Living With Dyslexia - experiences, insecurities, and tips [CC]

[@UdyKumra]

"There are 7.5 billion people on this Earth. You don't have time for people who treat you like that." -this is just solid advice in general :)

[@deanryanmartin]

Truth.

[@toganium4175]

And you are still able to analyze literature. Mad respect.

[@christinekaye6393]

As a writer, I've always been so impressed with Merphy's ability to analyze so many aspects of books, not just the plots or characters. She's a very attentive reader.

[@mellowyellow5865]

Dyslexic people can analyze and see the big picture a lot more easily than most people. It’s a benefit and comes very handy in most hard English and art classes. It’s just one elevated skill to help make up for the missing skills.

[@sarahsiebert9023]

What is literature? Lol

[@wesleybrown9018]

I didn't find out that I was dyslexic until about 3 weeks before graduation. It's not especially bad. Then 3.5 years later I was diagnosed with ADHD. I was told that put together it's no wonder why I've struggled with reading my whole life. School system where I grew up was comparably awful. They pretty much just thought I was stupid. Funny thing with the typing however, I was such a fast typer with so few mistakes the computer teacher wanted to sign me up for some advanced thing. I declined because I had better things to do than school. Like work on writing my books. Now I'm a published author.

[@onerandom688]

Shh, you’re just an unclaimed demigod ;)

[@saracavallo3389]

@@onerandom688 shh they cant know or monsters will come!!!

[@marocat4749]

neurodiverse club

[@britneynicole8903]

Congratulations on being a published author! That is awesome!

[@wesleybrown9018]

@@britneynicole8903 thank you. I'm actually close to putting out the sequel.

[@anabencomo23]

To all of Merphy's dyslexic subscribers (and Merphy herself, of course): You guys are amazing!!! Keep fighting 💖💖💖

[@averybroyles6170]

Ana Bencomo thanks for the encouragement. For laughs 💀 I just wanna let you know that I thought you said: to all of Murphy’s diagnosed subscribers (and Murphy herself, of course): you guys are amazing!!! Keep flying

[@anabencomo23]

@@averybroyles6170 Oh God! 🤣🤣🤣. But also, if you guys can fly, teach me your ways 👀

[@britneynicole8903]

Thank you! 💕😁☀️

[@britneynicole8903]

I have the most issues with reading cursive. 😮😬

[@carahamelie]

My daughter is 9 and dyslexic.... it's super tough to watch as a parent. I want to be able to help her so badly but I can't. It's so encouraging to see success stories like yours. I think she would LOVE reading, but it's very difficult at this age.

[@ThatOneLadyOverHere]

First of all, I'm not a professional, but I have picked up a few things and find researching things like this fascinating because I want to homeschool my kids and need to be prepared for whatever brains they have. A couple of my siblings also he dyslexia, so what I know so far came from my mom. Try the Open Dyslexic font. It is free to download, I found it on dafont.com. I know she said it didn't work for her, but I tutored a 2nd grader for a little while and it was the only way I got her to even try to read anything. It also works well for my family members with dyslexia. Another thing is that apparently a lot of people with dyslexia read better on paper that isn't white. The specific color is different for everyone, so you will need to experiment and see or have her tested (one of my sibling was told by a professional what color they read better on). What you could do then it have a piece of clear plastic in the color to place over pages so she can read it better. It also helps if there is a line on it she can put under the line she is read or that the plastic is more like a window in something that blocks the rest of the page so she can only see a couple lines. Also, like she said that the typing program her parents had her do helped a lot there are a bunch of activities to help train the dyslexic brain. Especially since a lot more research has been done the kids growing up now are really blessed by having so many resources to be taught the way their brain needs. I'm sure you could easily either talk to a professional about activities to do with her or research activities and just try different things till you find something that works.

[@JoanieDoeShadow]

If you haven't read Smart but feeling Dumb it's a good resource for understanding the struggle and different things that helped people.

[@Ivielynn123]

You sound like a great parent that will be patient with her and that's amazing. In sure she has so many other strengths and I'm sure she will do great in life!! Good luck to you and your daughter!

[@moonbook12]

As someone who have dyslexic and only start reading by myself (in my native language) in fith grade . What help me my parents read to me but sometimes they make me read it . Also they is book plushing\ font that can help dyslexic people that might her , plus maybe reading physical copy but also lasing to a book might help. But a book I think you and your daughter maybe like called Out My Mind, it made reazie that I'm not alone by the fact you smart but have disabilities . She will be fine

[@TheBookishMom]

my 7 year old daughter ie being tested this year. We, along with her school, believe she is dyslexic. She has been getting extra help and practice at school already and is doing well, but yes it is so hard as a parent because we just want to make it all better.

[@ambale455]

I love this, I need "Dyslexics, we are not a monolith" on a shirt The word thing, I totally relate to, and actually I want to share a bit of my story I was diagnosed when I was 6, and I couldn't read or write at all. But I had a lot of support from teachers and my grandma. I would read out loud to the principal. I would read short books ALL THE TIME. And I would also write a bunch of short stories. I never did it because I loved it, it was always to "cure myself of dyslexia" In fifth grade, I realised that I won't be cured, this is a part of me. And then I realized that I actually liked reading and writing, and I looked at all the books I've been reading. All of them were written by people, they didn't just manifest. So... if they could write a book, why couldn't I? Dyslexia helped me discover my passion and love Also a quick reading comprehension tip, on days when my dyslexia is bad, after a reading a paragraph I ask myself "what did this say?" If can't answer it, I try again, until I can understand. If I can't do paragraph then I do a sentence. I break down the text

[@TinasLiteraryLootChest]

For the 👕 Take my 💰

[@lucypucy12222]

I love this! I relate a lot! I was diagnosed at 8 with adhd and dyslexia and couldn’t read or write. When I was 12 I managed to read my first book and I just read it 10 times bc I was so excited about it. Unfortunately my later high-school always had obligatory reading and I never managed to finish a book in time which made it horribly frustrating. But after I graduated I started reading for fun! It took me a long time but I’m so grateful for it! Thanks for the tip!

[@britneynicole8903]

That is a great idea for a shirt! I would definitely get one!

[@ayushsrivastava767]

For dyslexic words are like faces Some time We mistake some for other like reading Sirius instead of severus Sometimes we look at a familiar word but not known what it is or how to pronounce it Just like looking at a familiar but not knowing who he/she is Forgetting the most basic spelling Like which, witch? 🤔 And what's most funny, the spelling of Dislexa dixlexyea dislexyia ?

[@nairadoctor9040]

Mistaking sirius and Severus is so relatable to me 😂😂😂 when I first read Harry Potter I just kept getting SO confused between these two in book 3, I literally kept thinking Severus used to be Jame's friend and then he bullied him or something and I felt like nothing was making sense for a big chunk of the book 🤣🤣 And if I'm being honest the whole story didn't get clear and right for me until I listened to the whole series second time in audiobook format lol

[@ayushsrivastava767]

@@nairadoctor9040 yea it was same for me but i did get that i read wrong after a line or 2 and i corrected my self

[@nairadoctor9040]

@@ayushsrivastava767 I realized I probably read something wrong but I couldn't figure out what and just continued with the story, I guess that was why I just kept confusing the characters over and over again 😂😂 About a year later when I listened to all the audiobooks I just had that 'OOOHH' moment where suddenly all the pieces fit together

[@deniseauld4094]

I didn’t physically read a Harry Potter book till book 5. All the names I couldn’t pronounce made me so frustrated that I put it down. Thankfully my school had the audiobooks and my mom and I would listen to it on the way to school in the morning. By the time I read number 5 I was more comfortable because I at least knew how to pronounce the names of the characters. I still took me a year to finish it though.

