What does this mean for dyslexics? In summary, stress and anxiety will prevent learning. Simply thinking about or remembering the previous experiences will likely illicit the same physiological response and prevent learning.
The important upshot of this is that reading ability has a lower threshold for stress-induced environmental compromise than general intelligence. Hence dyslexia can result from relatively lower intensities of stress, with moderate stress system dysregulation, and at all IQ levels (Tanaka et al., 2011).
Though dyslexia is present at birth, adults with brain injury, stroke, or dementia may develop the symptoms of dyslexia. Dyslexia may worsen with age.
Dyslexic people have to work harder than others, and often work extra hours, to overcome daily challenges. When they are tired their dyslexic 'symptoms' can be more pronounced as they don't have the energy to employ their usual coping strategies.
It can be situational (that is, specific to one kind or class of worry, like traveling or being in social situations). Individuals with dyslexia may experience marked anxiety in situations in which they feel they will make mistakes, be ridiculed, or made to feel foolish in front of others.
Anxiety is the most frequent emotional symptom reported by dyslexic adults. Dyslexics become fearful because of their constant frustration and confusion in school. These feelings are exacerbated by the inconsistencies of dyslexia.
Many of the emotional problems caused by dyslexia occur out of frustration with school or social situations. Social scientists have frequently observed that frustration produces anger. This can be clearly seen in many children with dyslexia. Anger is also a common manifestation of anxiety and depression.
🔥 Feeling emotional, angry or having a 'short fuse' 🔥 Loss of investment in work. 🔥 Loss of enjoyment in socialising (or needing to decompress afterwards) 🔥 Headaches, body aches. 🔥 Sleep and rest changes (insomnia, exhaustion, fatigue)
Dyslexia is a learning difficulty that primarily affects the skills involved in accurate and fluent word reading and spelling. Characteristic features of dyslexia are difficulties in phonological awareness, verbal memory and verbal processing speed. Dyslexia occurs across the range of intellectual abilities.
An often unconsidered and undetected consequence of dyslexia, anxiety is widely considered as a secondary symptom of dyslexia. Specific situations, tasks or events can trigger stress, anxiety and other negative thoughts in dyslexics.
Dyslexia, in its most common form, is a very intractable reading problem caused by a genetic, hereditary difference in the way the brain processes language. Recent advances in brain scanning technology have confirmed this neurological signature.
There is a failure of the left hemisphere rear brain systems to function properly during reading. Furthermore, many people with dyslexia often show greater activation in the lower frontal areas of the brain.
Trauma Dyslexia can also result after suffering from a stroke or a concussion. While it can affect anyone, Trauma Dyslexia is more often seen in adults than children. On the other hand, dyslexia may also result from emotional trauma.
Dyslexics often show symptoms of overstimulation in their brain's auditory processing cortex.
Children with dyslexia are at increased risk for conduct and anxiety disorders, withdrawal, poor self-esteem, and depression.
Indeed, there is considerable evidence to suggest that dyslexia is associated with a range of psychosocial difficulties in childhood including: reduced academic self-concept [18], poor reading self-efficacy [19], and elevated levels of internalising (e.g., anxiety) and externalising (e.g., aggression) symptoms ...
Visual Thinking
Many people with dyslexia often think in images as opposed to words, which is attributed to the unique activations in their brains. People with dyslexia are also more likely to form 3D spatial images in their minds than non-dyslexic people.
Interestingly, the symptoms of brain fog match many of the diagnostic criteria for Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and are also common with other neurominorities where the executive functions are compromised, such as Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia, Tourettes and Autism.
Dyslexia and Problem Behaviors
Children with dyslexia often feel as though they are letting others down because they are unable to perform at the same levels as their peers. Some problem behaviors that children with dyslexia are vulnerable to include: Arguing and fighting with peers and siblings.
Some dyslexic kids have difficulty in social situations. They can be emotionally and socially immature, which can effect the quality of their relationships, which can cause lack of confidence over time.
Firstly, it is theorised that dyslexics may have high levels of emotional intelligence, sensitivity, and awareness of others' emotions because they frequently experience 'secondary symptoms of dyslexia'.