgYqnbbaDh8k And check out Dr Amen

[@capgains]

I’m an aspiring med student and myself struggle with these issues

[@Cereal_For_Lunch]

I’m in law school atm so I really emphasis with this 😅 it’s really fucking hard man

[@danielfly7659]

i like how you came for advice and instead your the one being asked for advice 😭✌🏼

[@northernkingdom1448]

What's it called when it's a simple yes or no answer but your mind goes through all the possibilities to the answer? It kinda feels like slow processing in a way but I'm just putting all the variables in place and coming up with the best outcome.

[@maryannmanalang9249]

I also struggle with this, I can’t say yes/no straight up because I’m still processing so I’m perceived as having slow/difficulty in understanding

[@northernkingdom1448]

@@maryannmanalang9249 exactly, very analytical.

[@josephdaquila2479]

Wow

[@ThatOneGirlThatPlays]

I wish I could've had help with this growing up. Now I have complex ptsd from having been fired four times for under performance and almost fired another couple of times before I quit. I was always 85% of quotas my entire life and having autism and inattentive adhd to boot. Im 36 and only just now learning ive had these.

[@jaxthewolf4572]

I understand your struggles. 😔

[@jacobterry2737]

I have slow speed processing, im 12, I sometimes feel like dropping out of school because I cant complete my homework in time, my brother does not have this so he completes his homework quickly and has a lot of break time, I sometimes just not do my homework because I hate doing stuff when im mad, plus, I have a walking problem with my knees, I am good at sports but not so good at schoolwork.

[@kyliecoffman887]

I have the same problum. Your school should have a therapist or counselor or someone you can talk to in order to get help which is what I did and I am 12 too and you can get your mom or dad to do that for you if you have no idea where to start and who to talk to. Hope I helped.

[@tyronewhiteheadjr1566]

@@kyliecoffman887 i feel the same way but i try

[@erinbrady424]

Think about asking your school for a scribe when possible (someone who will write while you talk) or if you can, try to use voice to text. I work in a high school and we ask our students to use Voice for Google docs- go to Tools> Voice typing and click on the microphone icon- it's worth trying!

[@Cereal_For_Lunch]

Try and get your school to give you a scribe, laptop, or give you extra time for work and exams. There’s often resources available. I started getting extra time with my exams when I was in Year 9 / 8th grade. It doesn’t help completely, but it helped massively. You’ve got this 🥰

[@Galbex21]

Dont worry. Life is so much more than who os the fastest. Homework is for you to learn not to finish quickly.

[@folafoluwaasabi8387]

I hope my parents see this It's actually hard especially when all your siblings are very fast learners it even becomes worse when you are being compared to someone younger than you with seven years and you are being shouted at even when you are doing your best.....I can't type much but African parents should see this!

[@umayoub1]

Send it to them, and be proud of all the things you do no matter how small & thank God

[@glenicejohnson5057]

I can DEFINITELY relate. Thanks for sharing!!!

[@nramirez2520]

Thank you so much for this information it really helped. I have been struggling a lot with this and it means a lot to know that I am not alone.

[@wanderergrim]

I only properly realised I have this and now I'm almost 18

[@Serpico198227]

I am 36 and I am realizing I always had a learning dissability.

[@briggsloft9475]

Salman Khan is your best friend.

[@andrejz8954]

@SharkTank nope..

[@yingzhou9351]

Looks like my father has it. I have it. And now my son has it. My father is a paleontologist famous enough in his small field. I have an advanced degree in science. I had perfect grades in middle school. Mixed grades since then. Some were close to perfect scores. I know if not for this, I could have done better. The advantage is although I am slow, I come up with correct answers, while others make mistakes.

[@harshavardhanvaidya938]

I am generally a fast processor of information. I respond normally in conversations but when it comes to problem solving involving numbers, such as Math, accounts and Statistics, I am very slow at processing information. My teachers say that it's because of a lack of practice and think that a disability is unlikely. I went to a psychiatrist who said that my intelligence is above average and have no learning disability either. Maybe, it is just a matter of practice. Maybe my mind takes time to process new things even if they are easy. Maybe that could be attributed to evolution. We are evolutionarily wired to be intimidated by anything new.

[@chipinchina]

Is this the same thing as Sluggish Cognitive Tempo?

[@danielestaub9445]

Thanks for this content.

[@user-od8ph1kj1l]

This hits hard.

[@STUNTHEINSECT]

I have a processing speed higher than the 88% of my peers but a verbal skill only above the 53%, and my academic performance is terrible. Though, I'm a hiperralist sculptor without even trying.

[@alicewright8367]

My 7 year old is SO smart. Has SO much potential. He's recently been diagnosed with combined ADHD. He is a VERY well behaved, good kid but is awful at following instructions and gets flustered because I can be very go go go. It's a hard learning curve for us both because as a kid I HAD to be gogogo. I dint want him to feel the same way I did. My 2 year old has SPD, APD and is non-verbal. It makes me wonder whether my eldest has APD too. I have APD too so it would make a lot of sense. It must be so difficult feeling trapped in your own mind when you are fully capable. I learnt to mask and shut down. I dont want my children to have to do the same.