[@ridhazangar3098]

yh i think the sirius and severus thing is a pretty general mistake, i'm not dyslexic but i do it all the time, starts with the same letter and ends with the same letters, i reckon it's pretty easy to confuse them when you're reading fast

[@boboblacksheep5003]

I had no idea you are dyslexic. Mad respect. Rando on the internet: 'But you're a BookTuber! You can't be dyslexic.' I hate such comments. The other person might seem so successful and able doesn't mean that they aren't struggling. Everyone has struggles of their own. Edit: typo.

[@psychicsocial]

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." - Maclaren

[@alisameiah5035]

i'm Script/Screen writer and in a process in writingmy first book and i'm both Dyslexic and ADHD. yea. i write standing. pen on exam sheets. hey... what ever works right!?

[@illiengalene2285]

Dominic Noble is a dyslexic booktuber too.😅

[@purplegothicangel5650]

I hear you with the hate comments. On Sasha Alsberg's channel, abookutopia, she told her story about her dyslexia and a rude user, don't remember his name, said, there is no such thing as dyslexia learn to read you bleeping idiot. Not his actual words, but I am not writing the nasty thing he said. I also hate how dyslexia has become nothing more than we just reverse letters, or we can't read at all. It's so much more than that, depending on the person who has it. With my dyslexia, my brain skips words like, is, as, of, and small words like that and always had a nasty teacher correct me loudly; I also have trouble with adjectives. I have to stop reading to look up what they mean and how to pronounce them.

[@marocat4749]

Daniel has either Adhd or dyslexia, or both. And yes dominicc noble, mentioned it with percy jackson series review.

[@zlivingbook5418]

I have dyscalculia, but I still related to what you were saying on a spiritual level. Instead of skipping over words, I skip over + and - signs which did a lot of good for me in math classes X__X

[@thecrazybookworm3086]

Same! (I think, I'm dyslexic and I think I have dyscalculia too, but havent been diagnosed)

[@limon-y-sal]

I am actually writting a character with dyscalculia! Her name is Pam. If there is anything you would like to add about the characters and what could be her relashionship with dyscalculia, just let me know!

[@bookschocaholic]

Same!! I was literally incapable and understanding what I was supposed to do in maths class!

[@vivianclaire8678]

@ the crazy book worm, same thing here

[@chloeahey]

Same! it’s so so hard for my brain to comprehend math! Especially in written form.

[@emmavossen1219]

I almost never comment but I have to this time! I am 32, I have dyslexia, and I have a PhD in English literature. It was incredibly hard, but I did it because I love reading and writing. SO much of what you said in this video resonated with me. I actually think I didn't get diagnosed early in part BECAUSE I loved reading. Teachers were like "well it can't be that then!" despite the fact that I was failing EVERY SINGLE spelling test and struggling HARD in most other subjects as well. At one point they told my mom I had to read more or I was going to fail third grade and my mom was like "that is physically impossible" and so they brought a reading expert in who found I read (very slowly) at a 10th-grade level. They just couldn't fathom that I read constantly but could not spell even though the answer was SO OBVIOUS! I didn't get diagnosed until I was in university and figured it out myself and went and made an appointment at the learning centre. At that point, they were basically like "Well you have done an amazing job in adapting to your situation so we can't do much to help you unless you want ADHD medication." Then the first teacher I told about my dyslexia literally told me to drop out of my master's degree! She told me to drop out and find a job where I "never had to read and write" and then she paused and said, "actually, I'm not sure that exists." It was one of the worst moments of my life as someone who loved reading and wanted to be a writer! Now I have a PhD and am a published author, and I see how 50% of my struggle was the disability and 50% was just other ppl. People refusing to accommodate me, people mocking me, people making me feel ashamed, people labelling me as stupid, etc. If people were just kind so much struggling could be avoided! Thank you for making this video I think it will help a lot of people.

[@simstander5471]

I am inspired. I still can’t believe that there are dyslexics out there who love to read. I only wish. Congrats on your PHD

[@thesaltypickle]

I am both dyslexic and adhd, I find reading hard for the same reason you mentioned as my brain skips around words. I can take away a total different meaning from text because my brain can’t “follow the bouncing ball” as I put it😂 I find it hard to read out loud and even mispronounce words I know how to say just my brain says “nope” at that moment. I miss spell words all the time which KILLS me, and I am super insecure about it especially now in college. But, I’m going to graduate school soon with these “learning disabilities”. I just now understand it’s apart of who I am and I can still accomplish my dreams with them. I can totally relate, thank you for this video🥺.

[@brinleyowens2551]

This puts reading in a whole different perspective for me! I didn't know what dyslexics went through. Thank you for letting me know!

[@violetadaguiar9776]

Dude, you are dyslexic and you were a narrator? Don't care if it ended up not being sustainable... That's SO powerful !!!

[@natt5096]

As someone who didn’t know I had a form of dyslexia (numbers specifically numbers) until I was much older, I appreciate this video so much! I struggle with reading numbers daily, and have problems with letters when I’m tired. I’m a professional writer now, and man is it tiring at times! I feel you Merphy, and this video is so refreshing!

[@atharvadeshpande4749]

Isn't that dyslexia with numbers called Dysgraphia? Not being rude or Just curious. I kinda Read about it once in my science textbook so Just curious.

[@nat6098]

@@atharvadeshpande4749 it could be dysgraphia or dyscacula but neither are well known so saying dyslexia but with numbers is often the go to explanation for people with those two math learning disabilities.

[@natt5096]

Atharva Deshpande yes, Nat is correct, it’s dyscalculia. It’s unknown by many and commonly referred to as “number or math dyslexia”, so it’s just easier to say that. Especially when I struggle with letters on occasion.

[@pipitameruje]

Just curious here: do you find all numbers hard, no matter what they pertain to, or can you handle dates and years and it's other forms of numbers in writing that get you? You would love my first language teachers, who made it a rule that you should always prefer writing down cardinal and ordinal numbers, and never just the number (i.e. nineteen seventy two instead of 1972). This went on for the early years of schooling, so as to make sure we could write properly before being allowed the use of the "abreviations".

[@nat6098]

@@pipitameruje I have dyscacula as well and for me any arabic numeral and any font that makes letters look like numerals screw me up. I also can't comprehend math unless it has context. So trigonometry was a nightmare but doing the same thing in physics where the numbers represented something solid was easier. I can read analog clocks but only after a lot of practice which was the same with money. Money was slightly easier because the amount was connected to a physical object though when I'm tired I struggle. Working close at a retail store was always hard and I got really embarrassed when I kept messing up and had to call someone else to finish my cash count. I still don't have an official diagnosis but I scored highly on the initial tests, part of which had me read numbers and dots on dice. I got so many wrong because my brain read 2 as 5, or7 as 9, and just deleted or added dots to the dice. I've had problems forever but it was only after breaking down in the math tutoring center at university that anyone suggested that I had a problem. Until then teachers just assumed I wasn't putting the work in. When it comes to math concepts it's like describing what something is without you ever seeing the object and you're being taught in a alien language.

[@OracleTruth24]

It always amazes me that you and Daniel are such avid, voracious readers, considering you would both classify yourselves in the moderate to severe range in this disability. It's so interesting how your strategies for overcoming dyslexia diverge from Daniel's in several ways. This was enlightening. Thank you for the video!

