Intro to my life as a kid!

[Jasmin]

When I was 6 I lost my dad in a tragic accident outside the family home, which all my family witnessed. From then on I wouldn't let my mum leave the house if she did I would start crying. My mum decided she couldn't live in that house anymore as it reminded her of what happened all the time, so we then moved house.

I started at a new school. When I started my mum tolled them that I was dyslexic and that I needed to have extra support they said this was fine but that they had to do there own test on me. After they’re DIY test they then refused to help me with my dyslexia even though I had a professional dyslexic diagnosis saying that I was.

So they wouldn't give me any help or support I begun to fall behind the rest of the class. I tried to do the work but I just didn't understand it. I would then ask the teacher to repeat it or to explain it and she would scream at me saying that she is not going to repeat it again and that I should have listened the first time.

I began to feel like the odd one out every one else could do the work but me I thought I was dumb, stupid and worthless I blamed my self for not understanding the work. After trying so hard to understand the work and fit in I eventually just gave up I just couldn't do it anymore. I then started to get mixed in with the wrong crowd these 3 boys who were always misbehaving I became friends with them. Even though we were friends we would bully each other to quite harsh lengths. I remember 1 of them cornering me and repetitively kicking me and not letting me go. That evening my mum had a go at the school because I was covered in purple/blue bruises and they hadn’t even tolled the child off for doing this. I got called names and made fun out of by my so called ‘friends’. I started to despise going to school and would say I was ill and refuse to go to school.

I became so frustrated at the fact I couldn’t do the work I started to misbehave, storm out of classrooms, run away from school and many other things. It got so bad they sent me and this other kid to a special behavioral school. At the age of 9 I started to become depressed and tolled my Mum that I hated myself and that I wished I would just die and threatened to kill myself on numerous occasions. When I left the school I had a reading and spelling age 3 years bellow what it should have been. I managed to catch all this up at my next school though luckily. I was also extremely underweight I remember at one point I weighed 4 stone and my little brother who is 6 years younger than me was average weight and weighed 3 stone.

My mum then sued the council and now they have to pay for my schooling and dyslexic support.

[Lucid]

Hi and welcome to the forum,

I struggled with having dyslexia and being bullied at school. I can relate to the anger and frustration you feel. Please realise that having
dyslexia doesn't mean you're less bright or capable. Our brains are wired differently and we tend to be more artistic rather than academic.
With the help of a dyslexia tutor you can learn how to overcome some
of these barriers.
Learning is still very difficult for me. My depression and low self-esteem
are an added burden. All of us on this forum are here to offer sympathy
and support. Take care.

[Jasmin]

Thanks lucid Yeh I'm good at seeing how things work like building stuff not to good in the academic though got all c's in my academic and an a* in ceramics and then a couple b's.