[@umayoub1]

It's from overload of built up toxins while mother pregnant and/or vaccines after birth. Try gaps diet it may help

[@Ignasimp]

This slow processing has anything to do with SCT (slow cognitive tempo)?

[@user-ix9fz7ps2n]

Same question

[@andrejz8954]

id guess no..

[@TrueCerulean]

It’s def not like being on a yoga retreat. I can tell ya that.

[@VVVedic]

what is the solution for this.

[@davidfroehlich5609]

I am 17 and have strugled with this my hole life. Dose anyone have any ideas about how to get faster so I don't kill my self. Anything, please.

[@aminjarikji6326]

I don't know you but believes me I am a 25 year old and I'm from a thread world country it's a living nightmare

[@davidfroehlich5609]

Amin Jarikji I am sorry to hear that and I know there are may people that go though much wors things than I have. I hope your ok. What country are you from?

[@aminjarikji6326]

@@davidfroehlich5609 Hhhhh a bullshit country in (please don't think badly of me when you know Lebanon )it an over flowing cesspool believes it not an human environment

[@briggsloft9475]

Hey I have the same problem as you. Use Khan Academy. You can learn anything for free at your own pace. Think of it this way, most normal people are infantry soldiers, but we are tanks, we might move slowly, but when we do hit something, it blasts everything. You will always win in the long-run. "People fear what they do not understand". You are not alone. There are many tanks in an army.

[@sherryxia8362]

Don't kill yourself, please. You are so much more worth it.

[@jessicacooper9139]

I explain it to people like this: processing speed is not equal to IQ and they seem to get it I think because of the comparison to computers.

[@kyliecoffman887]

Kids are born with it not because of computers

[@johneaston6523]

Finding the right environment is key ... "If you judge a fish by it's ability to climb a tree it will live it's whole life thinking that it is stupid." - Albert Einstein

[@TopperPenquin]

The distance between my piano and computer was too great. I would gain the next three notes though in the 5 footsteps to the computer they were forgotten. So the Cosmic Ballet Goes On.

[@user-ix9fz7ps2n]

Is there a name for this? Is it a disorder?

[@brutallyhonest1962]

The Buddah comment is probably offensive as these are people who can't preform faster, it's not a choice and it doesn't guarantee deeper thought just slower output

[@MG-hg1sq]

i haev sluggish cognitive tempo

[@Bananadoc1]

What do you do if your child refuses help? :(

[@kyliecoffman887]

Bananadoc1 you tell them that they have it if you did not yet and say it is ok and you still love them then say let me help so it is ok and just let me help

[@davidfroehlich5609]

If they don't want help you should accept that. Forcing them to get help will just hurt their self esteem. I know from experience.

[@AWSMcube]

@@davidfroehlich5609 huge facts. they'll probably ask for help when it starts to affect them severely

[@Ignasimp]

@@davidfroehlich5609 make them. Don't listen to those who tell you no to force him. I deal with problems like this and the only way I face them is by being forced to do so.

[@umayoub1]

Be patient and show you love them

[@thehighpriestess8431]

I have found my tribe.

[@FransvandenBergeMuziekschuur]

These are words given to you by someone else. Go and do where your heart is. And you will be on speed in no time.

[@idan7989]

I wanted to write a comment but forgot what i wanted to say😕

[@youtubechanel5243lp]

🙏

[@LINX29X92]

I mean like what are we suppose to do in our adult life… go job to job trying to hide this order hoping this time it works out. Slow processed are a curse on this earth and we should all just be eradicated and let the normals live in perfection.

[@DJFreeway-DJExit-DJClaritin]

75% of these normals are a pain in the butt a good chunk of them look down on our tribe of “slower processing speed” folks

[@umayoub1]

Some jobs people need to be slow

[@idan7989]

SCT Dissorder

[@legend9872]

this is VERY different from SCT...I had a teacher who had SCT and let me tell you, the symptoms are way more prominent

[@rlebron2249]

I have SCT and is the same sensation of cant keep up, but the difference that I feel is that with SCT you look slower in everything like living in slowmotion, is funny that people tell me I speak really slow but I hear myself as fast as them so I cant realize I,m slow by my own. I also walk very slow but I have very long legs so I'm more like cartoon show giant, slow and big I like being big it gives me like an excuse to being slow.

[@thepreacher621]

Lol my iq is 148 in one catagory and 72 in another and I average 118 and it’s so frustrating that literal idiots think they are smarter than me for being faster than me. I’m just glad that it was picked up quickly cause I remember they used to keep me back because I would get 55% on test since I would never finish them whereas now I can get 97% on maths tests.

[@cyper89]

Good for you. What did you do to improve your learning habilities?

[@wintermatherne2524]

Literally same…