[@BlueEyedSkinner]

I can read bold print, but I can't read cursive or that really colorful picture that you showed in the video. My dyslexia was very very evident when I was little. My mom homeschooled us, and she would get so frustrated because I would be able to read my sight words one day, in the next day I would have no clue what they were. It was really frustrating and confusing for everybody. When we finally figured out that dyslexia was my struggle, she backed off quite a bit and let me learn at my own pace, while having me do exercises that trained my right and left brain to work together. I loved books, I wanted to be a newspaper editor, and at the time I didn't see dyslexia is being something that would mess with that. things were easier at home, but I was required to read at church sometimes, and that was a very humiliating experience. High school was hard. I think the thing that resonated with me the most was that you said something to the effect of "you are not dumb". I always have felt less intelligent, not as smart, not as quick as other people. More than anything, dyslexia tanked my self-esteem. I am now a stay-at-home mom of two little girls, and I'm homeschooling them right now. My 6-year-old is a fantastic reader and she loves books. I have honestly shed tears over the fact that reading has not been a struggle for her the way it was for me. I do my best to read to them every day, and I'm thankful that they are simpler books with simpler sentence structure. But I still trip over my words constantly, and my young girls are very gracious. I don't know if it's the dyslexia, but the biggest hindrance to my reading is the fact that I have to have absolute quiet. If my kids are playing in the background, or if the TV is going, I can't read anything. I listen to a lot of audiobooks for this reason.

[@marielakrumova115]

I also need quite, every sounds distracts me and l just start repeating the same sentence over and over

[@nataliagalecka3614]

I have the same problem when I'm reading in my native language and there's TV on (I live in Poland) but if I read in English and there's Polish in the background it doesn't bother me as much! I think it's very interesting 😂

[@drishtibharath8667]

I do not suffer from dyslexia (luckily) so i couldn't related but I totally understand how difficult it is for you to deal with it ! And for you to talk about it and help others it's so nice and also important ! Cz if you can read this much while bearing with dyslexia,, that's motivating (inspiring too) 🌻🌻

[@pipitameruje]

I'm not dyslexic either. I was taught to read and write at five, and I still find myself skipping entire words every now and then, particularly when it's something I've written. I know what I wanted to write, so my brain kind of assumes I did it, even if the verb is missing on a sentence. I usually proofread twice, on different days, because of it. I do find it fascinating that so many dyslexics love reading. It's harder for them, but they still go at it. Specially once they know what's "wrong" with their reading, I guess it feels like a game. Beating a sentence is like beating a level. One of my cousins is dyslexic and that's how he describes it.

[@averybroyles6170]

Drishti Bharath I am dyslexic and I thought it be fun to do a little experiment and type out what I read when I read this comment. For science! Super nice, by the way thank you. I am not a suffer from dyslexia (luckily) so I couldn’t relate but I totally understand how difficult it is for you to deal with it ! And for you to talk about it and help others it’s so nice and also important ! Cz if you can read this much while barely with dyslexia,, that’s motivating (inspiring too) Not too bad only got a few things mixed up

[@drishtibharath8667]

@@averybroyles6170 haha you did well! 🌻🌻

[@clareclements6724]

I'm not dyslexic but I do have epilepsy. Much of what you said really resonated with me. I find my eyes flicker and skip lines altogether, or return to the beginning of the same line so I read the same one over again. Some days it's so bad the lines merge into each other and I can't focus at all. Thank you for being so forthright about your dyslexia and sharing your experience with us :)

[@the_corvid97]

Fellow epileptic! Thank you for talking about your reading difficulties as I sometimes experience similar things and haven't heard about others experiencing epilepsy in this way.

[@floramew]

Not personally dyslexic, but I love hearing about others with various disabilities. I get migraines & am autistic, which both affect my ability to read. I have not read a print or Kindle book in years, partially bc the eye strain can trigger migraines... and even when I'm not actually bed bound, it's still painful and makes it hard to think. I have audio processing issues from the autism, which sounds...a lot like your experience with dyslexia tbh, if less severe, and with interpreting sound rather than print. So some days I just... don't listen, instead playing dumb phone games etc that are like mental potato chips. Satisfying in the moment, but worthless and not even all that good. Anyway yeah this was good to listen to, thanks for sharing 👍

[@Codyline]

Thank you, now I know how to explain audio processing issues to people. xD :) I've never connected that, it's actually a perfect description. Some days processing audio is harder and some it's easier, but words turn to mush. (I'm also autistic)

[@petrusjnaude7279]

After watching this video, and having never known you were dyslexic, I find it a strange coincidence that you and Daniel Greene are the two BookTubers I actively follow on KZbin.

[@deanryanmartin]

Same with me. I had no single clue Merphy and Daniel were dyslexics. Just followed them more than a year ago and binge-watch their reviews.

[@mrfrancyofficial]

Here, here!!!

[@marocat4749]

I think dominic noble is too. Another great one . Maybe youtube just attracts people tat are neurodiverse one way or another. Seriously.

[@uzairkhanonstuff]

We Would Love To See You Taking us to your Local Library (Kind of a vlog Maybe!). We Would Absolutely Love it.💙

[@swarmsea]

As a speech therapist, I have been waiting for you to do this video for months, since I heard in one of your videos that you have it. Thank you for sharing your story with us!

[@mariosblago94]

As a therapist, also dyslexic, I'd like to point out that Dyslexia is NOT considered a "mental disorder," at least not anymore. The International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) lumps it over atypical brains, and not with other mental illnesses. It's a different type of brain that is better at understanding concepts and big picture ideas, but struggles with symbol recognition and linearity (following symbols, words, or ideas in a specific order). Never say your brain is broken, it isn't. It's just different; though, I agree, it can be frustrating sometimes. The same things that make you ignore bold worlds or confuse letters, also make you faster at understanding character development or could even make you more creative. Yes, dyslexia is still technically a 'learning disability,' but only because most school programs are not designed with atypical brains in mind. In a program designed around the strengths and weaknesses of a dyslexic brain, dyslexic kids tend to do equal (and sometimes better) than their peers. PS: also, dyslexia has a genetic component. I recommend getting your kid evaluated early on just in case.

[@rainbowxion4318]

As someone who has the fun double whammy of disgraphia and dyslexia handwriting is my biggest bane I cant read it other people cant read it fun times all around. To answer your question bold text does mess me up but underlined words get me more.

[@Star1412s]

.... I had no idea that disgraphia is a thing, but I think I might have that. I'd write letters backwards a lot when I was a kid, and I needed a therapy(?) to help me figure out b, d, p, and q. Even though I could read words with those letters fine. My normal handwriting is still pretty big as an adult. I might have to look into this more. Thanks!

[@liamgeis4227]

Same here man I feel ya

[@prashantm6995]

I just wanted this vedio, I was reasearching about dyslexia becouse in the book I am writing my main character is dyslexic and I was just searching about the reading part that this vedio popped up. I was like YESSSSS!!!YESSSS

[@kobi-wanaenobi7080]

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[@nairadoctor9040]

That's so cool! Being a dyslexic myself, it's so encouraging to see a character who is dyslexic too 😍😍 Good luck with your book! ❤

[@nairadoctor9040]

@@kobi-wanaenobi7080 That's just rude. Do you even know the person?

[@atharvadeshpande4749]

@@kobi-wanaenobi7080 Reporting ya Buddy. That's just rude as Hell.

[@kobi-wanaenobi7080]

Damn... making jokes in 2020 am I right?

[@patroclus1729]

When I saw you talking about not reading/liking Illuminae files because of dyslexia, I was thinking of whether you've talked about your dyslexia and today when I open my youtube, I see this. You're awesome.

[@ceci9570]

"Today we are going to be talking about✨dyslexia 💖✨🌈"

[@baumkuchen-treecake1328]

I have dislexia and I hate reading but I'd love to read more but I can't moutivate it's so hard

[@Yanman93]

Blows my mind how both Murphy and Daniel Green are dyslexic and at the same time the most popular booktubers!

[@kimbarbeaureads]

This is really interesting. I never knew how nuanced dyslexia was until I watched your channel. You explain your experience very well. Thank you.

[@EzequielNovello]

She's dyslexic and she has a severe library behind her, my respects lady.

[@arnold_h5472]

As a dyslexic reader I really enjoy your videos and Daniels it really makes me keep trying to finish the books I enjoy.

[@henrywayne5724]

You are dyslexic and yet you are an audiobook narrator! This just goes to show that disability is not an inability. You are an inspiration, Merphy.

[@deanryanmartin]

Merph at 28 years old has probably learned to use her dyslexia to her advantage.

[@shaunashley3011]

I’m a homeschooling mom and my oldest is dyslexic and ADHD. I picked up on it far earlier than the school did when she was in public school, but they refused to test her and offered no assistance. Eventually we began homeschooling, got her tested to confirm what I already knew and then I went back to school myself to get certified and learn to teach the Orton-Gillingham method of learning to read. It is the most widely used and best method for teaching dyslexics how to decipher the world of reading and become better readers, build skills and have success. My daughter loves reading and even though it is a struggle and always will be, with the right intervention and stepping away from the school she is thriving. But it’s always great to let her see others like yourself talking about it, admitting to the struggle, but still being successful with reading because you love it. Thank you for sharing for girls like her.

[@BethanyAtazadeh]

Oh my goodness, I feel so bad that I didn't know about the bold thing! I feel like every time I sent audiobook notes, I tried to be helpful by putting the changes in bold, and now I know that it had the opposite effect!! :( So sorry! But I'm still very proud of your hard work, especially knowing how much time you invested in it. Thank you!

[@boli2746]

It's interesting listening to someone else's experiance with dyslexia, as mine is completely different. I think I'm the other side of the coin. Stuff goes in easily, but it tends to bottleneck when going out. I will either, in spoken or written language, simply miss out sentences, ideas or reasoning... and I will have no idea things are actually missing. An easy one: Why did the chicken, to get to the other side. I will write that down, or even say it in a normal day to day life; to my mind I've said, or written it down perfectly. What has helped me; is I wrote a lot of bad fan fiction years ago... it forced me to read things back as if I was reading it aloud in my head. I'm not perfect; but I'm better than I was... As long as I think about what I am going to say or do before I do it - i can generally hide it. Get me stressed or tired and unless you know how my brain or speach patterns work you'll have no idea what I'm talking about in about 5min and it becomes meaningless nonsense.

[@skijumpnose]

Nice that you are talking about this, I didn't think it was nice in the past when people would joke if you made a little spelling mistake in the video title.

[@thepug991]

I’m dyslexic and it can be hard sometimes when I read out loud but in my head i don’t struggle much anymore

[@cristianadiaconu4807]

My god did this video hit home. I can not tell you how hard it was for me and still is to deal with this. For a good part of my life I actually thought i was stupid and I genuinely believed I didn't know how to read which sucks because i love reading with all my heart. I really can't thank my French teacher form high school for helping me cope with this. She is the one that saw me and realised i probably had dyslexia, she would have us read out loud in class to help us with our pronunciation and every time she got to me she would not have me read a full sentence because i physically couldn't the page would say something and i would either stop reading because even though i saw the word I for dome reason couldn't pronounce it at all cause it did not look like an actual word when I tried to say it out loud just a big mess made out of random letters that i didn't understand why were put together, or i would see another word altogether that had nothing to do with what was on the page or sounded remotely similar but not really. So at some point she started telling me specifically what part of the text i was supposed to be reading, usually the middle or last one, so i had enough time to readi it a few times until it was my turn and that actually worked, it helped with my reading out loud situation. I am forever grateful for what she did for me. Regarding the reading bold or different fonts, I completely get you. Most of the time i have my boyfriend reading me memes because it physically pains me to try an make sense out of it. I also deal a lot with this in university. I am vice-president of one of the marketing department in my student association and that means that I have to make or supervise the making of posters, stickers and so on and so forth. The amount of time i had to re-do a project because my dyslexic head would literally not see the mistakes in the writing it's ridiculous, that mostly happens when the font needs to be bold or cursive or have some type of other fancy looking way. I struggle with this wile studying too, mostly this semester where everything was online and all of the materials and books were in electronic format. For one exam in particular I had a very hard rime studying because there were 600 pages that I basically had to remember word to word in within a week and at some point i just gave up, I couldn't make sense of anything the last 100 pages i couldn't even read, there was no one willing to read them to me and even if there were someone i can't remember an entire text, especially if that text is a law or law commentary, if i don't see it myself, i couldn't find explained anywhere in audio format, it was a mess, let's just say i has lucky that part wasn't really important and we didn't cross paths at the exam. Thanl you so much for making this video, it helps knowing you are not alone. You are amazing and one of my favourite youtubers, you made me discover some of my favourite authors(*cough* Brandon Sanderson *cough*) and books. Stay awesome and thank you for existing! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@savethefantasticfour292]

As someone with Dyslexia, it is nice to hear it talked about. I can't tell you how many times as a kid I heard "well, he's just not that good at school". Lots of people struggle with reading and more awareness of possible causes is great as well as the understanding that it can be compensated for. I was a lawyer, I now teach and I love to read even though it is still sometimes difficult. There are people and programs that can help.

[@plottwentyfour]

As a 52 y/o dyslexic, this video had my fighting back the tears. Thankyou. this made me feel validated. I haven't come across many dyslexics throughout my days here on earth, so it's lovely to feel I'm not the only on. I was unable to sit and read "adult books" novels until I discovered audible a few years ago. Now I read the book along side the audible narration, and it's been a game changer.

[@NandaCestari]

I’m not dyslexic (as far as I know), but even though I’ve always loved languages and reading, I’ve always been a slooooooooow reader and writer. My friends were always so much faster than me, and I’ve always felt bad about it. Now I have a degree in translation and spellcheck, and even though it still takes me way longer than any of my peers to work in this area, I can say I like doing my job. It’s harder to find employers that accept that I take longer than others to do my job, but at least I’m doing what I love. Sorry if it’s not pertinent to the topic, I just wanted to share that you can do anything you want in this world, don’t feel discouraged. I’m with you, my loves! Also, writing has always been my number one love in the world, but it takes me way too long to finish a story (queue to one of the reasons it took me a year longer to finish college, along with mental health struggles). But I still have faith I’ll be able to someday publish a book. Merphy is my inspiration. Thank you, Merphy.

[@cherryblossom29099]

I know it's not the same but as someone who has severe ADHD and that does make reading difficult, it's nice to see another book lover share the struggle because it's HARD and insanely frustrating to struggle at something that you love to do and sometimes it's really invalidating so thank you for sharing this with us.

[@cosinev1265]

I have adhd and I found it funny that she said she's better at reading in her head because I have the opposite problem

[@rmahu]

Mild ADHD in my case. Listening to an audiobook while playing with a rubik's cube works for me

[@swavyvlogs]

this video makes me emotional all my life i have felt so dumb because of my dyslexia and to no that people like you exist makes me happy

[@johncooney8121]

Wow! I have dyspraxia, a learning disability closely related to dyslexia. I'm working my way through college right now. Boy is it good to hear others talk about their experiences of their learning disabilities. It is so easy to see those around me plowing through various things, and to start thinking maybe my learning disability is just a figment of my imagination, that maybe I'm just not committed enough, that maybe I'm not working hard enough, that maybe I'm just making excuses for myself. Hearing from others about their similar experiences to mine really helps me overcome this self-doubt and remember that my challenges are real. I particularly connected with how you experience more severe difficulties some days as opposed to others. My learning disability affects coordination more than how information is processed, and some days I simply read and write slowly, other days, sometimes varying within a given day, I will have to specifically consider each pen stroke for various letters and struggle to follow a line of text on an uncrowded page. Hearing third parties talk about these things is one thing; hearing from someone else that they experience similar challenges really helps me legitimize my own experiences to myself. So thank you; thank you for sharing, and for having the courage to do so.

[@ellendixon8362]

This was such a good video. Sometimes I feel isolated at work or life with my dyslexia. I was given help when I was younger so I usually mask it well but this almost makes it harder for others to understand. I'm always getting the oh your not a real dyslexic because you like to read or write or the subtle jokes about why I dont understand an email have made embarrassing spelling mistakes or just take longer to do things or comprehend. So it great to see someone else and gace that reassurance I'm not alone

[@marcusknipp6736]

Comic books were the best for my dyslexia. I couldn’t read anything past a 2nd grade level till 10th grade. So comics were the first adult thing I could read that I didn’t feel like I was being talked down to. Plus when you can’t read all the words the pictures always will fill in the story.

[@cynieloo]

I love this. I had two dyslexic friends in high school and a friend in college that was so ADD he couldn't finish a sentence without getting distracted, but they could all listen. This is why I am building a studio in my home and about to start narrating audiobooks. 🥰

[@baumkuchen-treecake1328]

I have dislexia as well

[@pursueadventure]

You're the first person that has talked about having good and bad days. Some days I read my 2 year old his books without any problems, other days I can barely string 3 words together. I thought it was just me. Thank you for this video.

[@kthxbi]

holy shit a booktuber with dyslexia! I cannot tell you how much it means to me to know that there are booktubers like you with dyslexia. i've always loved reading, but i'm so slow at it (but getting faster now that i've found those dyslexic friendly fonts on e-readers), and i'm just so thankful that you made this video, and this whole channel. thank you

[@vetdad3927]

Murphy, thank you for posting this video! Videos like this help people to understand they are not alone. For the majority of my life, I figured I was the dumb kid that just couldn't read well. I was diagnosed in 3rd grade, but my parents didn't believe in "learning disabilities". They didn't understand what my diagnosis meant. Eventually when I was in middle school they took me to a "learning center" because I was 5 years behind grade level reading. That lasted 3 months. In highschool they tried a computer speed reading program. That didn't help, my ACT score moved by 1 on the reading comprehension and grammar. As soon as you said bold print is omitted, I was like yes, totally yes. That was always one of my biggest problems in school when that had the which one is not it. With the not in bold. For me, stress and anxiety increase my issues with dyslexia. When I get a bigger following on my platform, I plan on doing something like this. Thank you again!

[@j.rileyindependentproductions]

I wanted to comment when you posted the video, but my daughter and I watched through the Switch, so I couldn't. This video came out about a week after I reached out on Twitter and practically begged you to do a video just like this as my daughter has been struggling to get help from the 3rd largest school district in California, Fresno Unified School District FOR YEARS. While I'm sure this means you'd already recorded it, still... THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

[@plottwentyfour]

Wow, I just turned 50, as a dyslexic my only reading has been children's books to the class I work in as a teaching assistant. I have pretty much never read for myself for fun until I recently discovered reading the physical copy of the book along side the audiobook. It has changed my life. Recently I read it, by Stephen king. It took me 4 months, but I loved every second of it. The size of it intimidated me so much, but I dug in and managed to enjoy it. Now I read as a hobby and I love it. Your dyslexia story and others bring me comfort. Thankyou so much x

[@isabelasantos7049]

When you said you would divide the video in two parts, I immediately completed in my mind "no spoilers, and with spoilers". Haha love your channel, Merph 😊👏

[@kimberleyprice8951]

I wasn't diagnosed until my last year of undergraduate study of university. I cant do puzzles (part of the test) skip words and hate reading out loud. Reading helps, writing helps and not getting too frustrated with yourself helps. It is no measure of your intellect and we all find coping mechanism. Thank you Murphy for your honesty about your dyslexia. It's so strange how every dyslexic persons dyslexia is so different.

[@jordylont1879]

It’s very interesting to me to hear your experiences! It’s fantastic to see people being open about struggles, disabilities and such things. Thank you!

[@xxmusicjunkiexx5882]

Thank you so much for talking about this! As another dyslexic, I'm happy to see someone stating how it can effect us all differently. It's not talked about enough. I don't have an issue with bold print, but the font can make reading harder. Cursive might as well be a foreign language.

[@TheElf33]

I loved this. Thank you! My dad is dyslexic so I’m keeping an eye out for it in my own kids and it always makes me so happy to be reminded that you can still love reading so much, despite the frustrations. Your channel is the best.

[@JoshsBookishVoyage]

I've never been tested for dyslexia, but I've suspected I have it for a while because of a lot of things similar to what you mentioned. Granted, I'm hesitant to self diagnose. All that said, I am a very slow reader. I love reading out loud but I do make a lot of mistakes. I very often switch the first letters of words or miss words like "not" like you mentioned. Other times I'll read words as different words. I read almost exclusively by audiobook because it is so much easier for me. I can read more and significantly faster (like 2x). When things aren't on audio, I almost always use my Kindle so that I can use text to speech to help me focus and get through faster.

[@javonf]

Only made it to the story about the word "not" and wow. That just blew my mind. growing up (not doing any research) I just pictured dyslexia as your brain rearranging letters, not simply making words vanish. That is a surprising revelation.

[@meredith8778]

Thank you so much for bringing awareness to dyslexia! Im 23 with dyslexia and ADHD. I also had a hard time growing up as I wasn't diagnosed until I was 18. I always thought I was just incapable of learning. Most people think dyslexia is not being able to read and write which frustrates me. It is so much more than this for me and many others which is why i wasnt diagnosed for so long. I have a hard time with working memory which makes it more difficult to process words on a page, but it also makes it difficult to understand verbal information. Most classes are taught verbally, so i had a really tough time at school thinking I just couldn't learn... when really i just learn amazingly well visually. I also felt alienated from conversations growing up (and still now) which really hurt my confidence at such a young age. I also have a hard time with certain fonts and read ebooks for a while... but nothing feels as good as holding a real book. Despite all these difficulties, I still came out with reasonable grades at school because I taught myself my own way at home. It may take me longer to process words and finish books, but I try to stick to my own goals. I know i have worked hard to excel in life, which has given me the perseverance that maybe some other people dont have. When I fail im like 'oh well' and try again. The media and society tell us we cant achieve... but since I was diagnosed at 18, Ive worked hard to understand my differences and have since recieved a first class degree with honours. I got the highest grade in my year and won an award for writing the best dissertation. Think about that the next time you believe you are stupid for having dyslexia.

[@yasaminhastam]

there is this book called "fish in a tree" which is about a girl struggling with dyslexia and I found it really amazing. maybe you would like to give it a go and read it!

[@911nmg]

As a speech therapist (the professional who helps dyslexics read) it was great hearing your experiences and what is hard for you. I work with kids early diagnosed who aren't able to explain what they experience, and, even though dyslexics aren't a monolith, it has given me ideas of aspects to work into my practice (like bold and mixed fonts).

[@rachelfriedman3116]

I’m dyslexic and love creative writing, I’m so glad I found your channel

[@Yarsig]

I was diagnosed with dyslexia when I was 7 years old and immediately put into "HOST" courses. They would put lists of random, nonsense, similarly spelled words, and we would have to read through the list as fast as we could with as little mistakes as possible. Most of the classes were, "quick fire" where we would have to read something fast. They taught us techniques even for easier pronunciation while reading aloud. (e.g. "thee" to "thuh"/"a" to "uh") After 4th grade, I was out of my reading therapy because my Dyslexia had gotten so managed that I read even better than my peers. I always tell parents, get your child into these courses as quickly as possible and it will make their future much better. Molding it out while it's young is much easier to do than when you're older. Even I still run into mistakes, especially when I'm going fast. After all, you can't actually get rid of dyslexia, but I went from a severe case to almost unnoticeable. There's plenty of tests online that your child can take free of charge. Make sure you try them out.

[@andreasencio3184]

Holy shit I have been watching you for so long and never knew but I’m so glad this video came up after getting my diagnosis and searching up the title.

[@JZETH_]

I have a ton of respect for you and anyone who suffers from this. You’re still able to put out book reviews in such an informative way. Well done.

[@D.H.critters]

Thank you so much for your video. It felt great to hear some of the things you reaffirmed to me, as a dyslexic. Especially the similarities in difficulties within the education system and the fact that I was taught that "reading a book" was something that was done in paper form, therefore audiobooks are not really reading, it is great to hear someone else to reinform my convictions, that audiobooks are still reading.

[@mitchhicks8234]

This made me feel a lot better about my Dyslexia, been feeling like an idiot after some recent mistakes reading things at work recently.

[@moonbook12]

I think you are not idiot

[@linaweise6689]

It’s so cool to see a dyslexic on book tube. My twin and I are both dyslexic, once I made the jump and started reading which was so painfully slow I fell in love with it. My twin not so much, only until last year when I introduce her to audio books (she is affected way more in reading then I am) she got through so many books. For us the dyslexia font does wonder and it’s so crazy how much of a difference it makes. It was so liberating for me to accept that I am never gonna be good at spelling and never the fastest reader. And when I was to write I would actually get my ideas down then fretting over spelling.

[@readingisbelieving5248]

I haven't been diagnosed, but ever since listening to more dyslexics describe their experiences I have a hunch that I am too because I relate so much. I definitely have days (a lot) where I can't interpret a single sentence. It was funny you mentioned how that guy listens to the audio and reads an ebook along with it because that's exactly what I do on my illiterate days too! I used to feel like I was cheating, but I enjoy doing that so much that I've let that mindset go. It's so immersive!

[@WhitneyChakara]

Most women get diagnosed late for a lot of these things. Or not at all in some cases. I was watching a video the other day explaining why a girl who was autistic didn’t seem autistic. She explained that women are often diagnosed later because we are good at masking our differences to blend in.

[@bespectacled]

Such an inspiring video! My little sister isn’t dyslexic, but she has pretty severe ADHD and really struggles to focus when reading physical books. Thank goodness for audiobooks! ♥️

[@DalaBasurko]

Thank you so much! I loved to listen to you. I am 39 years old now, and started to realize how much my dyslexia affected my life. I almost never write any comments in social media, because I am just embarrassed of my spelling. I live in Spain and studied in Spain (my mom is from the states and my father is Basque) and my teachers were aware of my dyslexia from 2nd to 5th grade. But I just had to keep up with every ones speed my studying years, until I finished my studies in Graphic designing at 21 years. And had a pretty bad experience working as a graphic designer and not being understood by my workmates when it came to send e-mails or interact in “written words”. They did know I was dyslexic, but even I really didn’t understand how much this affected my writing (and not just my spelling or reading). Here spelling or grammatical errors are just not acceptable, no matter what, for a grate majority of people that I have encountered in this circle. Anithing I did had to be checked and rechecked ever time I touched it. Once in one of my last English exams ever, throw I spelled all the “the”-s as “de” in a written test, my teacher was shocked but scored my exam with a B. That in the past in this country for me, would of been a F just for that. And more than 3 spelling errors in a Spanish or basque test were also a F, right away... I am so happy to know that now some things are a little bit easier for students with dyslexia! ^_^

[@lottevanderpaelt1684]

I'm so glad you made this video. I have dyslexia too and I love reading and writing, but some days I just can't get through a book. Here in Belgium we have a website where you can get audio books for free when you sign up as a person with a learning disability, which I am very grateful for, seeing as how I'm now studying literature. I can read weird fonds or bold writing but it is difficult and I also have difficulties reading out loud. Another thing I strugled with for a long time was my handwriting. Before I was diagnosed, I had this one teacher that was always mad at me because my handwriting wasn't pretty enough according to her. I also have so many difficulties with spelling. There are some words that I still to this day can't spell right and when I'm writing a paper, or even an email, there always are a few words that I have to look up how to spell correctly. To other people with dyslexia: don't be discouraged and don't listen to others who try to tell you you aren't trying hard enough or something. Your learning disability is not your fault and doesn't mean you are not as smart or talented as other people.

[@ajavin2719]

O.M.G! Giiiiiirl! This is the story of my life. Thank you so much for shining light on some issues we dyslexics face. Keep up the good work.

[@amywalker8447]

I love this video. I am also dyslexic and was taught to be ashamed of it as a child. I believe that I am on the mild side of the spectrum. I was diagnosed early but grew up in a place with no resources so it really didn’t matter. I did not read fluently until 4th grade. I think my love for storytelling is the only reason why I have pushed through the limits of dyslexia and have been successful. Being read to was also helpful to me in gaining reading comprehension. I am still a super slow reader, especially if I have to read aloud, and often insert or omit words in sentences. This gets worse if I am tired or attempt to rush through reading or writing. Comprehension of what I read while tired is minimal. Typing and flash cards for spelling helped me a lot when I was younger. I am not certain why, but it’s probably mostly the repetitious nature of it and because I am good at memorization. I have trouble reading books with long chapters. They feel overwhelming and taxing to my brain. I do better with books broken into small chapters or ones that have section breaks within chapters. Recently I have discovered a love for audiobooks (this took me a long time because I felt a stigma got attached to it). I finished the first wheel of time book via audiobook in two weeks. This book would have taken me months to physically read, if I even ever succeeded. Sometimes I get overwhelmed even flipping through books and seeing how vast the chapters are, and don’t even try. My daughter is also moderately dyslexic (hello genetics and mom guilt). We have been homeschooling the past two years and using dyslexia friendly curriculum. I am hopeful that she will have a more positive journey with dyslexia than I did. I wish I had more resources for her.

[@avsambart]

Omg reading out loud was my NIGHTMARE at school. My brain to mouth does not work that well. How can you expect me to read and then say that line/word outloud straight away? I couldn't. I hated it. And so teachers thought I couldn't read!? No, I can read. My mouth to brain just isn't smoothly connected 😭 shyness and anxiety didn't help either 😫

[@Wiccanslyr]

I really felt something when you started talking about reading aloud. I loathed it so much that would get sent to the principal's office on the regular for simply refusing to do it, and to this day I teeter on the edge of a minor panic attack any time I need to do it. I find that font size effects my ability to read words, too big or too small and my brain just can't process the text. When it comes to style and colors it doesn't seem to make too much difference unless the style and color isn't uniform. The less uniform, the more difficult it tends to be. I've also found that all uppercase is often super easy for my brain to decipher correctly. Stress and amount and quality of sleep also tend to be a HUGE factor in much both my dyslexia and dyscalculia effect me day to day. Something that has helped me immensely when it comes to online reading and communication was installing a text to speak reader extension. Not only will it read web-pages, e-mail, social media comments, etc to me (particularly helpful when I'm having a bad dyslexia or dyscalculia day and simply cannot make sense of text), but it will read everything that I type as well, and catch all those times where everything I've typed is technically correct yet still doesn't make sense. It's something that I highly recommend for any fellow dyslexics who spend a lot of time on ye ol' net in places where they'd like to be better/more easily understood or more easily understand.

[@HealinAllOfMe]

Thank you for sharing with us. I just found out my son has dyslexia after being over looked by the school system for YEARS. I find this video so helpful. ❤

[@narflet]

Ebooks transformed my reading. I’ve always read but getting a kindle dramatically increased the quantity I read. I don’t need (or even like) the open dyslexia font, just something about reading on the kindle screen rather than paper makes it so much easier. No idea what it is but not complaining! I’ve been discovering what works for me with audiobooks this year too because listening to something while I do chores, cook or travel is great.

[@Kishoto]

"For some reason started watching my channel" - it's almost like you're relatable and entertaining and (insert 20 more compliments here). Seriously tho, the way you present your content is genuinely engaging, at least in my opinion. I didn't know book tube existed a month ago and really didn't care to, tbh, but then I got sucked into the merphy whirlwind by chance and now my recs are littered with your book tube videos and I honestly couldn't be happier.

[@reading.with.rachel]

Probably won't read this cause I'm pretty late but I have dyslexia too and you and Daniel's channel's have inspired me to get back into reading. I love this video and his on dyslexia. I was never diagnosed but I've studied a ton about dyslexia and it's the only explanation I've ever found for my quirks. My dad was always really hard on me for not being able to spell and this diagnosis really gave me so much peace that it wasn't just me but I actually had a learning disability. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@ainsleyzirkle2485]

One of the things that my school did sounds like it would be a nightmare for you. It was called ReadingPlus and honestly, it was a nightmare for everyone. It was trying to force you to read really fast (the goal was to make you read 500 wpm and most people eventually got there.) It bolded whatever you were supposed to be reading and it moved really fast across the page and at the end you had to answer questions about whatever you were reading. For anyone with dyslexia or anyone that had a hard time reading, it was a complete nightmare because it refused to slow down past a certain point. In English class, we had to spend half an hour every day on it. It also changed how I read. It taught you how to skim and after having to spend so long doing that whenever I read ebooks or physical books I end up skimming and not taking in much of the story. Luckily I love audiobooks and almost exculsibly use those.

[@MiauMichigan]

That sounds awful :( What was the point of making kids do that?

[@ainsleyzirkle2485]

@@MiauMichigan It improved scores on SOLs which are big end of year tests. Also, my school was about as good as Merph's.

[@christinekaye6393]

I had something like ReadingPlus in Junior High. It was so frustrating for me. My brain just couldn't put the letters together fast enough. Thankfully, I was good at reading and comprehension when I wasn't under pressure.

[@AZJuno]

We had that kind of torture too 😰 And even if you're not having dyslexia it's a big stress and not add a lot of love to reading process. I was happy it was just episodic sessions and later we didn't experience this again.

[@circleofleaves2676]

I'm Autistic and I wasn't diagnosed until I was 36. I'm now 41. If you feel like you experience the world through the eyes of Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, or anything, please follow it up. It helped me being able to put things in context and give myself a break. I also have a speech impediment/stutter. In school, I wished I had approached my geography teacher and said "hey, can you please NOT call on me to read from the handout in class?" because it would have saved me from skipping class altogether. Everybody: if you have challenges, you deserve support and accomodation. I'm cheering for you 100% if you have long overdue things you need to recognise. I also have ticker-tape synaesthesia. I see words that are spoken. If I'm caught in a cross-conversation (someone talking across from me, and two other people talking across our conversation) then not only is it a sensory processing issue due to auditory processing disorder (part of autism), but it's doubly confusing because of the ticker-tape synaesthesia I see the words clashing together, or like it's two sets of subtitles one top of the other.

[@AZJuno]

Story about that guy who got through college with great help of his friends - it's very inspiring!

[@rcp7]

Wow. My favorite two Book tubers deal with dyslexia.

[@thesilverknightlegacy2648]

42yo dyslexic man here - I wasn't diagnosed until I basically broke down trying to completing my master's thesis in mental health counseling. (I completed my thesis once I had a formal diagnosis and accommodations (they gave me a few more weeks beyond the deadline) and I nailed it with 100/100.) I actually accurately "diagnosed" dyslexia in someone I knew soon after I learned how to do that in my masters program. She went and got tested, and ... yep. She had it. I couldn't diagnose myself, though. My meaning isn't merely "you're not supposed to diagnose yourself," I mean more like "I was incapable of seeing that I had it even though I instantly understood the phenomenon once educated about it and instantly, properly, diagnosed it in someone else." I was, and experienced, all the cliches: gifted but "lazy underachiever" in elementary/middle/high school. Every nice teacher was like "I just wish you'd apply yourself" and every mean teacher was like "you think you're so smart but look at how bad you are at this." Reading out loud in class was a nightmare, and I eventually turned into the class clown because ... for some reason, my version of dyslexia causes me to see puns everywhere ... and so I would intentionally read things wrong to make the class laugh, bonus points if it makes the teacher either laugh or get angry. Took me 8 years to complete my undergraduate degree, and 6 years to complete a 3-year masters program. My grades: 0.0, 4.0, 4.0, 0.0, 0.0, 4.0, etc. I just brute-forced my way with sheer willpower though an education system that very badly wanted and constantly encouraged me to pull the eject lever. If you, dear reader of this WoT, have never been diagnosed, but you've been through something like this, or are going through it now, make time for an assessment. Murph on fonts and colors: me too. There's no more futile errand than when my wife sends me to the grocery store to find one thing. So many labels, so many fonts, so many colors. The diagnosis didn't just change my life. It changed hers too. After a few years of marriage, she instantaneously transitioned from mystified frustration to simply "hey, I'll text you a picture of what I need." I have auditory dyslexia too. Generalized language processing disorder. A few years ago, we turned on the subtitles for all our household screens in order to help the kids learn to read (that works SO WELL), but it also opened a whole new world to me, because although dyslexia makes reading hard, I can usually read subtitles quick enough to keep up, and there are so many shows and movies where I've heard the wrong words for years. Seeing the right words causes me to constantly go "THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID? THAT MAKES SO MUCH MORE SENSE!" I legit thought since I was a boy that the Journey song was "So now I coooome to yooou - with brooooken arms." I was, like, 38 when I learned it was Open Arms. A surefire way to make my wife laugh is to sing what I THOUGHT were the lyrics in any song from the 1970s-2000s. Anyway, thanks for talking about this Merph. I sincerely believe this video will touch the lives of some of your viewers.

[@DogWalkerBill]

I am 71 years old I am also dyslexic. But from a time before that word was invented. When I was in grade school, one of my teachers told my Mother, "He is an excellent phonetic speller. Too bad so little of English is spelled phonetically." I was also ambidextrous. In grade school, I wrote from left to the middle of the page with my left hand. And from the middle of the page to the right with my right hand. None of my teachers noticed this! My Mother noticed it during a parent-teachers day when I was in 4th grade. I was encouraged to pick one hand or the other and have since after preferred left handed writing. My parents read books, especially my Father. I still like to read books. One company I worked for put everyone through speed reading classes. I just couldn't do that. The trainer advised, "Don't worry about it. Other people read 1000 words per minute but only retain 30%. You read 385 words per minute and retain 90%." Reading is such work for me that the only book I have ever read twice was Ringworld. (I've praised this book in other posts to you, so I won't again.) I really can't imagine doing that much work twice! I only retain about 10% of what I "read" on an audio book. Still, I see the value of it. Years ago, I rented cassette tapes of the "Argonautica" by Apollonius of Rhodes. I found I simply could not drive and listen to epic poetry at the same time. I can listen to music or talk radio. But listening to an audio book demands too much of my attention. I like e-books since I can set the the to larger. (Inportant when you're 71 years old.) And the lighting is more constant. But I don't get the "feel" of a book from an e-book. I like real books because I can page ahead and count how many pages to complete a chapter. The physical book is nice. But I can't change the type size. And reading is more difficult in some light conditions. I live on Staten Island and use to commute to Manhattan by Staten Island Ferry. IMHO, the Staten Island Ferry is the most civilized way to commute! Every day, I had a half hour in the morning and a half hour in the evening, to myself, to read. I also studied for night school on the Staten Island Ferry. It would make so much sense for me to schedule a half hour in the morning and a half hour in the evening to read. But I don't. (Guess I need to follow Sarah Cannon & "Heart Breathings" more!)

[@jessicapastirik9881]

Just love listening and learning from you. Reading is a challenge for me yet I love when I conquer a page, a chapter or a book. - however long it takes me. Thanks for sharing.

[@Ivielynn123]

My husband has dyslexia and has had a hard time through school and teachers gave him a hard time. He is 35 yrs old so back in the 80s and early 90s up here is northern Michigan it wasnt well known so he had a hard time growing up. But in high school he embraced it and had a teacher that helped him really well and talked to him about the strengths he has and it really helped his confidence.

[@SapphireShelle91]

Its always amazing to me to hear the experiences of other people with dyslexia, because for one thing even though I was diagnosed with severe dyslexia as a very young child and so have known that I have for all my life, I haven't actually met a lot of people with dyslexia. Certainly not when I was a school, but as an adult i have, but again, only about two. So for a long while I felt very on my own, and in someways I still do, because even hearing about experiences of other people with dyslexia, they don't necessarily match up with my own, but I am still working on drumming it into my head that having dyslexia really is different for everyone who has it, and that it doesn't fit into a box like it was described many times during my schooling life. I am learning that while there are obvious similarities that we with dyslexia share, there are very vast differences as well because obviously no one person is the same. For example, you mention having an issue with bolded words. I don't have that issue, I actually my brain will actually attach itself to the bolded word and then totally won't let go of it, so the rest of the sentence will sometimes become unreadable. So, I guess i have opposite issue. But yes, totally agree on cursive (and the other fonts you mention and also the dyslexia font doesn't work for me either) being awful and can not read for the life of me. I can not read aloud, at all. I start stuttering and fumbling over words and its basically a horrible experience for myself and anyone having to listen to me. I also have very hard time pronouncing words in normal, every day conversation and I sometimes use my hand to clap the word out or I just give up and thankfully people i talk with usually get what I'm trying to say. Anyway, before this becomes an even more rambling mess than it already is, this video was amazing and I thank you so much for it, because as I said above, I really love hearing about the experiences of other Dyslexics. I only found your channel today, your video of 'A Ballard of Songbirds and Snakes' was recommended to me and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@k.b.peterson8022]

Not dyslexic, but I have some fairly severe ADHD, which makes reading and writing my own stories quite difficult because I just can't focus. Throughout my high school career I thought I was dumb because I was nearly a straight D student and all my teachers ever did was say, "he's a smart kid, he just doesn't put in any effort." So then I just started assuming I was dumb and lazy. And now, finally at 29, I'm starting to figure out what's wrong and how to treat/work around it.

[@gabriellasandeeson6213]

My mum had a hard time and really need to push to have me diagnosed as dyslexic when I was like 7 or 8 years old. As a larger non native family(4 kids total,parents moved from UK to Germany) and with my father gone, it seemed like most people wanted to blame my circumstances more than try and help. But I was lucky in two ways, my brain didn't realise that dislexia wasn't bound to the language that I had to use in school, so when I did start reading, I devoured books in English. Sure, it took me longer to get there than my classmates and I was still slower than them, but i was reading and enjoying it. The other was the private teacher that I had who specialised in helping children with dyslexia and discalculi. She helped my brain find rules and systems. So instead of stumbling about a dark room feeling my way around, I had a few candles spread out to help me find my way through walls of text.

[@sallyk1937]

You're so incredible and encouraging. I'm not dyslexic, but I struggle with reading anything than standard fonts. Bold font is fine. Some friends and I are workshopping each other's stories. One friend is writing in some weird fonts. I think that for her, it helps her to separate her character's perspectives while writing this early draft. For me, I struggle to process what she's written. I'll be sure to let her know about how that can hurt people who are actually dyslexic.

[@jamo6126]

I wish I could like this video 100 times! I have dyslexia and knowing how it affects people differently was really eye opening for me! A big thing for me is I mix up 4's and R's a lot when I type, I don't know why, they might as well be interchangeable in my brain. I kinda accepted that "books aren't for me" but I'm going to give the audiobook while reading along thing a try! Thank you, Merphy!

[@ryu433]

Hi Merphy. As a fellow dyslexic. I want to say thank you for making this video. It is so much proof and validation. That dyslexics can be successful in what ever we put are minds to. And I'm sorry that your dyslexia was caught so late in life. I was lucky to have a mom that caught on and forced the school to have me and my twin tested. Which was funny finding out that we had dyslexia so bad. That we could of gotten disability because of it. But she made sure that we could move on with life and now we both can read some what fine. Even if I have to turn things upside down to read it.

[@thisisme6372]

Me too! Mine is minor. I was never diagnosed. So much of what you said resonates with my experience. Thank you for sharing. I had several epiphanies listening to this.

[@ToCharon1978]

It was so nice to hear from another dyslexic person. I always have and still do struggle with reading and writing. In 3th grad, I was told, I have dyslexia. The therapy I went to, did not really help and I did not like it at all. Strangely I also love to read and right. The way of listening to the audio-book while having the Book in my hand, is one of my favourite way to "read". Also: The dyslexia fond does not work for me. But some fonds are better and some worse. I also often don't see or add a "not" in sentence. I never knew this was part of my dyslexia - so thank you so much for that.

[@finleyherrmann4048]

My sister is Dyslexic and has no problems with Bold writing, but has problems with some fonts/colors I just never noticed you ever said you are dyslexic and wow i am so blown away by how common dyslexia is

[@choralotic]

I'm not dyslexic, but I'm glad I watched this video. It was super informative from your personal perspective, and there were a lot of words of wisdom applicable to everyone in all situations. :)